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

United States. Army
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.

Surgeon General's Office Report Card for Walter Reed, 1900 3 pages Box 23, Folder 6

These excerpts detail orders for Reed to give talks at various health conferences. [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
  4. Military records for Walter Reed, 1900

The Army Medical Museum and Library Building, 1900/1960 1 page Box 76, Folder 4

Courtesy of U.S. Army Medical Museum

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IX. Photographs, 1846/1966, bulk 1870/1960
  4. Photographs of Walter Reed's birthplace, yellow fever epidemic scenes, Camp Columbia, and various persons related to the yellow fever experiments, 1873/1947

The commanding officer's quarters and mess hall, possibly Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba, 1900 1 page Box 76, Folder 71

Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IX. Photographs, 1846/1966, bulk 1870/1960
  4. Photographs of Walter Reed's birthplace, yellow fever epidemic scenes, Camp Columbia, and various persons related to the yellow fever experiments, 1873/1947

The review of troops by Fitzhugh Lee and staff, Camp Columbia, Havana, Cuba, 1900 1 page Box 76, Folder 83

Photo by U.S. Army Signal Corps

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IX. Photographs, 1846/1966, bulk 1870/1960
  4. Photographs of Walter Reed's birthplace, yellow fever epidemic scenes, Camp Columbia, and various persons related to the yellow fever experiments, 1873/1947

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