Human Experimentation

Letter from [Albert E. Truby] to Frederick F. Russell, January 25, 1933

Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3

Identifier: 03303001

Scope and Contents

Truby narrates the sequence of events leading to the yellow fever experiments, noting that Walter Reed returned to United States on August 7 and came back to Cuba on October 1, 1900.

Dates: January 25, 1933

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

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Gustaf E. Lambert, February 25, 1950

Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1

Identifier: 06501101

Scope and Contents

Truby explains to Lambert the conditions for being placed on the Roll of Honor. Truby says that Ames does not meet these conditions, although he did take good care of the yellow fever volunteers.

Dates: February 25, 1950

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Henry Rose Carter, March 14, 1922

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27

Identifier: 00927006

Scope and Contents

Truby believes that Lazear probably did tell Carroll he was bitten by a mosquito at Las Animas, but that Reed and others felt Lazear had purposely allowed himself to be bitten. He comments on Agramonte's role in the yellow fever work.

Dates: March 14, 1922

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Mary Standlee, May 26, 1951

Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4

Identifier: 06504038

Scope and Contents

Truby reviews Chapter 3 of Standlee's manuscript.

Dates: May 26, 1951

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, July 30, 1940

Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 66

Identifier: 03566005

Scope and Contents

This letter contains Truby's recollections of the Yellow Fever Commission work and excerpts of his own [then incomplete] history of the Yellow Fever Commission - concerning Jesse W. Lazear.

Dates: July 30, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, October 10, 1940

Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22

Identifier: 03622004

Scope and Contents

Truby offers observations on Lazear, Moran, and Kissinger.

Dates: October 10, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Albert E. Truby

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, October 24, 1940

Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22

Identifier: 03622012

Scope and Contents

Truby comments on the validity of Agramonte's statements regarding Lazear's work.

Dates: October 24, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Albert E. Truby

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, January 16, 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1

Identifier: 06301026

Scope and Contents

Truby informs Hench that he will send photographs under a separate cover. He appreciated Hench's comments on his manuscript, but he doesn't agree with all of his views about what happened in Cuba.

Dates: January 16, 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, circa March 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2

Identifier: 06302056

Scope and Contents

Truby discusses the plan to commission a painting of the Yellow Fever Board, including Finlay. He will ask Andrus and England for verification of locations and hopes his letter to Ramos was sufficient.

Dates: circa March 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6

Identifier: 06306061

Scope and Contents

Truby comments on Dean, Ames, Carroll and Agramonte. He feels his memory is sound, though he knows Hench has some skepticism. He offers his recollections of Carroll's infection and his attitude towards the mosquito theory.

Dates: September 3, 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, October 3, 1944

Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11

Identifier: 05811020

Scope and Contents

Truby identifies the men in a photograph taken at Camp Lazear.

Dates: October 3, 1944

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Robert Page Cooke

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, November 26, 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 7

Identifier: 06307089

Scope and Contents

Truby responds to Hench's suggested corrections and additions to Truby's manuscript. He provides additional details, clarifies several points, and refers Hench to others who might be able to provide further information.

Dates: November 26, 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, November 17, 1949

Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1

Identifier: 06501060

Scope and Contents

Truby commends Hench on his work with cortisone in treating rheumatic fever, and encloses two communications he has received from men who were at Columbia Barracks during the yellow fever experiments.

Dates: November 17, 1949

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, March 3, 1950

Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1

Identifier: 06501104

Scope and Contents

Truby sends Hench a letter from Lambert, and Truby's reply to Lambert. He says that Lambert is evidently beginning another drive to get on the Roll of Honor.

Dates: March 3, 1950

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, November 5, 1952

Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 4

Identifier: 06504114

Scope and Contents

Truby discusses who should be included - and who should be excluded - on the plaque to be placed at Camp Lazear. He thinks that Barstad and Mazzuri should be excluded.

Dates: November 5, 1952