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Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie B. Lawrence,  December 20, 1875

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 71
Identifier: 01671001
Scope and Contents

Reed learns of the death of Emilie Lawrence's nephew. He meditates on Christian duty and on life's purpose for him.

Dates:  December 20, 1875
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie B. Lawrence,  January 17, 1876

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01704001
Scope and Contents

Reed has received no letter from her, but offers a meditation on patience.

Dates:  January 17, 1876
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 4, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02226001
Scope and Contents

Reed gives an assessment of the criticism directed at the experimental project. He believes that it is unfounded.

Dates:  December 4, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 23, 1898

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: 01830001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about field service in the Spanish War. He worries over his son's enlistment plans. Sternberg has proposed keeping all non-immune medical officers out of Cuba.

Dates:  April 23, 1898
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  February 28, 1892

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 27
Identifier: 13927001
Scope and Contents

Reed provides details of his personal finances. He relates news of his family, and he makes comments about her children. He offers his opinion regarding the religious revival at his son's school

Dates:  February 28, 1892
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Theobald Smith,  July 19, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: 02515001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses cultures of Bacillus Icteroides. He will send the cultures to Smith.

Dates:  July 19, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William C. Borden to Howard A. Kelly,  March 16, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 02755001
Scope and Contents

Borden provides details of the surgical operation for appendicitis that immediately preceded Walter Reed's death.

Dates:  March 16, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Louis A. LaGarde,  May 27, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 02810001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas asks LaGarde, the superintendent of Ancon Hospital, to resign.

Dates:  May 27, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter soliciting donations for the Walter Reed Memorial Association,  February 1, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02831004
Scope and Contents

This document solicits contributions to the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and also provide list of existing members and contributions.

Dates:  February 1, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Walter Reed Memorial Association regarding the construction of a Walter Reed memorial

Letter soliciting donations for the Walter Reed Memorial Association,  February 1, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02831007
Scope and Contents

This document solicits contributions to the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and also provide list of existing members and contributions.

Dates:  February 1, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Walter Reed Memorial Association regarding the construction of a Walter Reed memorial

Notes on Gustaf E. Lambert,  circa November 1946

 Item — Box 60: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06001037
Scope and Contents

Kean comments on Lambert's possible inclusion on the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Dates:  circa November 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Gustaf E. Lambert

Obituary for Mrs. Laura Reed Blincoe,  February 28, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 33
Identifier: 02833004
Scope and Contents

Blincoe sends Latimer the obituary of Laura Reed Blincoe, who was Walter Reed's sister.

Dates:  February 28, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Anita Clayton Blincoe to Caroline Latimer with enclosed obituary

Partial draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Feverwith attached notes,  circa October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 03638074
Scope and Contents

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  circa October 26, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Drafts ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench

Peter Ochs papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2023-0166
Dates: 1972 - 2022
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Spanish translation [from English] ofThe Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and Camp Lazear (Quemados de Marianao) in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04435001
Scope and Contents In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...
Dates:  December 3, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Drafts ofThe Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and 'Camp Lazear' in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench

Text of speech by A.F.A King in honor of James Carroll,  October 14, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 02911001
Scope and Contents

King honors Carroll and others. He lays emphasis on his contribution to national health. He supports a pension.

Dates:  October 14, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

The Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and Camp Lazear (Quemados de Marianao) in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04435013
Scope and Contents In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...
Dates:  December 3, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Drafts ofThe Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and 'Camp Lazear' in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench

The Tale of a Guinea Pig, by John H. Andrus,  circa 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806075
Scope and Contents

In a second draft of his manuscript, Andrus describes the yellow fever experiments and discusses his participation as a volunteer.

Dates:  circa 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Transcript of Philip Showalter Hench's interview with General Jefferson Randolph Kean,  January 6, 1944

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06402001
Scope and Contents

Hench questions Kean about the yellow fever experiments at Camp Lazear.

Dates:  January 6, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Types of Heroes,  March 29, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03114004
Scope and Contents

A student paper defines heroism.

Dates:  March 29, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Lillian M. Elliot to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed student essays