Collections : [University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.]

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Subjects Military Medicine

Albert E. Truby's answers for a questionnaire from Philip Showalter Hench, 1946 7 pages Box 64, Folder 9

Truby discusses the Yellow Fever Commission in response to Hench's questionnaire.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench, 1879/1960, bulk 1900/1954
  4. Philip Showalter Hench's questions for Jefferson Randolph Kean and Kean's answers, 1946

Albert E. Truby's answers for a questionnaire from Philip Showalter Hench concerning Truby's book, 1947 7 pages Box 64, Folder 12

Truby adds more information to the answers he supplied for Hench's questionnaire. Truby believes Lambert is trying to discredit him because he didn't support the inclusion of Lambert and Ames on the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench, 1879/1960, bulk 1900/1954
  4. Albert E. Truby's answers for a questionnaire from Philip Showalter Hench concerning Truby's book, 1946/1947

Answers to questionnaire from Paul L. Tate to Philip Showalter Hench, 1954 29 pages Box 47, Folder 15

Tate gives detailed answers to the questions asked by Hench, including information about the main characters involved in the yellow fever experiments, details on the army nurses, and rumors around the camp.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Philip Showalter Hench's interview with Paul L. Tate and related materials, 1954

Aristides Agramonte's answers to questions propounded by Jessie Daniel Ames, 1930 1 page Box 32, Folder 41

Agramonte answers Mrs. Ames' questions concerning her husband's actions and responsibilities with the yellow fever board in Cuba.

  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. Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Jessie Daniel Ames with enclosed questionnaire, 1930

Army Medical Board Certificate for Walter Reed, 1875 2 pages Box 16, Folder 74

Reed's Army Medical Board Certificate gives his personal information and includes the names of the Board members. [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. Certification of Walter Reed's passing of army examinations and his appointment as assistant surgeon, 1880

Article fragment:The Military Government of Cuba, 1903 1 page Box 26, Folder 68

Wood gives a history of the American occupation in Cuba and discusses the yellow fever outbreak and consequent investigation by Reed and Lazear. Article appears in "The Annals of the American Academy." Only pages 16 and 17 are included.

  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

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