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Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Royal S. Webster 1 page Box 38, Folder 5

Hench thanks Webster for his help in finding the location of Camp Lazear and in identifying the "false camp." Hench discusses his plans to honor the site of Lazear's death.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
  4. Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Royal S. Webster

Life and Letters of Dr. Walter Reed , by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed 25 pages Box 49, Folder 34

This manuscript discusses Walter Reed's yellow fever experiments in Cuba and provides letters written by Reed.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
  4. Drafts of Life and Letters of Walter Reed , by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed with related correspondence

Life and Letters of Walter Reed , by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed 44 pages Box 49, Folder 34

Reed reminisces about her father and includes letters written by her father to her mother. [Hench] notes inconsistencies with her transcriptions and the originals in the margins.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench
  4. Drafts of Life and Letters of Walter Reed , by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed with related correspondence

Manuscript fragment: My Date with Walter Reed and Yellow Jack , by John J. Moran Box 60, Folder 13

This partial manuscript of Moran's autobiography describes his early life, military career, service as a sanitary inspector under Gorgas in Panama, marriage, and business ventures. He discusses his relationship with Hench and their search for the actual site of Camp Lazear, as well as the difficulties stemming from the Reed-Finlay controversy. The section of the draft covering the yellow fever experiments is missing.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series VI. Alphabetical files
  4. Autobiographical manuscripts written by John J. Moran

Model of Camp Columbia with overlay notes naming locations in the model that are pertinent to the yellow fever experiments 1 page Box 63, Folder 8

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench
  4. List of sources on microfilm selected from the National Archives by Philip Showalter for his yellow fever research with photographs, notes, and maps showing the site of Camp Lazear and the Columbia Barracks

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