Social history
Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:
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
Maria Teresa Rojas, Lydia Cabrera, and others unidentified at Finca San Jose some years after the dedication in 1952, circa 1955-1960
Maria Teresa Rojas, Lydia Cabrera, and others unidentified by Building Number One some years after the dedication in 1952, circa 1955-1960
Maria Teresa Rojas, Lydia Cabrera, and others unidentified by the Camp Lazear Memorial some years after the dedication in 1952, circa 1955-1960
Mary Hench, Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, and an unidentified woman, in front of "Keewayden", the home Walter Reed built in Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania, November 1960
Mary Hench, Emilie Lawrence Reed, and Philip Showalter Hench on Reed's 86th birthday, January 14, 1942
Mary Hench in Havana, Cuba, 1941
Mary Kingsley medal presented to Carlos J. Finlay by the Academy of Medicine of Liverpool on November 4, 1907, circa 1948
Memoir: Rev. L.S. Reed, circa 1920-1960
Simpson summarizes the life of Lemuel S. Reed, as he knew him through religious work, and gives an account of his death and funeral. Simpson conducted the funeral service.
Memoirs of a Human Guinea Pig, circa 1901-1950
This is Moran's account of his experience with the Yellow Fever Commission as a human test subject.
Memorandum by A.S. Dabney for Jefferson Randolph Kean, April 15, 1938
Dabney provides a chronology of Walter Reed's military service; from June 26, 1875 to April 3, 1900.
Memorandum concerning William H. Dean Memorial Bridge, circa 1940
The memorandum includes a transcription of the plaque inscription on the William H. Dean Memorial Bridge, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Memorandum for L.L. Williams, Jr. Place of Origin of Malaria--America, circa 1923
This memorandum discusses the possibility that malaria originated in the Americas.
Memorandum for Preparing an Area for a Pond
, by Henry Rose Carter, circa 1923
Carter discusses ways to modify a pond in order to minimize mosquito infestation.
Memorandum from Albert E. Truby to the Surgeon General, March 9, 1932
Truby states his opinion, with Kean's concurrence, regarding qualifications for inclusion in the yellow fever roll of honor. He refers to the paper written by Walter Reed et al., "The Etiology of Yellow Fever - A Preliminary Note," and he recommends A.S. Pinto not be included in the roll of honor.
Memorandum from C.J. Asplund to John J. Moran, October 15, 1918
Moran is nominated for overseas duty.
Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, July 31, 1924
Carter comments on Muhlens' paper about regional variations in the mosquito's relation to the malaria parasite.
Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, September 8, 1921
Carter recommends continuation of work. He requests to stay since he is the most qualified. He fears a yellow fever outbreak in Lima.
Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter to M.A. Barber, 1925
Carter discusses life in Virginia, between 1865 and 1870.
Memorandum from Jefferson Randolph Kean, August 27, 1929
Kean lists the yellow fever experiment participants included in the Roll of Honor.