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Yellow fever

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Malaria With Especial Reference to Australia and Its Dependencies, February 7, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01221001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: February 7, 1925
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

Manuscript fragment:My Date with Walter Reed and Yellow Jack, by John J. Moran,  circa 1940-1960

 Item — Box 60: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 13
Identifier: 06013001
Scope and Contents

This partial manuscript of Moran's autobiography describes his early life, military career, service as a sanitary inspector under Gorgas in Panama, marriage, and business ventures. He discusses his relationship with Hench and their search for the actual site of Camp Lazear, as well as the difficulties stemming from the Reed-Finlay controversy. The section of the draft covering the yellow fever experiments is missing.

Dates:  circa 1940-1960
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Autobiographical manuscripts written by John J. Moran

Map of Loudon Park Cemetery,  1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04907016
Scope and Contents

This map shows the location of Jesse Lazear's grave site.

Dates:  1956
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Map of proposed Cuban-American memorial at Camp Lazear,  April 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04231014
Scope and Contents

This is a plan for a proposed Cuban-American Memorial at the site of Camp Lazear. Specified are building locations and orientation to the surrounding area.

Dates:  April 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Mary Hench, Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed and friend at "Keewayden", the Reed family home in Pennsylvania,  November 1960

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 79
Identifier: P8679001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  November 1960
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College; certificates and official documents associated with Walter Reed; and the families of Walter Reed and Jesse W. Lazear

Medical record of John Francis Hanney,  April 6, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113013
Scope and Contents

The medical record for Hanney describes his serum treatment for yellow fever and subsequent death.

Dates:  April 6, 1923
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

Members of the United States Army Yellow Fever Board [James Carroll and Aristides Agramonte] with the Swedish Naval Representative and Dr. Debayle,  1900

 Item — Box 76: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 13
Identifier: P7613001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IX. Photographs consists primarily of photographs that Philip Showalter Hench created and collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from around 1870 to around 1960. The subjects shown in the photographs include, but are not limited to the following: physicians, military personnel, nurses,...
Dates:  1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Walter Reed's birthplace, yellow fever epidemic scenes, Camp Columbia, and various persons related to the yellow fever experiments

Members of the United States Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba,  August 1900

 Item — Box 76: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 5
Identifier: P7605001
Scope and Contents

From left to right: Aristides Agramonte, Jesse W. Lazear, and James Carroll.

Dates:  August 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Walter Reed's birthplace, yellow fever epidemic scenes, Camp Columbia, and various persons related to the yellow fever experiments

Members of the United States Army Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba,  August 1900

 Item — Box 76: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 6
Identifier: P7606001
Scope and Contents

From left to right: Aristides Agramonte, Jesse W. Lazear, and James Carroll.

Dates:  August 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Walter Reed's birthplace, yellow fever epidemic scenes, Camp Columbia, and various persons related to the yellow fever experiments

Memoirs of a Human Guinea Pig,  circa 1901-1950

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 71
Identifier: 02571001
Scope and Contents

This is Moran's account of his experience with the Yellow Fever Commission as a human test subject.

Dates:  circa 1901-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Memorandum by [Henry Rose Carter],  June 16, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109032
Scope and Contents

[Carter] writes corrections for another person's manuscript concerning yellow fever and dengue.

Dates:  June 16, 1923
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

Memorandum concerning William H. Dean Memorial Bridge,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03705002
Scope and Contents

The memorandum includes a transcription of the plaque inscription on the William H. Dean Memorial Bridge, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dates:  circa 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Memorandum for Wade Hampton Frost,  August 24, 1930

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03243001
Scope and Contents

This document lists acknowledgments to be included in Carter's "History of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  August 24, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Drafts of a Memorandum for Wade Hampton Frost

Memorandum from Albert E. Truby to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 25, 1930

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 75
Identifier: 06275005
Scope and Contents

Truby's recounts his memories of the yellow fever experiments, and his anger with Agramonte for making what he feels are unjustified claims.

Dates:  July 25, 1930
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Memorandum from Albert E. Truby to the Surgeon General,  March 9, 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03272001
Scope and Contents

Truby states his opinion, with Kean's concurrence, regarding qualifications for inclusion in the yellow fever roll of honor. He refers to the paper written by Walter Reed et al., "The Etiology of Yellow Fever - A Preliminary Note," and he recommends A.S. Pinto not be included in the roll of honor.

Dates:  March 9, 1932
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, September 8, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 00915016
Scope and Contents

Carter recommends continuation of work. He requests to stay since he is the most qualified. He fears a yellow fever outbreak in Lima.

Dates: September 8, 1921
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

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, May 22, 1917

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811032
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses a possibly mis-diagnosed case of yellow fever.

Dates: May 22, 1917
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

Memorandum from [Henry Rose Carter] to William E. Deeks,  May 11, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01201007
Scope and Contents

Carter suggests topics for a possible paper.

Dates:  May 11, 1924
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

Memorandum from J.F. Siler to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 12, 1927

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 71
Identifier: 06271009
Scope and Contents

Siler comments on Kean's defense of Finlay.

Dates:  September 12, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Memorandum from Juan Guiteras and Aristides Agramonte to Charles E. Magoon,  November 24, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 51
Identifier: 02951001
Scope and Contents

Guiteras and Agramonte describe a case of yellow fever.

Dates:  November 24, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed