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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1842 Collections and/or Records:

Cast of the playYellow Jackduring the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College,  October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 94: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 38
Identifier: P9438001
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:  October 26, 1940

Christmas card from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 22, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011005
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez Leon thanks Hench for the reprints he sent and promises to write soon. She hopes that she can answer some of Hench's questions about the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  December 22, 1942

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

Congressional Bill, H.R. 21884, May 23, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444024
Scope and Contents

The Bill awards pensions to Jennie Carroll and Mabel Lazear from the War Department in recognition of their husbands' service in the yellow fever work.

Dates: May 23, 1908

Conquest of Yellow Fever, circa 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653002
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: circa 1902

Contribution for John R. Kissinger,  circa 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 96
Identifier: 02896001
Scope and Contents

This note encloses a contribution for Kissinger, and mentions the Outlook essay.

Dates:  circa 1907

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

Dean Cornwell and C. M. Walson in front ofConquerors of Yellow Fever, painted by Dean Cornwell,  May 5, 1941

 Item — Box 77: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 37
Identifier: P7737001
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:  May 5, 1941

Dean Cornwell taking a picture of Carlos Finlay's bust,  October 1940

 Item — Box 77: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 4
Identifier: P7704001
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:  October 1940

Dedication ceremony for the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania,  October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 86: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 24
Identifier: P8624001
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:  October 26, 1940

Dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 40
Identifier: P8340001
Scope and Contents

The Cuban minister of health, Dr. Saladrigas is raising the flag.

Dates:  December 3, 1952

Dedication of the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 83: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 42
Identifier: P8342001
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:  December 3, 1952

Dedication of yellow fever memorial at the Camp Lazear National Monument,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 85: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 17
Identifier: P8517001
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:  December 3, 1952

Dr. H.R. Carter Dead; Fought Yellow Fever,The New York Times,  September 15, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: N1229009
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates:  September 15, 1925

Dr. Walter Reed's Memory Honored,  circa October 8, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: N3136008
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:  circa October 8, 1926

Draft of letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  July 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03841006
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires if Recio will help him locate a copy of "Memoria del Hospital Numero Uno Correspondiente al ano de 1902." He would like to give a copy to the Surgeon General's Library.

Dates:  July 11, 1941

Draft of letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  February 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803027
Scope and Contents

Hench requests a large number of U.S. government publications published between 1898 and 1902. These documents are necessary for the preparation of a report to the Cuban government.

Dates:  February 24, 1941

Draft of letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Harry L. Freer,  February 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803023
Scope and Contents

Hench requests the key to the numbered buildings shown in a 1902 map of Columbia Barracks.

Dates:  February 24, 1941

Draft of letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Jan H. Tillisch,  February 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205020
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his yellow fever research. He informs Tillisch that he is searching for an aerial photograph of the area around Camp Lazear, but has been unable to locate one.

Dates:  February 16, 1948