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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

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Campana Sanitaria contra la Fiebre Amarilla en el Peru. Historia de la Campana.

Title: Historia de la Campana. 1921.

Bound volume contains materials documenting the campaign to combat yellow fever in Peru in the Department of Lambayeque in 1921. Included are typed copies of letters and reports; photographs and descriptions of the sanitation corps; original graphs and maps of disease vectors and water supply by town; and morbidity, mortality, and social condition charts by town.

ArchivalResource: [153] leaves : ill., graphs, maps, ports. (some col., some folded) ; 39 x 29 cm.

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