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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

The Board of Managers, Walter Reed Memorial Association, Washington, D.C.,  November 21, 1946

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 73
Identifier: P8873001
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 21, 1946

The building in Indianapolis where Walter Reed read his preliminary report on the etiology of yellow fever in October 1900,  1907

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 6
Identifier: P7806001
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:  1907

The Conduct of the Yellow Fever Campaign in Vera Cruz and the Second Yellow Fever Zone,  July 30, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01009001
Scope and Contents

Caldwell discusses his work in Vera Cruz and neighboring areas.

Dates:  July 30, 1922

The Conduct of the Yellow Fever Campaign in Vera Cruz and the Second Yellow Fever Zone, 1921-1922, by Bert W. Caldwell,  July 30, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021016
Scope and Contents

Caldwell reports on the Mexican yellow fever and antimalarial campaign, describing the cooperative efforts of the Mexicans and the Rockefeller Commission workers.

Dates:  July 30, 1922

The Conquest of Yellow Fever -- An Illustrated Talk, by Philip Showalter Hench,  January 31, 1955

 Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04802001
Scope and Contents

Hench gives a history of yellow fever and the investigation done by Finlay.

Dates:  January 31, 1955

The dedication of the bas-relief of Leonard Wood at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 84: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 48
Identifier: P8448001
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

The Dedication of the 'Camp Lazear National Monument', Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  January 3, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04601001
Scope and Contents

Hench provides a detailed account of the restoration and the dedication of Camp Lazear, as well as the social events following the ceremony. In two addendums he describes the Reed-Finlay controversy, Cuban newspaper articles on the dedication, and the political maneuvering involved in establishing the memorial.

Dates:  January 3, 1953

The Easter Sunday Sunrise Service in the Amphitheater of the Walter Reed Hospital Grounds,The Washington Star,  April 15, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: N3153001
Scope and Contents

Image of the Easter Sunday sunrise service in the amphitheater of the Walter Reed Hospital grounds.

Dates:  April 15, 1928

The Establishment of a Settlement for Lepers,  circa 1900-1930

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01325068
Scope and Contents

The unknown author describes the settlement for lepers that Carter established in Panama.

Dates:  circa 1900-1930

The Historic Role of the Finca San Jose and Camp Lazear (Quemados de Marianao) in the Conquest of Yellow Fever by Carlos Finlay, Walter Reed, and Their Associates, by Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04435013
Scope and Contents In this speech, delivered at the dedication of Camp Lazear, Hench stresses the Cuban-American cooperation underlying the conquest of yellow fever. He discusses the Havana Yellow Fever Commission of 1879 and the choice of the Finca San Jose as an experimental site because of its yellow fever immunity. He describes Finlay's mosquito hypothesis and experiments, and the lack of support for his theory. Hench then outlines the work of Lazear and the Reed Commission, quotes Reed and Finlay, and...
Dates:  December 3, 1952

The History of a Rose, by Emily B. Lawrence,  1867

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01604001
Scope and Contents

Lawrence writes a story about a rose.

Dates:  1867

The last Spanish transport ship leaving Havana with the former Captain-General of Cuba, Ramon Blanco y Erenas, and his staff,  January 1, 1899

 Item — Box 80: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 95
Identifier: P8095001
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 1, 1899

The Late Major Walter Reed,The New York Times,  December 4, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653003
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 4, 1902

The Moral Equivalent,The New York Times,  March 11, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 42
Identifier: N3142005
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:  March 11, 1928

The New Quarantine,The Havana Post,  September 17, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49
Identifier: N2949001
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:  September 17, 1908

The Pedroso Palace,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03716003
Scope and Contents

Cabrera writes about the history of the Pedroso Palace in Havana, Cuba.

Dates:  circa 1940

The podium Carlos J. Finlay used to deliver his address to the Real Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas y Naturale on August 14, 1881,  1948

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 62
Identifier: P8862001
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:  1948

The Republic Remembers,Medical Progress, by James E. Peabody,  March 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49
Identifier: 03149001
Scope and Contents

Peabody gives a brief history of the Yellow Fever Commission and discusses the pensions to be granted to the yellow fever volunteers after the passing of the Copeland-Wainwright Bill.

Dates:  March 1928

The room in Indianapolis where Walter Reed read his preliminary report on the etiology of yellow fever in October 1900,  circa 1900-1960

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 7
Identifier: P7807001
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 1900-1960

The Scientific Experiments in Cuba in 1900-1901 by the Walter Reed Board with Special Emphasis on the Cost of the Experiments to the United States Government,  July 1, 1953

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06506001
Scope and Contents

Truby, by examining the stubs of the checkbook used to disburse funds at Camp Lazear, analyzes the cost of the yellow fever experiments. He produces a figure of $6,500.

Dates:  July 1, 1953