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Yellow fever

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Reed - A Memoir, by Wesley C. Cox,  December 20, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03341002
Scope and Contents

Cox's lecture includes a biography of Walter Reed and a detailed description of the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  December 20, 1935

Walter Reed & Yellow Fever. Chronology of the Yellow Fever Work in Cuba,  circa 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02561001
Scope and Contents

This is an outline, organized chronologically, of Kean's experience with the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  circa 1901

Walter Reed and Yellow Fever: Chronology of the Yellow Fever Work in Cuba 1899 and 1900 and Personal Experiences, by Jefferson Randolph Kean,  June 12, 1929

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 83
Identifier: 06283006
Scope and Contents

Kean chronologically lists the events related to yellow fever in Cuba, for Hagedorn.

Dates:  June 12, 1929

Walter Reed and Yellow Fever,Boston Evening Transcript,  1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: N2866002
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:  1906

Walter Reed, Dedication of His Birthplace,  October 15, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: 03136017
Scope and Contents

Kean gives a speech at the Opening Ceremonies of the dedication to Walter Reed's birthplace. He recounts the entire history of the yellow fever investigation. (Reprinted from The Military Surgeon for March, 1928)

Dates:  October 15, 1927

Walter Reed in North Carolina,  1873

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 26
Identifier: P8726001
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:  1873

Walter Reed Memorial. President Expresses Hope that Congress Will Take Suitable Action.,  December 6, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 60
Identifier: N2860001
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 6, 1906

Walter Reed sailing to Cuba, circa 1900

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 41
Identifier: P8741001
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

Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them),  circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03712001
Scope and Contents

This is a series of partial manuscripts detailing the yellow fever experiments. Topics include the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor, Moran's role in the experiments, the controversy concerning Reed's and Finlay's contributions to the conquest of yellow fever, and Moran's experiences at the University of Virginia.

Dates:  circa 1930-1940

Warren G. Jernegan,  circa 1890-1920

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 9
Identifier: P7809001
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 1890-1920

Warren G. Jernegan and N. May Jernegan,  circa 1890-1910

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 10
Identifier: P7810001
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 1890-1910

Washington Gets Magoon's Report,The Havana Post,  August 21, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 95
Identifier: N2895009
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 21, 1907

Weekly inspection, Military Hospital Number One, Havana, Cuba,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 86
Identifier: P8986001
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

What the Engineer Can and Should Do Toward Prevention of Malaria and Mosquito Nuisances, by Joseph A. LePrince,  September 1, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01211001
Scope and Contents

LePrince reports on the role of the engineer in regards to malaria prevention.

Dates:  September 1, 1924

Why Walter Reed General Hospital Was Named and Located as It Is: An Address to Student Nurses, by P.M. Ashburn,  February 4, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03172001
Scope and Contents

Ashburn's speech to an audience of student nurses is an overview of Reed's life and work. The piece includes an excerpt from the Surgeon General's report, 1900.

Dates:  February 4, 1929

Windsor Mill Place,The Baltimore Sun, September 10, 1905

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 27
Identifier: N0427001
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: September 10, 1905

Workers at the former site of Camp Lazear,  1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: P4513031
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:  1952

Would Honor Dr. Reed?,  circa 1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: N2715006
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:  circa 1903