Yellow fever
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:
Report [translated from English]:Informe Sobre la Epidemia de Fibre Amarilla en el Departamento de Lambayeque, by Henry Rose Carter, February 24, 1921
Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5
Identifier: 00905001
Scope and Contents
This is a Spanish translation of a report on yellow fever, which details the incubation and spread of yellow fever as well as methods to combat it.
Dates:
February 24, 1921
Report:Experiences with the Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba 1900, by John R. Kissinger, circa 1930-1950
Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11
Identifier: 05911001
Scope and Contents
Kissinger describes the yellow fever experiments and comments on the men involved. He also describes the experience of suffering from yellow fever and the treatment for the disease. Kissinger remarks on inaccuracies in the play "Yellow Jack." He maintains that he volunteered before Moran.
Dates:
circa 1930-1950
Resolution by Alvaro Obregon, Presidente de Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, January 19, 1921
Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903004
Scope and Contents
Obregon establishes a commission under the International Health Board for yellow fever work in Mexico. Officers, administrative structure, and funding are specified.
Dates:
January 19, 1921
Resolution by the Board of Trustees of The Johns Hopkins Hospital concerning Jesse W. Lazear, December 11, 1900
Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 02301001
Scope and Contents
The Johns Hopkins Hospital trustees petition Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.
Dates:
December 11, 1900
Review in theSpringfield RepublicanforDr. Reed and Yellow Fever, July 22, 1906
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: N2866008
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:...
Dates:
July 22, 1906
Review inOutlookforWalter Reed and Yellow Fever, August 1906
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: 02866006
Scope and Contents
This article, which appeared in "Outlook," deals with Kelly's biography of Walter Reed.
Dates:
August 1906
Review inThe New York TimesforWalter Reed and Yellow Fever, August 4, 1906
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: N2866005
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:...
Dates:
August 4, 1906
Review ofYellow Fever: An Epidemological and Historical Study of Its Place of Origin, by Henry Rose Carter, 1931
Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 67
Identifier: 03167001
Scope and Contents
This is a favorable review of Carter's book.
Dates:
1931
Robert E. Mason laying a wreath from George E. Armstrong at the plaque commemorating the yellow fever volunteers at the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 59
Identifier: P8359001
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:
December 3, 1952
Roger Post Ames, by Paul L. Tate, circa 1954
Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04732001
Scope and Contents
[Tate] describes Ames involvement in the yellow fever experiments. Ames applied the mosquitoes, diagnosed the yellow fever patients, and provided exceptional medical care. Ames, fluent in Spanish, was able to persuade the Spanish volunteers to stay and undergo treatment.
Dates:
circa 1954
Roger Post Ames, M.D. in Yellow Fever Experimentation at Camp Lazear, Cuba 1900-1901 with Supporting Evidence, circa 1910-1950
Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804069
Scope and Contents
This report supports Ames' inclusion in the Act, approved February 28, 1929, to recognize the public service rendered and disabilities incurred as voluntary subjects for inoculation during the yellow fever investigations in Cuba.
Dates:
circa 1910-1950
Roll of Honor: Participants in Yellow Fever Investigations in Cuba
in theArmy Register, 1937
Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03425001
Scope and Contents
This excerpt includes the Roll of Honor of the participants in the yellow fever investigations in Cuba.
Dates:
1937
Room in which Clara Louise Maass died and Jesse W. Lazear was presumably bitten by an infected mosquito, Las Animas Hospital, 1940
Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 26
Identifier: P8926001
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:
1940
Room in which Clara Louise Maass died and Jesse W. Lazear was presumably bitten by an infected mosquito, Las Animas Hospital, 1940
Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 28
Identifier: P8928001
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:
1940
Rowell Barracks at Military Hospital Number One, Havana, Cuba, circa 1900-1920
Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 70
Identifier: P8970001
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:
circa 1900-1920
Russell Haden presenting a gavel made from wood taken from Walter Reed's birthplace to Paul G. Streit at the Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C., September 19, 1951
Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 31
Identifier: P8831001
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:
September 19, 1951
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection
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Series IX. Photographs
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Photographs relating to Carlos J. Finlay; various scenes in Cuba; Philip Showalter Hench's family; and ceremonies honoring Philip Showalter Hench and members of the yellow fever experiments
Sanitary Conditions in Panama
, February 10, 1905
Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: 02746001
Scope and Contents
This report was prepared for the Smithsonian Institution and includes autographed notes.
Dates:
February 10, 1905
Sanitary work in Cubaa lecture by Jefferson Randolph Kean with notes by Albert E. Truby, May 2, 1910
Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 9
Identifier: 06509001
Scope and Contents
[Kean] gives a brief summary of conditions in Cuba before the arrival of the Yellow Fever Board. He provides an account of the activities of the Board, which ultimately shows the mosquito as the bearer of yellow fever. Included are notes by Truby.
Dates:
May 2, 1910
Scientists Urge a Pension
,The Washington Post, January 7, 1903
Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: N2715001
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:...
Dates:
January 7, 1903
Script forThe Board of Missing Heirsradio program, September 23, 1941
Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03843006
Scope and Contents
The script gives a biographical sketch of Forbes, and states that he is wanted by the U.S. Army Finance Department so that he can be given a lump sum of $17,750 and $125 monthly for his service in the yellow fever experiments.
Dates:
September 23, 1941