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 Public health

Abstract:Yellow Fever, by Henry Rose Carter, 1923 3 pages Box 11, Folder 18

Carter comments on recent yellow fever articles and summarizes yellow fever work. He discusses the relation of Leptospira icteroides to yellow fever and the use of curative sera. He also mentions the recent yellow fever outbreaks in Brazil, Colombia, and West Africa.

  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

A Memorial Project: The Preservation of Camp Lazear, by Philip Showalter Hench, 1946 8 pages Box 41, Folder 17

Hench reports to the Reed Memorial Association board on the Finlay-Reed controversy and the ongoing attempt to memorialize 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. Drafts ofA Memorial Project: The Preservation of Camp Lazear, by Philp Showalter Hench, 1946

A Memorial Project: The Preservation of Camp Lazear, by Philip Showalter Hench, 1946 10 pages Box 41, Folder 17

Hench reports to the Reed Memorial Association board on the Finlay-Reed controversy and the ongoing attempt to memorialize 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. Drafts ofA Memorial Project: The Preservation of Camp Lazear, by Philp Showalter Hench, 1946

A Précis of the United States Quarantine Regulations for Domestic Ports with Reference to Preventing the Introduction of Yellow Fever into the United States,Yellow Fever: Its Nature, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prophylaxis, and quarantine regulations relating theretoby Preston H. Bailhache, 1898 6 pages Box 18, Folder 11

These regulations describe the inspection, quarantine, and disinfection procedures to be implemented at ports to prevent the introduction of yellow fever into the United States. [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

A Resume of the Anti-Malarial Operations at Cristobal-Colon from 1917 to 1922, by J.L. Byrd, 1922 9 pages Box 11, Folder 11

Byrd's paper discusses the control of mosquito breeding as the most effective way to reduce the incidence of malaria.

  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. Letter from J.L. Byrd to Henry Rose Carter with report, 1924

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