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Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, January 27, 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1

Identifier: 06301121

Scope and Contents

Truby provides detailed replies to the questions Hench posed about Truby's manuscript on the yellow fever experiments. He doubts the accuracy of Agramonte's accounts of the experiments.

Dates: January 27, 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 Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, circa March 1941

Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2

Identifier: 06302056

Scope and Contents

Truby discusses the plan to commission a painting of the Yellow Fever Board, including Finlay. He will ask Andrus and England for verification of locations and hopes his letter to Ramos was sufficient.

Dates: circa March 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 Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, circa August 20, 1941

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

Identifier: 06306034

Scope and Contents

Truby agrees that Cooke, Ames, and Jernegan should be included in the yellow fever painting.

Dates: circa August 20, 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 Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, August 26, 1941

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

Identifier: 06306050

Scope and Contents

Truby points out historical inaccuracies found in the yellow fever painting.

Dates: August 26, 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 Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, September 3, 1941

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

Identifier: 06306061

Scope and Contents

Truby comments on Dean, Ames, Carroll and Agramonte. He feels his memory is sound, though he knows Hench has some skepticism. He offers his recollections of Carroll's infection and his attitude towards the mosquito theory.

Dates: September 3, 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 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