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. Date range 1940 Subjects Government

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 23 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  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 ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 18 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  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 ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 14 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  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 ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 14 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  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 ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Draft ofThe Finca San Jose, 1940 9 pages Box 36, Folder 15

Hench's handwritten draft discusses the history of the San Jose farm, site of Camp Lazear.

  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. Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Maria Teresa Loma Viuda de Rojas and related materials, 1940

I Became a Guinea Pigan episode fromBig Moments in a Little Life, 1940/1955 17 pages Box 65, Folder 10

Andrus describes the work of the Yellow Fever Board and his role as a volunteer. He provides exacting lists of his fellow volunteers and their cases of yellow fever.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench, 1879/1960, bulk 1900/1954

Letter (English translation) from Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench, 1940 2 pages Box 35, Folder 77

Rojas answers some of Hench's questions about the difficulties of research and the problems with the Cuban regime.

  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. Correspondence between Maria Teresa Loma Viuda de Rojas and Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, 1940 3 pages Box 36, Folder 3

Truby criticizes some members of the Yellow Fever Commission for seeking undue credit. He verifies that his source of information on Lazear's death was Reed.

  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. Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Albert E. Truby, 1940

Letter from Carlos E. Finlay to [Ralph Cooper Hutchison], 1940 1 page Box 36, Folder 4

Finlay writes about the location of Camp Lazear and his recently published biography of his father, Carlos J. Finlay.

  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. Letters from Carlos E. Finlay to Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

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