Yellow fever
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:
Transcription of letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard, January 13, 1900
Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02003004
Scope and Contents
Reed states that the mosquito theory for the propagation of yellow fever is a fact, not a theory. Reed's postscript gives credit to Kean for cleaning measures against the mosquito. [Reed mistakes the year, it should be 1901, not 1900.]
Dates:
January 13, 1900
Transcription of Philip Showalter Hench's interview of Gustaf E. Lambert, June 21, 1946
Item — Box 60: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06002001
Scope and Contents
Hench interviews Lambert regarding his participation in the care of the yellow fever patients at Camp Lazear. He poses questions concerning buildings at the site as well as people involved in the yellow fever experiments. Lambert believes that Ames should be included on the Roll of Honor.
Dates:
June 21, 1946
Translation [from French] of a medical report from 1st Class Chief Physician to the Lieutenant Governor at Dahomey, June 23, 1923
Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01108001
Scope and Contents
This is a medical report on the outbreak of yellow fever in Benin, West Africa. It details the measures taken to prevent further cases.
Dates:
June 23, 1923
Translation [from Spanish] and transcription ofVisitaron la Caseta Donde Laboro Finlay
Diario de la Marina, April 19, 1947
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: 04130001
Scope and Contents
This Cuban newspaper article describes the visit of Cuban officials and Moran to the Camp Lazear site. Building No. 1 has been named a national monument.
Dates:
April 19, 1947
Translation [from Spanish] of letter from Francisco Dominguez to Philip Showalter Hench, December 9, 1941
Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839060
Scope and Contents
Dominguez sends Hench a copy of his address at the meeting of the School of Medicine of Havana University, held in honor of Matas.
Dates:
December 9, 1941
Translation [from Spanish] of speech by Alberto Recio for the inauguration of Parque Lazear in Cuba, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603017
Scope and Contents
Recio' speech details the experiments of the Yellow Fever Commission at Camp Lazear and praises Finlay for first proposing the mosquito theory. He describes Hench's research and the actions taken by the Board of Patrons in creating the memorial.
Dates:
December 3, 1952
Translation [from Spanish] of speech by Antonio D. Albertini, September 28, 1936
Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 76
Identifier: 00476001
Scope and Contents
Albertini memorializes Jesse W. Lazear and Clara Maass.
Dates:
September 28, 1936
Translation [from Spanish] ofRincon Olvidado
,Horizontes Medicos, circa June 1944
Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050005
Scope and Contents
This article, originally published in "Horizontes Medicos," describes the history of Camp Lazear and the confirmation of Finlay's mosquito theory. The translation was made by Moran.
Dates:
circa June 1944
Trinity Hall Closing Day: Tablet Unveiled in Memory of the Late Jesse William Lazear, M.D.
, circa 1901
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 67
Identifier: N0367001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
circa 1901
Trying to Reward a Great Hero
, May 4, 1910
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 74
Identifier: N2974001
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:
May 4, 1910
Unidentified child in a drum major's uniform at the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 38
Identifier: P8538001
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
Unidentified man at the Camp Lazear site, Cuba, circa 1930-1950
Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 80
Identifier: P9080001
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 1930-1950
United States Army 8th Infantry in review, Columbia Barracks, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1900
Item — Box 80: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 19
Identifier: P8019001
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
Unsung Heroes, circa 1932
Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03275011
Scope and Contents
Whittaker describes the yellow fever experiments and praises Reed and the volunteers.
Dates:
circa 1932
Untitled article on disease in the tropicsArmy and Navy Journal, October 1, 1910
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02978001
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:
October 1, 1910
Untitled,The Washington Jeffersonian, October, 1900
Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 72
Identifier: 00372005
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
October, 1900
Unveiling of Tablet at Reed's Birthplace
,Richmond Times-Dispatch, December 13, 1903
Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 9
Identifier: N2709001
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:
December 13, 1903
Value of Dr. Reed's Work, circa 1902
Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 51
Identifier: 02651001
Scope and Contents
[Kean?] comments on the paucity of public praise that Reed has received. He maintains that his work should be recognized by the United States government, and ends with a call for a generous pension to Emilie Lawrence Reed.
Dates:
circa 1902
Victory Over Disease Justifies Spanish War Cost of $1,148,000,000
,The World, February 26, 1911
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80
Identifier: N2980001
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:
February 26, 1911
Vindicating Finlay's Glory
,Sanidad y Beneficencia, Boletin Oficialby Jorge LeRoy y Cassa [translated from Spanish], February 1927
Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 71
Identifier: 06271010
Scope and Contents
LeRoy y Cassa defends Finlay against the claims of the Rockefeller Foundation and others. He refers to Marie Gorgas and Burton J. Hendrick's biography of William Crawford Gorgas.
Dates:
February 1927