minutes (administrative records)

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1901 to around 1966. These materials were originally a part of the Philip S. Hench papers in the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Texas Medical Center Library, but they were transferred to the University of Virginia in 1991. These...

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Includes speeches or summaries by Walter reed on subacute bacterial endocarditis, diphtheria, and rabies.

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This agenda concerns a proposal to raise money for a Walter Reed chair at the University of Virginia and the restoration of the Walter Reed birthplace.

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The Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection (1880-1937; 3 cubic feet) contains minute books, financial records, correspondence, event programs, proceedings, a cemetary plot, a framed faternal collar, a fraternal apron, and a flag. Loose manuscripts, meeting minutes, and notes make up the remainder of the collection.

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H.R. 7544, if passed, would formally acknowledge the service of Roger Post Ames to the United States.

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This memorandum records the minutes from the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. Included is a discussion of Blossom Reed's situation and the ongoing effort to publicize Reed's work.

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This conference concerned malaria and ways to combat its spread.

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This documents records the deliberations of the Reed Memorial Association. Special attention is paid to the centennial of Reed's birth.

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These minutes include a discussion of the failure of Congress to pass a bill to provide financial relief to James Carroll's family.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...

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The Walter Reed Memorial Association Board expresses regret to [Laura Armistead Carter] Stitt upon the death of her husband, Board member E.R. Stitt. The Board reviews the plan to place a plaque in the building where Reed died and sets a tentative date for Hench and Truby to install the plaque. Board members agree to raise monthly support of Mrs. Reed by $50.00.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...

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This document details the proceedings of the Walter Reed Memorial Association conference.

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This document records a decision to republish the reports of Reed, Finlay, and others relating to the transmission of yellow fever via mosquitos. The minutes also list payments made to Blossom Reed and to various florists for Ireland's funeral flowers and for a wreath presented at the Camp Lazear dedication.

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The minutes of the Walter Reed Memorial Association board cover organizational business.

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These minutes of the Walter Reed Memorial Association board cover organizational business.