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Hench, Philip S., 1896-1965. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection, 1806-1995, bulk 1863-1974

Title: Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection 1806-1995

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.

ArchivalResource: 67 linear feet; 153 boxes

http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-hs/viuh00010.xml View

Charles R. Greenleaf Papers, 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)

Title: Charles R. Greenleaf Papers 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)

Greenleaf was born in Pennsylvania and educated at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating in 1860. During the Civil War, he oversaw construction of Philadelphia's Mower Hospital on Chestnut Hill, which was at the time the largest military hospital in the world. He introduced a system of personal identification used by the army and organized the army's Hospital Corps.

ArchivalResource:

http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/greenleaf091 View

Greenleaf, Charles R. (Charles Ravenscroft), 1838-1911. Charles R. Greenleaf papers, 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)

Title: Charles R. Greenleaf papers, 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)

Material relates to the activities of the Medical Corps during the Sioux campaigns. Includes excerpts from the personal correspondence of General Charles R. Greenleaf concerning the history of the establishment of the Medical Corps, and contains letters and official memoranda pertaining to the court martial of Private Albert Betz at Fort Logan, Colo. Correspondents include Dallas Bache, Robert M. O'Rielly, and John Van R. Hoff. Includes letters of transmittal from Col. Henry S. Greenleaf (1936).

ArchivalResource: ca. 25 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14312659 View

Terry family. Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Title: Terry family papers, 1795-1939 (inclusive).

Papers of five family members, the children and daughter-in-law of Alfred and Clarissa Terry, make up the major part of the collection. The most prominent figure is Alfred Howe Terry, a Civil War general in the Union army, whose correspondence and military papers relate to the Fitz-John Porter case, the Indian campaigns (1870s) and reminiscences of military service and the Civil War. Included are orders for the court martial of General Custer and drawings supposedly given to Terry by Sitting Bull. Other family members include his brother, Adrian, who also served in the Civil War, and Adrian's wife, Isadore Wright Terry, whose correspondence includes letters from her husband during the war describing his experiences. The papers of Elizabeth Howe Terry include a diary (1875) kept on an ocean voyage to Europe, while the papers of Harriet Wadsworth Terry, the second lady principal of Vassar College, are largely made up of family correspondence. Papers of other family members and memorabilia, including Civil War mementos and a prescription for the cure of cholera make up the remainder of the papers.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153523 View

Berkeley Club Papers, 1873-1960

Title: Berkeley Club Papers, 1873-1960

Letters from members addressed to the secretary; minutes of meetings, 1873-1960; by-laws, names of members, etc.; copies of papers read at meetings.

ArchivalResource: Number of containers: 1 box, 3 cartons

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf296n991s View

Terry family papers, 1795-1939

Title: Terry family papers 1795-1939

Papers of five family members, the children and daughter-in-law of Alfred and Clarissa Terry, make up the major part of the collection. The most prominent figure is Alfred Howe Terry, a Civil War general in the Union army, whose correspondence and military papers relate to the Fitz-John Porter case, the Indian campaigns (1870s) and reminiscences of military service and the Civil War. Included are orders for the court martial of General Custer and drawings supposedly given to Terry by Sitting Bull. Other family members include his brother, Adrian, who also served in the Civil War, and Adrian's wife, Isadore Wright Terry, whose correspondence includes letters from her husband during the war describing his experiences.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear feet (13 boxes)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0482 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View