Social history

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby, January 8, 1944

Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 3

Identifier: 06403001

Scope and Contents

Kean describes Hench's visit to his house and admits that his memory is fading.

Dates: January 8, 1944

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby, February 22, 1947

Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13

Identifier: 06413030

Scope and Contents

Kean is upset over Ames' claim that he had experimental yellow fever, which he knows is incorrect.

Dates: February 22, 1947

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby, November 19, 1948

Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13

Identifier: 06413281

Scope and Contents

Kean has attempted to identify the persons in the photographs from Truby, some of whom he describes. Kean discusses his large accumulation of personal papers and books, which will be deposited at the University of Virginia after his death. Kean describes his recent illness and its effects. He lists new members of the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and expresses his apprehension that Hench might not finish his yellow fever magnum opus.

Dates: November 19, 1948

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Charles Edward Magoon, October 31, 1907

Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 21

Identifier: 06221001

Scope and Contents

Kean sends Magoon the report of the Chief Sanitary Officer of Cuba for the past year and comments extensively on sanitation and the yellow fever.

Dates: October 31, 1907

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Domingo F. Ramos, November 22, 1944

Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 3

Identifier: 06403088

Scope and Contents

Kean discusses Finlay's mosquito theory and Reed's research.

Dates: November 22, 1944

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to George A. Kellogg, March 27, 1941

Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6

Identifier: 05906073

Scope and Contents

Kean criticizes the sketches for the Cornwell painting and discusses the anti-Reed sentiment in Cuba.

Dates: March 27, 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to George A. Kellogg, July 31, 1941

Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6

Identifier: 05906147

Scope and Contents

Kean approves of the finished Cornwell painting. He comments on the various figures depicted in the work.

Dates: July 31, 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to George Miller Sternberg, September 25, 1900

Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 53

Identifier: 00353001

Scope and Contents

Kean describes the contributions and sacrifices that Lazear has made for science, and asks Sternberg to make a public statement about Lazear's death and his courage in life. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: September 25, 1900

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Harold W. Jones, February 20, 1942

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10

Identifier: 06310042

Scope and Contents

Kean comments on the Cornwell painting of the Reed Board and the distribution of proper credit between Reed and Finlay.

Dates: February 20, 1942

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench with related newspaper clippings

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Howard A. Kelly, August 16, 1906

Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 16

Identifier: 06216001

Scope and Contents

Kean argues that Carroll deserves more recognition for his service. The last page includes Kelly's reply, dated September 10, 1906. Kelly writes that he will help to secure cooperation of Congressmen and write an article in support of Congressional action on behalf of the survivors and their families.

Dates: August 16, 1906

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Howard A. Kelly, December 27, 1902

Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49

Identifier: 02649001

Scope and Contents

Kean discusses a strategy to lobby Congress to approve a pension for Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Dates: December 27, 1902

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Howard A. Kelly, January 11, 1903

Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 60

Identifier: 02660001

Scope and Contents

Kean solicits support for pension bills in Congress. He discusses biographical essays on Walter Reed by himself and Kelly.

Dates: January 11, 1903

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Howard A. Kelly, November 10, 1904

Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 32

Identifier: 02732001

Scope and Contents

Kean forwards Kelly information about Walter Reed for Kelly's biography.

Dates: November 10, 1904

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Ida E. Kissinger, August 1, 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6

Identifier: 06306005

Scope and Contents

Kean recommends to Kissinger that her husband be moved to a veteran's hospital in Indianapolis.

Dates: August 1, 1941

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to James M. Phalen, January 29, 1943

Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1

Identifier: 06401016

Scope and Contents

Kean states that his reference to Gorgas' Final Report should not diminish Gorgas' credibility and reputation.

Dates: January 29, 1943

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to John J. Moran, June 18, 1934

Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 77

Identifier: 06277001

Scope and Contents

Kean thanks Moran for sending him his immunity certificate signed by the Yellow Fever Board members. Kean comments on the political situation in Cuba.

Dates: June 18, 1934