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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 Yellow fever

Walter Reed - A Memoir, by Wesley C. Cox December 20, 1935 8 pages Box 33, Folder 41

Cox's lecture includes a biography of Walter Reed and a detailed description of the yellow fever experiments.

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  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. Memorandum from Frank T. Hines to Colonel Ijams with an enclosed lecture on Walter ReedDecember 20, 1935-January 3, 1936

Walter Reed and Yellow Fever: Chronology of the Yellow Fever Work in Cuba 1899 and 1900 and Personal Experiences, by Jefferson Randolph Kean June 12, 1929 1 page Box 62, Folder 83

Kean chronologically lists the events related to yellow fever in Cuba, for Hagedorn.

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  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. Chronology of yellow fever events1938

Walter Reed, Dedication of His Birthplace  October 15, 1927 12 pages Box 31, Folder 36

Kean gives a speech at the Opening Ceremonies of the dedication to Walter Reed's birthplace. He recounts the entire history of the yellow fever investigation. (Reprinted from The Military Surgeon for March, 1928)

  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. Materials relating to the dedication of Walter Reed's birthplace in Belroi, VirginiaOctober 15, 1927

Walter Reed in military uniform circa 1876 1 page Box 87, Folder 28

Photo by National Library of Medicine, Bethesda (Md.)

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  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IX. Photographscirca 1846-circa 1966 circa 1870-circa 1960
  4. Photographs of memorial sites, busts, and illustrations of Walter Reed, Carlos Finlay, Jesse W. Lazear; stills from the movies,Yellow JackandJezebel 1855-1968

Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them)  circa 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, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Henchcirca 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  4. Walter Reed's Human Guinea Pigs (By One of Them)with note circa 1930-1940

Walter Reed with the Army Medical School Class of 1901-1902 1902 1 page Box 87, Folder 50

Photo by National Library of Medicine, Bethesda (Md.)

  1. University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974
  3. Series IX. Photographscirca 1846-circa 1966 circa 1870-circa 1960
  4. Photographs of memorial sites, busts, and illustrations of Walter Reed, Carlos Finlay, Jesse W. Lazear; stills from the movies,Yellow JackandJezebel 1855-1968

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