Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions circa 1901-circa 1966

Containers:
Box 137-138
Extent:
2 boxes
Scope and content:

Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1901 to around 1966. These materials were originally a part of the Philip S. Hench papers in the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Texas Medical Center Library, but they were transferred to the University of Virginia in 1991. These items include, but are not limited to the following:

  • correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and people connected with the yellow fever experiments including John J. Moran and Walter Reed's children;
  • newspaper clippings relating to the death or commemoration of individuals associated with the yellow fever experiments;
  • photographs of the Camp Lazear Memorial, everyday scenes in Cuba, and John J. Moran;
  • and journal articles, booklets, and other printed matter relating to the yellow fever experiments and its participants.

Materials in this series have been separated and arranged according to their genre (e.g. correspondence, photographs, and reprints).

Access and use

Location of collection:
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
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Amanda Greenwood
Phone: (434) 924-0052
Phone: (434) 982-0576
Phone: (434) 924-5444

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