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Records of the Surgeon General's office relating to correspondence between William T. Jenkins and Randolph Jefferson Kean,  March 27, 1912

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 13
Identifier: 03013001
Scope and Contents

These excerpts regard the correspondence between William T. Jenkins and Jefferson Randolph Kean, and the confusion of Jenkins' mailing address. The record card is dated March 27, 1912 through April 20, 1912. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  March 27, 1912
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Reed Birthplace as Shrine,The Baltimore Sun,  January 9, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: N3136012
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:  January 9, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to the dedication of Walter Reed's birthplace in Belroi, Virginia

Reed, Gorgas, and Yellow Fever, by Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 7, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 42
Identifier: 01142001
Scope and Contents

Kean writes about the campaign against yellow fever.

Dates:  April 7, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Reed Home Now Is Practically Like Original,  August 12, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: N3129001
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:  August 12, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Reed's Birthplace Will Be Restored as a National Shrine,  November 14, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: N3136006
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:  November 14, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to the dedication of Walter Reed's birthplace in Belroi, Virginia

Report of an interview with Merritte W. Ireland, by Jessie Daniel Ames,  October 22, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03214001
Scope and Contents

According to Ames, Ireland refuses to include her deceased husband (Roger Post Ames) among the yellow fever heroes. He minimizes Ames' husband role in the yellow fever work, and advises [Jessie Daniel Ames] to give up in her attempt to have him honored.

Dates:  October 22, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report of the Yellow Fever Committee of the New York Association of Biology Teachers,  circa 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304018
Scope and Contents

The report describes efforts to pass a Congressional bill honoring the yellow fever volunteers and securing pensions.

Dates:  circa 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody

Report:Experiences with the Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba 1900, by John R. Kissinger,  circa 1930-1950

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11
Identifier: 05911001
Scope and Contents

Kissinger describes the yellow fever experiments and comments on the men involved. He also describes the experience of suffering from yellow fever and the treatment for the disease. Kissinger remarks on inaccuracies in the play "Yellow Jack." He maintains that he volunteered before Moran.

Dates:  circa 1930-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Experiences with the Yellow Fever Commission in Cuba 1900, by John R. Kissinger with related notes from Kissinger

Review in theSpringfield RepublicanforDr. Reed and Yellow Fever,  July 22, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: N2866008
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:  July 22, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Reviews of Howard A Kelly's book,Walter Reed and Yellow Fever

Review inThe New York TimesforWalter Reed and Yellow Fever,  August 4, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 66
Identifier: N2866005
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:  August 4, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Reviews of Howard A Kelly's book,Walter Reed and Yellow Fever

Roger Post Ames, M.D. in Yellow Fever Experimentation at Camp Lazear, Cuba 1900-1901 with Supporting Evidence,  circa 1910-1950

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804069
Scope and Contents

This report supports Ames' inclusion in the Act, approved February 28, 1929, to recognize the public service rendered and disabilities incurred as voluntary subjects for inoculation during the yellow fever investigations in Cuba.

Dates:  circa 1910-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Roll of Honor: Participants in Yellow Fever Investigations in Cubain theArmy Register,  1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03425001
Scope and Contents

This excerpt includes the Roll of Honor of the participants in the yellow fever investigations in Cuba.

Dates:  1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Scientists Urge a Pension,The Washington Post,  January 7, 1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: N2715001
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:  January 7, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Articles recommending support of pension for Emilie Lawrence Reed

Script forThe Board of Missing Heirsradio program,  September 23, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03843006
Scope and Contents

The script gives a biographical sketch of Forbes, and states that he is wanted by the U.S. Army Finance Department so that he can be given a lump sum of $17,750 and $125 monthly for his service in the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  September 23, 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 relating to the radio program,Court of Missing Heirs

Script ofThe Heroes of the Yellow Fever Experiments in CubaforThe Shell Showradio program,  May 15, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03414001
Scope and Contents

This radio show script on the yellow fever experiments includes an interview with Kissinger.

Dates:  May 15, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Scripts ofThe Heroes of the Yellow Fever Experiments in Cuba in 1900for theWe the Peopleradio program,  January 10, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03401001
Scope and Contents

This radio script presents a fictionalized version of the yellow fever experiments, and portrays Kissinger and Moran as heroes. The radio program was prepared and produced by Young & Rubicam, Inc. for the program, "We The People", for their client the General Foods Corp., to promote their product "Calumet", on January 10, 1937, from 5:00-5:30 on the network WJZ.

Dates:  January 10, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Scripts ofThe Heroes of the Yellow Fever Experiments in Cuba in 1900for theWe the Peopleradio program

Scripts ofThe Heroes of the Yellow Fever Experiments in Cuba in 1900for theWe the Peopleradio program,  January 10, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03401006
Scope and Contents

This radio script presents a fictionalized version of the yellow fever experiments, and portrays Kissinger and Moran as heroes. The radio program was prepared and produced by Young & Rubicam, Inc. for the program, "We The People", for their client the General Foods Corp., to promote their product "Calumet", on January 10, 1937, from 5:00-5:30 on the network WJZ.

Dates:  January 10, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Scripts ofThe Heroes of the Yellow Fever Experiments in Cuba in 1900for theWe the Peopleradio program

Senate Bill No. 1168, December 5, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00433001
Scope and Contents

This is a bill for Mabel Lazear's pension. It credits Lazear with discovering the theory of mosquito transmission of yellow fever.

Dates: December 5, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Senate Joint Resolution No. 142, January 17, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 04322005
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates: January 17, 1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / House of Representatives Joint Resolution No. 396 and Senate Joint Resolution No. 142 with related notes

Sketch of a proposed Cuban American Medical Memorial [by Philip Showalter Hench], circa 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04123001
Scope and Contents

This is a pencil sketch that shows the plan of a proposed Cuban-American Medical Memorial, in Havana, with Camp Lazear Building No. 1 as the centerpiece.

Dates: circa 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Sketches and maps for the Cuban American Medical Association