Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Containers:
Box 141-150
Extent:
10 boxes
Scope and content:

Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following:

  1. the correspondence of experiment participants;
  2. correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and the experiment participants;
  3. correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and families of the experiment participants;
  4. press clippings relating to the experiments and the experiment participants;
  5. oral history interviews conducted by Philip Showalter Hench;
  6. scientific articles related to the study of yellow fever;
  7. photographs of Havana, Camp Columbia, and Camp Lazear;
  8. genealogical tables and summaries for the family of Jesse W. Lazear;
  9. autobiographical accounts written by experiment participants;
  10. unpublished manuscripts;
  11. artifacts (e.g. a wooden board) from Camp Lazear;
  12. Philip Showalter Hench's research notes.

Series XIV. also contains correspondence and financial records that record the transfer of collection items from the Reed family to Philip Showalter Hench and later from the Hench family to the University of Virginia.

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Parent restrictions:
There are no restrictions on user access to any of the materials in the collection except where noted in the container list.
Parent terms of access:
Copyright restrictions may apply for some materials in the collection.

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