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Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Carlos J. Finlay, circa 1909

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 115
Identifier: P8811501
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 1909
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to Carlos J. Finlay; various scenes in Cuba; Philip Showalter Hench's family; and ceremonies honoring Philip Showalter Hench and members of the yellow fever experiments

Carter. Henry Rose (August 25, 1852 - September 14, 1925), Sanitarian and Epidemiologist,  circa 1927

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01302007
Scope and Contents

Phalen's biographical sketch describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, appearance, and personality.

Dates:  circa 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Certificate from Pedro Nogueira to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04503006
Scope and Contents

Nogueira, the Marianao Director of Sanitation, certifies that Hench will fumigate Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear for termites.

Dates:  December 3, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence, notes, and other materials of Philip Showalter Hench relating to the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Certificate from Washington and Jefferson College to John J. Moran,  October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03606014
Scope and Contents

This certificate recognizes Moran as a hero.

Dates:  October 26, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench relating to Lazear memorial event at Washington and Jefferson College

Check from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran,  January 28, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 52
Identifier: 03452001
Scope and Contents

Hench's check for a photograph of Moran was returned to him by Moran.

Dates:  January 28, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letter from John J. Moran to Philip Showalter Hench with enclosed check

Circular on Jesse W. Lazear's actions in Cuba, circa 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444043
Scope and Contents

This circular relates Lazear's role in the yellow fever research.

Dates: circa 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters and documents relating to a pension for Mabel H. Lazear

Claudio Delgado and Frank Finlay inside Building Number One at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 31
Identifier: P8531001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to the Camp Lazear National Monument

Colonel Goethals Was Not Hampered by the Canal Commission,The Baltimore Sun,  December 21, 1914

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: N3021001
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 21, 1914
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Newspaper articles and editorials relating to George W. Goethals and the Isthmian Canal Commission

Columbus Memorial, Havana, Cuba,  1899

 Item — Box 81: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 8
Identifier: P8108001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Havana, Cuba and its environs; General Fitzhugh Lee's Headquarters in Cuba; the U.S.S.Maine; and Hideyo Noguchi

Confidential Memorandum of Trip to Cuba, March 2-11, 1948, by Philip Showalter Hench with annotations by Albert E. Truby,  circa March 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04208002
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses, in detail, his trip to Cuba. He writes that Moran and Nogueira were of great help to him. Moran stated that he was the first to volunteer for the experiments. Hench describes his visit to Camp Lazear, the Finca San Jose, Camp Columbia, Las Animas Hospital, General Wood's old headquarters, the site of the 1901 Pan-American Medical Congress, Finlay's home, and the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  circa March 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Confidential Memorandum of Trip to Cuba, March 2-11, 1948, by Philip Showalter Hench and related materials

Copy of an Act of Congress granting an increase of pension to Mabel H. Lazear,  circa 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 02920005
Scope and Contents

This act increases the pension provided to Mabel Lazear.

Dates:  circa 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from S.C. Meade to A.S.V. Mansfelde with a copy of a bill granting an increase of pension to Mabel H. Lazear

Cover of Jesse W. Lazear's photograph album with images relating to Cuba,  circa 1900

 Item — Box 94: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 15
Identifier: P9415001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Walter Reed and his family; Jesse W. Lazear and his family; letters written by Walter Reed; other individuals involved with the study of yellow fever; and the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College / Jesse W. Lazear's photograph album with images predominately relating to Cuba

Crowd at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 34
Identifier: P8534001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to the Camp Lazear National Monument

Crowd at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 35
Identifier: P8535001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to the Camp Lazear National Monument

Crowd gathered around Building Number One at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 33
Identifier: P8533001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to the Camp Lazear National Monument

Crowd gathered around Building Number One at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 44
Identifier: P8344001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Pinar del Rio and the Camp Lazear National Monument

Cuban soldiers carrying coffins containing the victims of the U.S.S.Maineexplosion,  1898

 Item — Box 81: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 38
Identifier: P8138001
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:  1898
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of Havana, Cuba and its environs; General Fitzhugh Lee's Headquarters in Cuba; the U.S.S.Maine; and Hideyo Noguchi

Decorations and medals presented to Carlos J. Finlay, circa 1948

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 57
Identifier: P8857001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to Carlos J. Finlay; various scenes in Cuba; Philip Showalter Hench's family; and ceremonies honoring Philip Showalter Hench and members of the yellow fever experiments

Dedication of the bust of Carlos J. Finlay, Havana, Cuba,  1916

 Item — Box 88: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 44
Identifier: P8844001
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:  1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to Carlos J. Finlay; various scenes in Cuba; Philip Showalter Hench's family; and ceremonies honoring Philip Showalter Hench and members of the yellow fever experiments

Dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania,  October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 8
Identifier: P8608001
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:  October 26, 1940
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