Collections : [University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.]

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Subjects Education

Telegram from Joaquin del Castillo to Henry Rose Carter, 1921 1 page Box 9, Folder 3

Hanson reports on a yellow fever epidemic in Peru. The local newspaper is publishing articles denouncing his sanitary campaign.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series II. Henry Rose Carter, 1880/1932, bulk 1883/1932
  4. Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter, 1921

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Eleanor Lappage, 1952 1 page Box 44, Folder 12

Hench informs Lappage that he has completed his reading copy for the Congress on Nutrition and Vitaminology lecture, but that it requires editing before publication.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench, 1952

[Text of speech?] to the members of the Yellow Fever Committees, 1933 13 pages Box 33, Folder 4

Peabody discusses yellow fever work dating back to 1897, with particular emphasis on the work done in Cuba, in 1900 and 1901, by Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936
  4. Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody, 1933/1943

The Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940, 1940 36 pages Box 35, Folder 45

Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Drafts ofThe Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940, 1940

The Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940, 1940 37 pages Box 35, Folder 45

Summary of Hench's research and trip to Havana, Cuba, with various autograph notes, memorandum, and addendum.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Drafts ofThe Conquest of Yellow Fever: Memorandum by Dr. Philip S. Hench, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a Visit to Havana, Cuba, April 1940, 1940

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