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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1133 Collections and/or Records:

Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1901

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 18
Identifier: P9018001
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:  1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of "false" and actual sites of Camp Lazear, Cuba

Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1901

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 19
Identifier: P9019001
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:  1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of "false" and actual sites of Camp Lazear, Cuba

Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1901

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 21
Identifier: P9021001
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:  1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of "false" and actual sites of Camp Lazear, Cuba

Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  1901

 Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 22
Identifier: P9022001
Scope and Contents

Photo by US Army Medical Museum

Dates:  1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of "false" and actual sites of Camp Lazear, Cuba

Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  circa 1941

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 27
Identifier: P9127001
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 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of the Camp Lazear site and maps of Havana and its vicinity, particularly of areas associated with the yellow fever experiments

Camp Lazear with notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308016
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / List of sources on microfilm selected from the National Archives by Philip Showalter for his yellow fever research with photographs, notes, and maps showing the site of Camp Lazear and the Columbia Barracks

Camp of the 1st United States Infantry, Pinar del Rio, Cuba,  1898

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 6
Identifier: P8306001
Scope and Contents

Photo by US Army Signal Corps.

Dates:  1898
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

Card for floral tribute from Surgeon General, United States Army, George E. Armstrong for the Camp Lazear Dedication Ceremony,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04503038
Scope and Contents

This card was created to accompany a floral wreath presented in honor of Finlay, Reed, and associates.

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

Card for floral tribute from the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army for the Camp Lazear Dedication Ceremony,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04503046
Scope and Contents

This card was created to accompany a floral wreath presented in honor of the American, Cuban and Spanish soldiers.

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

Certification of hospital admission for John J. Moran,  May 30, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 02475001
Scope and Contents

Ames certifies that Moran was diagnosed with yellow fever and was admitted to the Post Hospital on December 25, 1900 and was discharged on January 7, 1901. Members of the Yellow Fever Board also signed the certificate.

Dates:  May 30, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Certifications of Hospital Admission

Character references for John J. Moran,  August 21, 1919

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 03050001
Scope and Contents

Harold Sorenson and R.P. Harbold describe Moran's service in the army.

Dates:  August 21, 1919
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Charles G. Sonntag holding a medal and the test tube containing two mosquitos which most likely gave him yellow fever,  September 1941

 Item — Box 80: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 30
Identifier: P8030001
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:  September 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to Jesse W. Lazear. sites in Cuba, Charles G. Sontag, John J. Moran, Walter Reed, Albert E. Truby, Leonard Wood, A.S. Pinto, and Theobold Smith

Circular number 5, military orders by command of Brigadier General Lee,  August 18, 1900

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 3
Identifier: 06203001
Scope and Contents

This document discusses the diagnosis and treatment of yellow fever in Cuba.

Dates:  August 18, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

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

Ciudad Militar (Camp Columbia), Quemados de Marianao, Cuba,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 89: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 53
Identifier: P8953001
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 1930-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs relating to Las Animas hospital; Ciudad Militar (Camp Columbia); and Havana, Cuba

Columbia Barracks Hospital with notes by Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308018
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  circa 1930-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / List of sources on microfilm selected from the National Archives by Philip Showalter for his yellow fever research with photographs, notes, and maps showing the site of Camp Lazear and the Columbia Barracks

Composite view of Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  1940

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 44
Identifier: P9144001
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:  1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of the Camp Lazear site and maps of Havana and its vicinity, particularly of areas associated with the yellow fever experiments

Composite view of the Camp Lazear site, Cuba,  1941

 Item — Box 91: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 49
Identifier: P9149001
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IX. Photographs / Photographs of the Camp Lazear site and maps of Havana and its vicinity, particularly of areas associated with the yellow fever experiments

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 / <title render="italic">Confidential Memorandum of Trip to Cuba, March 2-11, 1948</title>, by Philip Showalter Hench and related materials

Copy of the card displayed with the Walter Reed bust,  circa 1935

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 78
Identifier: 06278021
Scope and Contents

Truby comments on the text of the inscription displayed with the Reed bust.

Dates:  circa 1935
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean