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Biography of Roger Post Ames, by [possibly Jessie Daniel Ames], 1910/1950 5 pages Box 58, Folder 4

This biography focuses on the reasons why Ames should be included with the Yellow Fever Board and the volunteer soldiers in the Roll of Honor.

  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

Braxton County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers, 1830/1953 61.42 Linear Feet Summary: 61 ft. 5 in. (74 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (4 record cartons, 15 in. each); (10 wrapped packages, 26.25 in.); (157 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Braxton County Court
County court and public records consisting primarily of case papers; records of county officers; estate settlements; birth, marriage and death records; and land and tax records. There are also election records; deeds and deed indexes; and records of the administration of public health and welfare.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Monongalia General Hospital, Nursing School Records, 1926/1960 1.46 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. (1 index card box, 11 in.); (1 index card box, 6.5 in.) [the boxes contain 6 reels of microfilm and 285 sheets of microfiche]

Monongalia General Hospital. Nursing School (1926-1960)
The microfilm is the only existing copy of the records of the student nursing program at Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown. The records, alphabetized by student name, document cases handled by the student nurses. The microfiche duplicate the microfilm version.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974 67 Linear Feet 154 boxes

The Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection documents the work of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission, the legacy of the commission's discoveries, the lives of individuals who were connected to the commission, and twentieth century campaigns to shape public memory of the commission. Items in the collection date from 1800 to 1998, with the bulk of the items dating from 1864 to 1974. A wide range of formats are represented in the collection including, but not limited to the following: articles, artifacts, audiocassettes, bills (legislative records), biographies, charts (graphic documents), correspondence, diaries, editorials, interviews, journals (periodicals), magazines, maps, medical records, military records, negatives (photographic), notes, photographs, reports, reprints, scrapbooks, and speeches. Unique materials in the collection are supplemented with copies of original documents and photographs housed in other institutions (e.g. the U.S. National Archives). Most of the materials in the collection were collected or created by Nobel laureate Philip Showalter Hench while researching the history of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission.
  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Upshur County Physicians Record of Births, 1936/1944 .01 Linear Feet 1 item (1 folder)

One "Physician's Record", a small pamphlet used by doctors or other medical professionals to document births. This record was used from 1936-1944, mainly for births in Upshur County. These books were issued by the West Virginia State Department of Health to physicians for purposes of statistics and record-keeping. Each page of the book contains a form that can be filled in with the relevant information, including the infant's name, date of birth, birthplace, race, and legitimacy, as well as the parents' names, ages, races, occupations, addresses, and previous children. At the bottom of the form is a space for the physician to date when the birth certificate had been delivered to the registrar.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them), 1930/1940 25 pages Box 37, Folder 12

This is a series of partial manuscripts detailing the yellow fever experiments. Topics include the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor, Moran's role in the experiments, the controversy concerning Reed's and Finlay's contributions to the conquest of yellow fever, and Moran's experiences at the University of Virginia.

  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. Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them)with note, 1930/1940

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