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Start Over Creator Hench, Philip S. (Philip Showalter), 1896-1965 Subjects Military Medicine
University of Virginia, Health Sciences Library

Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collectioncirca 1800-circa 1998 bulk 1863-1974

67 linear feet; 153 boxes
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.
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Draft list of microfilm in the National Archives pertaining to Columbia Barracks Post Hospital circa 1941 6 pages Box 38, Folder 22

Hench's list records microfilmed documents from the National Archives, including official reports and correspondence concerning Columbia Barracks Post Hospital, from 1899 to 1901.

  1. Series IV. Philip Showalter Henchcirca 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  2. Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter HenchJuly 1941

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever  circa October 26, 1940 23 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  1. Series IV. Philip Showalter Henchcirca 1850-circa 1966 bulk 1937-1960
  2. Drafts ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter HenchOctober 1940-December 1940

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