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Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, December 6, 1940

Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8

Identifier: 03708001

Scope and Contents

Truby thanks Hench for the clippings and program from the Lazear memorial event. He would like to have his manuscript returned soon so that he may make revisions. He reveals new information about the buildings of the yellow fever hospital and believes Lazear died in one of them.

Dates: December 6, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Albert E. Truby

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, December 23, 1940

Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8

Identifier: 03708004

Scope and Contents

Truby hopes to have Hench's comments on his manuscript by January 15, 1941. He would like to hear about the Washington and Jefferson College memorial events.

Dates: December 23, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Albert E. Truby

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, July 11, 1940

Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 66

Identifier: 03566001

Scope and Contents

This letter contains Truby's recollections of the Yellow Fever Commission work and excerpts of his own history of the Yellow Fever Commission concerning Jesse W. Lazear.

Dates: July 11, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, July 30, 1940

Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 66

Identifier: 03566005

Scope and Contents

This letter contains Truby's recollections of the Yellow Fever Commission work and excerpts of his own [then incomplete] history of the Yellow Fever Commission - concerning Jesse W. Lazear.

Dates: July 30, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, October 24, 1940

Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22

Identifier: 03622012

Scope and Contents

Truby comments on the validity of Agramonte's statements regarding Lazear's work.

Dates: October 24, 1940

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Albert E. Truby

Letter from Albert G. Love to Bessie M. Griswold, December 20, 1951

Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 84

Identifier: 04384007

Scope and Contents

Love thanks Griswold for her monetary gift to the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

Dates: December 20, 1951

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

Letter from Albert G. Love to Philip Showalter Hench, November 26, 1951

Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1

Identifier: 04401015

Scope and Contents

Love informs Hench that he was missed at the Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting. He read Hench's letter to Standlee, in which he questioned the reliability of her information, but does not think anyone will be able to convince her that Reed deserves all the recognition he has received.

Dates: November 26, 1951

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 concerning the preservation of Building Number One at Camp Lazear

Letter from Alberto Recio Forns to Philip Showalter Hench, June 7, 1940

Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 57

Identifier: 03557001

Scope and Contents

Forns discusses the identification of Camp Lazear from photographs taken by Alvare.

Dates: June 7, 1940

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

Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench, April 22, 1941

Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41

Identifier: 03841001

Scope and Contents

Recio praises Hench for his historical research on the yellow fever story. He enthusiastically supports the memorialization of the Camp Lazear site and feels it will be greatly appreciated by future generations. He offers to enlist the support of high Cuban government officials.

Dates: April 22, 1941

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 Alberto Recio

Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench, August 7, 1941

Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41

Identifier: 03841008

Scope and Contents

Recio informs Hench that he was able to locate the requested booklet and will send it to him. He plans to have an accurate survey made of the old Camp Lazear site.

Dates: August 7, 1941

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 Alberto Recio

Letter from Alberto Recio to Philip Showalter Hench, December 13, 1941

Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41

Identifier: 03841010

Scope and Contents

Recio thanks Hench for some reprints on the transmission of yellow fever and a copy of Cornwell's painting. He believes that the discovery belongs to Finlay but that the glory should be shared with the American Commission who confirmed his findings.

Dates: December 13, 1941