Armed Forces

Surgeon General's Office Report Card, January 16, 1903

Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12

Identifier: 02712008

Scope and Contents

These endorsements from the Surgeon General's Office regard the audit of Walter Reed following his death and requests for Reed's photograph and service record. The endorsements are dated January 16, 1903 through October 12, 1903. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: January 16, 1903

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to military career of Walter Reed

Surgeon General's Office Report Card for Walter Reed, 1900

Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6

Identifier: 02306007

Scope and Contents

These excerpts detail orders for Reed to give talks at various health conferences. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: 1900

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records for Walter Reed

Telegram from Charles Lockhart, August 5

Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54

Identifier: 01854001

Scope and Contents

The authors urge that the American Line from Santiago transport soldiers to the North. Attached to the telegram is a note dated August 4, 1898. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: August 5

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

Telegram from Edward Settle Godfrey to the Commanding Officer, October 3, 1900

Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30

Identifier: 02130001

Scope and Contents

Godfrey requests a wagon to pick up the baggage of the arriving medical officers. Included is a handwritten note by Truby. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: October 3, 1900

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

Telegram from [H.P.] McCain to John J. Moran, May 27, 1918

Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46

Identifier: 03046001

Scope and Contents

McCain informs Moran of his appointment as captain in the Quartermaster Corps.

Dates: May 27, 1918

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to John J. Moran

Telegram from J. F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench, April 7, 1954

Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9

Identifier: 04709004

Scope and Contents

Siler informs Hench that Cornelia Knox Kean has died and will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Dates: April 7, 1954

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Telegram from James Carroll to Howard A. Kelly [telegram; article fragment], circa March 11, 1907

Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80

Identifier: 02880001

Scope and Contents

The telegram deals with the James Carroll's promotion to Major, and is then followed by a biographical article about him. [missing pages 1 - 3 of 5].

Dates: circa March 11, 1907

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

Telegram from Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 16, 1900

Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 79

Identifier: 02079008

Scope and Contents

Lawrence Reed informs his mother of his new post at Rowell Barracks.

Dates: August 16, 1900

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Paul H. Streit, November 26, 1952

Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6

Identifier: 04506046

Scope and Contents

Hench says Cubans approve of wreath laying. He suggests the Army place one for Finlay. The University of Virginia is placing one in honor of Reed, but the University of Maryland has not responded in regards to Carroll.

Dates: November 26, 1952

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 with George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Telegram from [s.n.] Bash to the [Commanding General?] at Bordeaux, December 23, 1918

Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46

Identifier: 03046013

Scope and Contents

Moran is ordered to report to Mars-sur-Allier, France for duty as a hospital disbursing officer.

Dates: December 23, 1918

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to John J. Moran

Telegram from [s.n.] Harris of the United States Army to the Depot Quartermaster, circa October 26, 1918

Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46

Identifier: 03046010

Scope and Contents

Moran is ordered to report to Hoboken, New Jersey equipped for extended field service.

Dates: circa October 26, 1918

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to John J. Moran

Tents at Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901

Item — Box 90: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 13

Identifier: P9013001

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

Text of speech by A.F.A King in honor of James Carroll, October 14, 1907

Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11

Identifier: 02911001

Scope and Contents

King honors Carroll and others. He lays emphasis on his contribution to national health. He supports a pension.

Dates: October 14, 1907

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

[Text of speech?] to the members of the Yellow Fever Committees, circa 1933

Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4

Identifier: 03304005

Scope and Contents

Peabody discusses yellow fever work dating back to 1897, with particular emphasis on the work done in Cuba, in 1900 and 1901, by Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates: circa 1933