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House of Representatives Joint Resolution No. 396, 1950 4 pages Box 43, Folder 22

This resolution establishes a Walter Reed Commemoration Commission.

  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. House of Representatives Joint Resolution No. 396 and Senate Joint Resolution No. 142 with related notes, 1950

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 from Albert E. Truby to Gustaf E. Lambert, 1950 3 pages Box 65, Folder 1

Truby explains to Lambert the conditions for being placed on the Roll of Honor. Truby says that Ames does not meet these conditions, although he did take good care of the yellow fever volunteers.

  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
  4. Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench, 1949/1950

Letter from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench, 1950 3 pages Box 58, Folder 3

Rodriguez Leon would like her father's papers returned to her because she has promised them for a permanent exhibit. She believes that the data shows her father, Agramonte, was in Havana at the time of Lazear's death. Also, Rodriguez Leon lists papers that belonged to her father, Aristides Agramonte, that are on loan to Hench.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical files, 1860/1966, bulk 1940/1956
  4. Materials relating to Estela Agramonte de Rodriguez Leon, 1941/1950

Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench, 1950 1 page Box 43, Folder 33

Carey sends Hench copies of two Associated Press stories on Walter Reed and yellow fever that he has written. He discusses the interviews and research he has done for the stories, requests a photograph of Building No. 1, and expresses hope that the second article, which discusses preservation of the building, will help to generate support for that effort.

  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, 1950

Letter from Gustaf E. Lambert to Albert E. Truby, 1940/1954 8 pages Box 60, Folder 1

Lambert informs Truby that he has tried to gain recognition as a nurse for the experimental yellow fever cases. He explains the reasons why he thinks he should be included.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical files, 1860/1966, bulk 1940/1956
  4. Materials relating to Gustaf E. Lambert, 1942/1954

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench, 1950 1 page Box 58, Folder 4

Ames comments on the recent deaths of Emilie Lawrence Reed and Kean. She thinks it would be better to exhibit the yellow fever materials at the Mayo Clinic rather than in Charlottesville.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical files, 1860/1966, bulk 1940/1956
  4. Materials relating to Roger Post Ames, 1942/1950

Letter from J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench, 1950 2 pages Box 43, Folder 25

Siler discusses suggestions to change the inscription on a plaque memorializing Reed's place of death. He discusses a resolution introduced in Congress to honor the memory of Reed. Siler informs Hench of Osborne Wood's death.

  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, 1950

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