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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 14
Identifier: P8514001
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

Maria Teresa Rojas, Lydia Cabrera, and others unidentified at Finca San Jose some years after the dedication in 1952,  circa 1955-1960

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 67
Identifier: P8567001
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 1955-1960

Maria Teresa Rojas, Lydia Cabrera, and others unidentified by Building Number One some years after the dedication in 1952,  circa 1955-1960

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 67
Identifier: P8567002
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 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

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 67
Identifier: P8567003
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 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

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 80
Identifier: P8680001
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:  November 1960

Mary Hench, Emilie Lawrence Reed, and Philip Showalter Hench on Reed's 86th birthday,  January 14, 1942

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 67
Identifier: P8667001
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 14, 1942

Mary Hench in Havana, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 94
Identifier: P8894001
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

Mary Kingsley medal presented to Carlos J. Finlay by the Academy of Medicine of Liverpool on November 4, 1907, circa 1948

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 56
Identifier: P8856001
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 1948

Memoir: Rev. L.S. Reed, circa 1920-1960

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 12
Identifier: 06512041
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: circa 1920-1960

Memoirs of a Human Guinea Pig,  circa 1901-1950

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 71
Identifier: 02571001
Scope and Contents

This is Moran's account of his experience with the Yellow Fever Commission as a human test subject.

Dates:  circa 1901-1950

Memorandum by A.S. Dabney for Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 15, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03463001
Scope and Contents

Dabney provides a chronology of Walter Reed's military service; from June 26, 1875 to April 3, 1900.

Dates:  April 15, 1938

Memorandum concerning William H. Dean Memorial Bridge,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03705002
Scope and Contents

The memorandum includes a transcription of the plaque inscription on the William H. Dean Memorial Bridge, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dates:  circa 1940

Memorandum for L.L. Williams, Jr. Place of Origin of Malaria--America,  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 01134001
Scope and Contents

This memorandum discusses the possibility that malaria originated in the Americas.

Dates:  circa 1923

Memorandum for Preparing an Area for a Pond, by Henry Rose Carter,  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 10
Identifier: 01110001
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses ways to modify a pond in order to minimize mosquito infestation.

Dates:  circa 1923

Memorandum from Albert E. Truby to the Surgeon General,  March 9, 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03272001
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates:  March 9, 1932

Memorandum from C.J. Asplund to John J. Moran,  October 15, 1918

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: 03046009
Scope and Contents

Moran is nominated for overseas duty.

Dates:  October 15, 1918

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter,  July 31, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5
Identifier: 01205001
Scope and Contents

Carter comments on Muhlens' paper about regional variations in the mosquito's relation to the malaria parasite.

Dates:  July 31, 1924

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter, September 8, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 00915016
Scope and Contents

Carter recommends continuation of work. He requests to stay since he is the most qualified. He fears a yellow fever outbreak in Lima.

Dates: September 8, 1921

Memorandum from Henry Rose Carter to M.A. Barber,  1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 01234001
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses life in Virginia, between 1865 and 1870.

Dates:  1925

Memorandum from Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 27, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03207001
Scope and Contents

Kean lists the yellow fever experiment participants included in the Roll of Honor.

Dates:  August 27, 1929