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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

View from the memorial toward the former site of the tents at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 4, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 52
Identifier: P8552001
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 4, 1952

Vincent M. Elmore placing a wreath from the Walter Reed Memorial Association in front of the bas-relief of Walter Reed at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 84: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 14
Identifier: P8414001
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

Walter Reed - A Memoir, by Wesley C. Cox,  December 20, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03341002
Scope and Contents

Cox's lecture includes a biography of Walter Reed and a detailed description of the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  December 20, 1935

Walter Reed and Yellow Fever: Chronology of the Yellow Fever Work in Cuba 1899 and 1900 and Personal Experiences, by Jefferson Randolph Kean,  June 12, 1929

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 83
Identifier: 06283006
Scope and Contents

Kean chronologically lists the events related to yellow fever in Cuba, for Hagedorn.

Dates:  June 12, 1929

Walter Reed and Yellow Fever,Boston Evening Transcript,  1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: N2866002
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:  1906

Walter Reed, Dedication of His Birthplace,  October 15, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: 03136017
Scope and Contents

Kean gives a speech at the Opening Ceremonies of the dedication to Walter Reed's birthplace. He recounts the entire history of the yellow fever investigation. (Reprinted from The Military Surgeon for March, 1928)

Dates:  October 15, 1927

Walter Reed Memorial. President Expresses Hope that Congress Will Take Suitable Action.,  December 6, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 60
Identifier: N2860001
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 6, 1906

Walter Reed's grave at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia,  1948

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 72
Identifier: P8772001
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

Walter Reed's grave at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia,  1948

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 73
Identifier: P8773001
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

Walter Reed's grave at Arlington Cemetery, Virginia,  1948

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 75
Identifier: P8775001
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

Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them),  circa 1930-1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03712001
Scope and Contents

This is a series of partial manuscripts detailing the yellow fever experiments. Topics include the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor, Moran's role in the experiments, the controversy concerning Reed's and Finlay's contributions to the conquest of yellow fever, and Moran's experiences at the University of Virginia.

Dates:  circa 1930-1940

Warren G. Jernegan and N. May Jernegan,  circa 1890-1910

 Item — Box 78: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 10
Identifier: P7810001
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 1890-1910

Wharf in Cuba,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 94: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 15
Identifier: P9415013
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

Why Walter Reed General Hospital Was Named and Located as It Is: An Address to Student Nurses, by P.M. Ashburn,  February 4, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03172001
Scope and Contents

Ashburn's speech to an audience of student nurses is an overview of Reed's life and work. The piece includes an excerpt from the Surgeon General's report, 1900.

Dates:  February 4, 1929

William W. Caswell in front of the bas-relief of Leonard Wood and a wreath from Harvard University at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 84: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 49
Identifier: P8449001
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

William W. Caswell, Jr. placing a wreath from Harvard University and Medical School in front of the bas-relief of Leonard Wood at the dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 84: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 48
Identifier: P8448002
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

'X' Marks the Spot, a speech given by Philip Showalter Hench at the New Fellows Banquet for the Mayo Foundation House,  January 20, 1955

 Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04801001
Scope and Contents

[Hench] discusses his experiences in visiting sites where outstanding medical developments took place or where famous individuals lived or are buried. He includes an account of the yellow fever experiments. The speech was given at the New Fellows Banquet at the Mayo Foundation House.

Dates:  January 20, 1955

Yellow Fever, October 31, 1922 

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5
Identifier: 01005001
Scope and Contents

This is a detailed clinical report from Africa, which describes a case of yellow fever in which the patient died. Included is a detailed description of the treatment program and the autopsy record.

Dates: October 31, 1922 

Yellow Fever, November 11, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5
Identifier: 01005012
Scope and Contents

This is a detailed clinical report from Africa, which describes a case of yellow fever in which the patient recovered.

Dates: November 11, 1922

Yellow Fever,  circa 1920-1930

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03142007
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