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 1901 Subjects Human Experimentation

A.S. Pinto's recollections of the yellow fever experiments, 1900/1960 3 pages Box 65, Folder 12

Pinto describes Reed's use of mosquitoes acquired from Finlay and the first experiments with 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. Miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1900/1960

Building Number Two, Camp Lazear, Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, 1901 1 page Box 90, Folder 16

According to Philip Showalter Hench the picture citation erroneously describes the structure in the image as Building Number One.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IX. Photographs, 1846/1966, bulk 1870/1960
  4. Photographs of "false" and actual sites of Camp Lazear, Cuba, 1900/1950

Contract for yellow fever experiment, 1901 1 page Box 25, Folder 18

This contract is a copy of the original contract made with non-immunes for Caldas' yellow-fever experiment. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

  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. Letters and military orders relating to Philippi Caldas and his yellow fever serus, 1901

English translations of entries in Ignacio Rojas' daybook, 1900/1940 1 page Box 36, Folder 29

Moran's translation of entries made in Rojas' journal concern payment by Kean for the use of land on the San Jose farm by 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 IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Entries copied from Ignacio Rojas' daybook, 1900/1940

Entries in Ignacio Rojas' Journal or Day Book, 1900/1940 1 page Box 36, Folder 29

Moran's translation of entries made in Rojas' journal are certified by Rojas' widow as conforming in tenor to the original.

  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. Entries copied from Ignacio Rojas' daybook, 1900/1940

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