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Yellow fever

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

House at 16 General Lee Street, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1940

 Item — Box 82: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 10
Identifier: P8210001
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

House at 89 Calle Real, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 82: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 11
Identifier: P8211001
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:  1941

House at 102 Calle Real, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 82: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 12
Identifier: P8212001
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:  1941

House at 102 Calle Real, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  January 1952

 Item — Box 82: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 13
Identifier: P8213001
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:  January 1952

House at 404 (formerly 20) General Lee Street, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  January 1952

 Item — Box 82: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 3
Identifier: P8203001
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:  January 1952

House of Representatives Bill No. 11686,  March 2, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: 03146001
Scope and Contents

This is a pension bill for the Yellow Fever Commission survivors and volunteers.

Dates:  March 2, 1928

House of Representatives Bill No. 13060,  April 30, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 03152001
Scope and Contents

Congressional Bill and Report #1429 recognizes the public service of Reed and the volunteers associated with the yellow fever experiments. Biographical information is supplied in Report #1429 regarding each of the members and volunteers of the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  April 30, 1928

House of Representatives Bill No. 13639, January 17, 1901

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 86
Identifier: 00386001
Scope and Contents

This bill would award a pension to Mabel Lazear.

Dates: January 17, 1901

House of Representatives Report No. 1022,  July 27, 1914

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03020004

How the Army Yellow Fever Board Conducted its Experiments upon Human Beings,The University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin,  1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 13
Identifier: 02713001
Scope and Contents

Stark presents a paper about the measures taken by Reed and his commission to prove it was the mosquito, and not fomites, that was responsible for the spread of yellow fever. Published in The University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin, vol. 3.

Dates:  1903

How Yellow Fever Was Conquered,  circa 1920-1930

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03142011
Scope and Contents

The American Association for Medical Progress briefly outlines the history of yellow fever and the Yellow Fever Commission, and concludes that animal experimentation is crucial in order to save human lives.

Dates:  circa 1920-1930

Hoy las Ciencias Adelantan Que Es una Barbaridad!,La Discusion,  August 23, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: N2526001
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 23, 1901

I Became a Guinea Pigan episode fromBig Moments in a Little Life,  circa 1940-1955

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: 06510001
Scope and Contents

Andrus describes the work of the Yellow Fever Board and his role as a volunteer. He provides exacting lists of his fellow volunteers and their cases of yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1940-1955

In a Yellow-Fever Camp: How the Pestilence Made Its Presence Known in Siboney---The American Hospital Tents in the Mountains--A Brave Physician and His Scanty Equipment,The Argonaut,  August 14, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: N1927001
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 14, 1899

In Behalf of Mrs. Reed,  January 6, 1903

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: N2659001
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 6, 1903

In Memory of Lazear,Baltimore News, December 1, 1902

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 67
Identifier: N0367009
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: December 1, 1902

Informed consent agreement between Antonio Benigno and Walter Reed, November 26, 1900

 Item — Box 70: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 3 [oversize]
Identifier: 07003001
Scope and Contents

This consent form includes the minimum age requirements, the limited liability of the Yellow Fever Commission, and the amount of money volunteers shall receive.

Dates: November 26, 1900

Inoculacion por los Mosquitos - Entrevista con el Consul Espanol,La Discusion,  November 22, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 02210002
Scope and Contents

In this article, taken from La Discusion (November 22, 1900 - page 1), the Spanish ambassador is interviewed regarding the rumor of human experimentation by the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  November 22, 1900

Interior of Building Number One, Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  circa 1920-1950

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 77
Identifier: P9077001
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 1920-1950