Social history
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:
List of expenses of Frederick L. Rath, May 23, 1952
Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04511025
Scope and Contents
Rath lists his travel expenses for the trip to the Finca San Jose.
Dates:
May 23, 1952
List of items related to yellow fever in the possession of Philip Showalter Hench, circa 1948
Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04232001
Scope and Contents
This document describes items related to yellow fever in detail; including letters, reports, medical charts, medals, artifacts, books, photographs, interview transcripts, magazines, and sketches.
Dates:
circa 1948
List of microfilm in the National Archives pertaining to Columbia Barracks Post Hospital, circa 1941
Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03822020
Scope and Contents
Hench's list records microfilmed documents from the National Archives, including official reports and correspondence concerning Columbia Barracks Post Hospital, from 1899 to 1901.
Dates:
circa 1941
List of persons who received copies ofConquerors of Yellow Fever
, circa 1940
Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03714001
Scope and Contents
This list records names and addresses of persons in the United States and Cuba who received copies of "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."
Dates:
circa 1940
List of photographs taken at the dedication of Monumento Nacional Campamento Lazear, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04436001
Scope and Contents
Hench lists photographs taken during the dedication ceremonies of Camp Lazear, including scenes of speeches, laying of wreaths, and presentation of awards.
Dates:
December 3, 1952
List of Walter Reed's books, circa 1930-1966
Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04612005
Scope and Contents
This document lists books, formerly owned by Walter Reed, which Blossom Reed is attempting to sell.
Dates:
circa 1930-1966
Louise Adriana Wood, Lela B. Van Scoy, and Mrs. Enrique Saladrigas at the Academy of Sciences at the dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 42
Identifier: P8542001
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
Louise Adriana Wood receiving the Finlay Condecoracion, Grand Cross, at the Academy of Sciences during dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 43
Identifier: P8543001
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
Louise Adriana Wood receiving the Order of Cespedes from President Fulgencio Batista y Zaldiva during the dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 6, 1952
Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 64
Identifier: P8564001
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 6, 1952
Louise Adriana Wood receiving the Order of Cespedes from President Fulgencio Batista y Zaldiva during the dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 6, 1952
Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 65
Identifier: P8565001
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 6, 1952
Mabel H. Lazear, circa 1940-1946
Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 51
Identifier: P8651001
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 1940-1946
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
Maj. Gen. William Crawford Gorgas and the Gorgas Hospital, March 1, 1928
Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 47
Identifier: 03147001
Scope and Contents
Taylor gives a history of Ancon Hospital in Panama and the reasons why so many patients were infected with yellow fever. Taylor states that Gorgas was entirely responsible for the cleaning up of the hospitals and the Panama environs, and suggests that the name of Ancon Hospital be changed to the General Gorgas Hospital. A biographical sketch of Gorgas is included.
Dates:
March 1, 1928
Major Walter Reed Dead
,The Baltimore Sun, November 23, 1902
Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653004
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:
November 23, 1902
Man selling milk in Havana, Cuba, 1899
Item — Box 81: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 20
Identifier: P8120001
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:
1899
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
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
Map of San Jose, Marianao, Cuba, circa 1918-1946
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04123002
Scope and Contents
This map features autograph comments and sketches depicting buildings on the Rojas farm, quarries, and the surviving Camp Lazear structures.
Dates:
circa 1918-1946
Map of San Jose, Marianao, Cuba, circa 1918-1946
Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04123004
Scope and Contents
This map features autograph comments and sketches depicting buildings on the Rojas farm, quarries, and the surviving Camp Lazear structures.
Dates:
circa 1918-1946
[Margaret Lazear Briggs] and [William Houston Lazear], circa 1940-1950
Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 60
Identifier: P8660001
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 1940-1950
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
Maria Teresa Rojas and Philip Showalter Hench by the plaque commemorating the yellow fever volunteers and cooperating officials at the Camp Lazear National Monument, December 3, 1952
Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 13
Identifier: P8513001
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