Popular culture

Hench requests newspaper information on William H. Dean.

Hench asks to borrow E.B. Barnet's history of Las Animas Hospital. He comments on the role of Finlay in yellow fever research.

Hench requests copies of the material from Peabody's research on the Yellow Fever Commission.

Hench advises that a model of Camp Columbia be corrected. He also requests to have photographs taken of the model.

Hench requests old maps of Cuba. He offers his opinion on the roles of Reed and Finlay and the politics behind the debate.

Hench requests permission to borrow Dominguez's manuscript in English. The manuscript deals with Carlos Finlay and his yellow fever work.

Hench asks the reference librarian about the availability of material pertaining to the work of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission in 1900.

Hench inquires about a newspaper article on Dean, and asks for a photo of the Dean Memorial Bridge.

Hench requests help in identifying a newspaper clipping from 1905.

Hench requests additional copies of a newspaper article from "The Washington Observer."

Hench requests additional copies of a newspaper article from "The Washington Reporter."

Hench requests copies of a recentCourt of Missing Heirsprogram concerning Wallace Forbes, who is owed a U.S. government pension for his participation in yellow fever experiments.

Hench thanks Purdy for his interest in the book he is preparing. However, he has not yet begun to write the first draft.

Hench introduces himself to Rice and discusses his planned book on the conquest of yellow fever. Hench wishes to purchase a copy of Rice's biography of J.W. Hurty because there is a photograph of the room in which Reed presented his paper, in 1900. He inquires if Rice knows where Reed stayed in Indianapolis for the 1900 conference.

Hench informs Spies that Hench's paper from the recent Havana conference has been revised and edited. He thanks Spies for the hospitality shown him in Havana, expresses his pride in receiving the Finlay medal, and asks Spies' help in acquiring a translation of Andreu's remarks made at the medal ceremony.

Hench informs Spies that the dedication of Camp Lazear will be held on Finlay's birthday and “Physicians' Day” in Cuba. He has made his concerns known to Nogueira that Finlay will dominate the affair and that Camp Lazear will be renamed “Parque Finlay.” He suggests Spies visit Camp Lazear when in Cuba to see how the work is progressing.

Hench informs Spies that he has heard that he, Hench, has been nominated for the decoration of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

Hench informs Spies that he was presented the Finlay Medal in a small ceremony. He comments on the possibility of receiving the Cespedes Medal. It pleases him because he believes one is for his work in cortisone and the other because of his interest in yellow fever.

Hench requests photographs of Walter Reed and the people and places associated with the yellow fever experiments. He also seeks photographs of the Nobel Prize ceremonies.

Hench inquires whether a representative of the Medical School of the University of Virginia would like to place a wreath under Reed's medallion during the dedication of Camp Lazear. Reed graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1869.