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University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library

Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
University of Virginia Health System
P.O. Box 800722
1350 Jefferson Park Avenue
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908
Primary Collecting Areas:
History of the University of Virginia Health System, Health Sciences in Virginia and the U.S. South, Anatomy, Yellow Fever, and Public Health
Description:
The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library is home to the University of Virginia's collection of rare and unique resources documenting the history of the health sciences.
POC: Amanda Greenwood
Phone: (434) 924-0052
Phone: (434) 982-0576
Phone: (434) 924-5444
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library Subjects Tropical medicine

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench November 27, 1940 6 pages Box 62, Folder 84

Kean talks about Lazear's family and the location of his boyhood home. He also discusses the biography of Finlay.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench1940

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench October 21, 1941 6 pages Box 63, Folder 6

Kean details his involvement in the National Memorial to Thomas Jefferson. Kean also discusses the publication of Truby's manuscript, his meeting with Carlos E. Finlay, and his understanding that Reed visited Carlos J. Finlay before any efforts were made to infect mosquitoes.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter HenchAugust 1941-October 1941

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench October 2, 1940 3 pages Box 62, Folder 84

Kean compares the two methods of testing for yellow fever: mosquito bites and sleeping in the infected bedding. He claims that at the time of the experiments, the latter was considered more dangerous.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench1940

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Philip Showalter Hench September 17, 1940 18 pages Box 62, Folder 84

Kean responds in detail to Hench's letter concerning the yellow fever experiments. He sends his diary from late 1900 and a copy of a speech at the dedication of Walter Reed's birthplace.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Henchcirca 1879-circa 1960 bulk 1900-1954
  4. Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench1940

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Robert F. Nelson August 25, 1927 2 pages Box 31, Folder 25

Kean rejects Nelson's article on the grounds of inaccuracies. Kean informs him of the Walter Reed Memorial Association's work and Peabody's efforts to lobby Congress for pension increases for the survivors.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed1806-circa 1955 bulk 1874-1936
  4. Correspondence between Robert F. Nelson and Jefferson Randolph Kean with related materialsJuly 1927-August 1927

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to the Adjutant General June 5, 1900 2 pages Box 20, Folder 28

Kean provides reasons for infection of yellow fever at Columbia Barracks and possible ways to prevent spread of disease. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed1806-circa 1955 bulk 1874-1936
  4. Military records relating to sanitation and yellow fever at Columbia Barracks.June 5, 1899

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. SweitzerApril 6, 1900 4 pages Box 3, Folder 20

Lazear writes about Mabel Lazear's trip home. He has finished a paper on malaria but will still do more research. He is currently doing bacteriological work.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series I. Jesse W. Lazearcirca 1800-1956 bulk 1863-1943

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