medals
Subject
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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Conquest of Yellow Fever Medal, February 28, 1929
Item — Box 54: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4 (vault)
Identifier: uva-lib:2229249
Scope and Contents
This gold medal was awarded posthumously to Walter Reed by an act of the United States Congress in recognition of his work with yellow fever. Each of the surviving members (as of 1929) of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board and the experiment volunteers received one such medal.
Dates:
February 28, 1929
Order of Finlay certificate and medal presented to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, December 30, 1952
File — Box 71: Series uva-lib:2230196; Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 3 [oversize]
Identifier: uva-lib:2230318
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:
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Dates:
December 30, 1952
Series III. Walter Reed, 1806-circa 1955, bulk: bulk 1874-1936
Series — Box 16-33: Series uva-lib:2223908
Identifier: uva-lib:2223908
Scope and Contents
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:
1806-circa 1955; Majority of material found within 1874-1936
Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, circa 1850-circa 1966, bulk: bulk 1937-1960
Series — Box 34-55: Series uva-lib:2225888
Identifier: uva-lib:2225888
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1850-circa 1966; Majority of material found within 1937-1960
Series VIII. Miscellany, circa 1849-1982, bulk: bulk 1885-1974
Series — Box 66-75, 154: Series uva-lib:2230196
Identifier: uva-lib:2230196
Scope and Contents
Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:
informed...
Dates:
circa 1849-1982; Majority of material found within 1885-1974
The Walter Reed Medal, 1936
File — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 51
Identifier: uva-lib:2225887
Scope and Contents
Awarded by the American Society of Tropical Medicine to Mrs. Walter Reed n recognition of meritorious achievement in tropical medicine.
Dates:
1936