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Start Over Creator Kean, Jefferson Randolph, 1860-1950 Subjects Yellow fever

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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to the Provisional Governor of Cuba February 20, 1908 2 pages Box 62, Folder 24

Kean cites a lack of support for sanitary measures by the Cuban authorities, and an increase in the incidence of yellow fever. He requests assignment of another medical officer to his staff.

  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. Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Provisional Governor of Cuba with an order from the governor1908

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to W.F. de Niedman April 10, 1928 1 page Box 62, Folder 72

Kean informs de Niedman that he will testify on behalf of a pension bill to recognize the work of the Yellow Fever Commission and volunteers, including Agramonte.

  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 Jefferson Randolph Kean1928

Letter from [Louise Young Kean] and Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young November 18, 1900 12 pages Box 143, Folder 27

The Keans discuss social events among the army personnel and a move to new quarters. The postscript mentions the reaction of the popular press and the medical journals to the mosquito theory.

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additionscirca 1860-1965 bulk 1898-1965

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean for the Journal of Association of Military Surgeons September 28, 1926 1 page Box 62, Folder 70

Kean provides his analysis of the date of the initiation of anti-mosquito efforts in Havana. He cites a report by William Crawford Gorgas, which was written in 1904.

  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

Notes by Jefferson Randolph Kean on Cuban yellow fever experiments August 6, 1943 13 pages Box 64, Folder 1

Kean writes notes and memoranda about various yellow fever episodes.

  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 Hench1943

Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974 67 linear feet; 153 boxes

Carter, Henry Rose, 1852-1925
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.
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