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Found in 1842 Collections and/or Records:

Model of Camp Columbia with overlay notes naming locations in the model that are pertinent to the yellow fever experiments,  circa 1900-1950

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: P6308007
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates:  circa 1900-1950

Monument to Carlos J. Finlay, Finlay Park, Havana, Cuba,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 87: Series uva-lib:2230433, Folder: 3
Identifier: P8703001
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:  circa 1940

Mosquito Control Ends Fatal Plague of Yellow Fever,  circa 1927-1933

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: N2659002
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 1927-1933

National Honors for the Yellow Fever Heroes,  circa 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03224001
Scope and Contents

This report chronicles the path to recognition for the members of the Yellow Fever Board, beginning with a 1906 letter from Theodore Roosevelt.

Dates:  circa 1929

Newspaper article relating to the dedication of Walter Reed's birthplace,  October 16, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: N3136015
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:  October 16, 1927

Not by Bread Alone,, by Philip Showalter Hench,  January 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04413001
Scope and Contents

Hench's speech, for the Congress on Nutrition and Vitaminology, discusses nutrition and the importance of the enrichment of flour.

Dates:  January 1952

Not by Bread Alone,, by Philip Showalter Hench,  January 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04413005
Scope and Contents

Hench's speech, for the Congress on Nutrition and Vitaminology, discusses nutrition and the importance of the enrichment of flour.

Dates:  January 1952

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean for the Journal of Association of Military Surgeons,  September 28, 1926

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 70
Identifier: 06270001
Scope and Contents

Kean provides his analysis of the date of the initiation of anti-mosquito efforts in Havana. He cites a report by William Crawford Gorgas, which was written in 1904.

Dates:  September 28, 1926

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean on Cuban yellow fever experiments,  August 6, 1943

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06401139

Notes for remarks upon the acceptance of The Order of Finlay,  1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04410001
Scope and Contents

[Hench] outlines remarks to be made upon his acceptance of “The Order of Finlay.” He speaks highly of Finlay and states that one of his most valued possessions is an original copy of Finlay's first paper on yellow fever and mosquitoes.

Dates:  1952

Notes of an interview with Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 21, 1929

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 74
Identifier: 06274016
Scope and Contents

The interview centers on Kean's reluctance to give credit to the work done by Roger Ames during the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  October 21, 1929

Notes on Dinner for John J. Moran,  October 23, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03630001
Scope and Contents

Atcheson Hench describes the setting, guests, conversations, and presentations at a dinner given in honor of Moran at which Kean described the yellow fever experiments and Moran answered questions from the guests.

Dates:  October 23, 1940

Notes on Gustaf E. Lambert,  circa November 1946

 Item — Box 60: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06001037
Scope and Contents

Kean comments on Lambert's possible inclusion on the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Dates:  circa November 1946

Notes on John R. Kissinger,  June 2, 1938

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11
Identifier: 05911016
Scope and Contents

Kissinger responds to questions regarding the yellow fever experiments. He asserts that he volunteered before Moran.

Dates:  June 2, 1938

Notes on the Yellow Fever Commission,  circa 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03625001
Scope and Contents

Moran sends Hench extensive notes describing locations, personalities, and other details of the yellow fever experiments and commenting on the actions and attitudes of the Cuban government regarding a Lazear memorial location.

Dates:  circa 1940

Notes relating to House of Representatives Joint Resolution No. 396,  circa January 16, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 04322009

Notice of the Annual Meeting of Members of the Walter Reed Memorial Association,  November 30, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04347005
Scope and Contents

Siler informs members of the Association about the date of the annual meeting.

Dates:  November 30, 1950

Original Contributions to the Science of Medicine by Medical Officers of the Army. Walter Reed and Yellow Fever,  circa 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03101002
Scope and Contents

Siler's manuscript describes 19th century yellow fever epidemics in the United States, theories of yellow fever transmission, and the contribution of Reed in proving mosquito transmission.

Dates:  circa 1926