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Hutchison designates Hench as a special representative of Washington and Jefferson College to obtain manuscripts and photographs from Cuban sources for the Lazear Memorial Building.

Hutchison discusses the Lazear Building dedication program at Washington and Jefferson College. He is considering inviting Moran and Kissinger to the dedication. Hutchison intends to locate Mabel Lazear as well.

Hutchison supplies Lazear family addresses. He will invite them to the ceremony at Washington and Jefferson College.

[Hutchison] gives Hench details on the upcoming exercises honoring Lazear at Washington and Jefferson College.

Hutchison gives Hench details on the upcoming exercises honoring Lazear at Washington and Jefferson College, and discusses Hench's presentation. He encloses a list of addresses.

Hutchison informs Hench that Sun Oil will pay Moran's travel expenses, which will free up Hench's gift for Kissinger.

Hutchison provides details of the upcoming exercises honoring Lazear at Washington and Jefferson College and discusses Hench's presentation. Hutchison also provides information on Lazear's college career.

Hutchison feels Kissinger and Moran may resent the honoring of Cooke.

Hutchison advises Hench on his speech and describes the conferring of the honorary degree.

Hutchison is very interested in preserving the surviving Camp Lazear building.

Hutchison discusses the Lazear memorial ceremony.

Hutchison is checking on the items from the Lazear memorial event, which Hench requested. Hutchison requests that Hench send information on the plans for a yellow fever memorial so he can submit them to local newspapers.

Hutchison gives Hench guidelines for Hench's article on his Camp Lazear discovery and the planned memorial.

Hutchison attempts to clear up the confusion about the number of photographs requested by Hench. He informs him that the autographed photographs by Moran and Kissinger still cannot be located.

Hutchison informs Hench that his plans for a yellow fever speech have been postponed from commencement to November 1940 (Founder's Day), to dedicate the Lazear Chemistry Building. An autograph note by Hench lists possible speakers.

Hutchison hopes Cooke will attend the upcoming ceremony honoring Lazear at Washington and Jefferson College.

Cardenas informs Hench that he and others visited the public works department, and that they believe the work to preserve Camp Lazear will begin soon. It will not be necessary to accept Hench's offer of $1000 for immediate preservation efforts on Building No. 1.

Dart understands that Hench is interested in loaning items from his Walter Reed materials for use in the Walter Reed Exhibit that will form a part of the Fourth International Congress of Tropical Diseases Exhibition. He is particularly interested in items relating directly to the yellow fever experiments.

Dart informs Hench which items from his collection they would like for the exhibit at the Fourth International Congress of Tropical Diseases. The central panel of the exhibit will be Cornwell's painting, “The Conquerors of Yellow Fever.” A search has been instituted in the Surgeon General's Library for translations of Finlay's papers.

Dart informs Hench that a Reed exhibit will be prepared for the International Congress of Tropical Diseases using items from the Army Medical Library and Museum. Hench may then add items of his own when he arrives in Washington. Dart has been unable to find an English translation of Carlos J. Finlay's works.