This program advertises the "Theatre Guild On the Air" production of “Yellow Jack” sponsored by United States Steel.

Siler discusses the pension that the Walter Reed Memorial Association provides for Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Hench informs Schuman that he is unsure when his work on Walter Reed and the yellow fever experiments will be finished. He states that his primary jobs are his practice of medicine, the publication of the “Rheumatism Review,” and his clinical research.

Schuman hopes Hench remembers him when the proposed book on Walter Reed nears completion. He regrets that he cannot supply Hench with a volume of the “U.S. Public Health Proceedings” but will try to locate a copy.

Lazear writes that she is preparing a booklet on the yellow fever experiments. She was given a copy of “Conquerors of Yellow Fever” and saw a photograph of Building No. 1 in it. She requests permission to use the photograph in her booklet.

Hench thanks Schuman for sending the “North Carolina Medical Journal” article on yellow fever.

Schuman reports that he is still trying to find the volume of the “U.S. Public Health Proceedings” that Hench requested. He has heard that Foster Kennedy has an interesting Walter Reed document, but is certain it is not for sale.

Moorman requests that Hench examine a document about Walter Reed and comment on its accuracy.

Hench writes to Kennedy that he has heard Kennedy has an interesting Walter Reed document. He explains his own interest in Reed and inquires if it would be possible for him to visit Kennedy to examine the document.

Hench has read Moorman's paper on the yellow fever experiments and agrees that they did not have Congressional support. However, Hench questions Moorman whether it is fair to imply that Congress interfered with the scientists' work when they were never asked to do one thing or another.

Moorman thanks Hench for his comments regarding his manuscript on the yellow fever experiments. He intends to make it clear that the doctors did not want to become entangled with red tape and delay.

McDermott reaffirms his interest in Hench's planned book on yellow fever.

Kennedy would like to see Hench and will show him the original contract between Walter Reed and Nicanor Fernandez. He believes that America has not given Finlay proper credit.

Hench agrees that Finlay has not received the credit due him in America, but argues that the Yellow Fever Commission has not received the credit due them in Cuba.

Reed informs Hench that her brother has approved the sale of all the letters in which Hench has expressed interest, and that her mother has been ill and in bed since January.

Hench pays Reed one thousand dollars for her father's letters related to his work.

Peraza sends Keys copies of a book by Finlay. He encloses a list of Spanish language books and pamphlets about yellow fever, including prices.

A list of Spanish language books and pamphlets about yellow fever, including prices, is sent for Hench.

Kenealy forwards Moran's address to Hewitt. Kenealy met Moran in 1908 and recalls that he was proud of his role in the yellow fever experiments.

Kenealy informs Hench about several people who had some connection with yellow fever or the Canal Zone in the early 1900s. He writes that his parents lived across the street from the Ancon Hospital fever wards. His father was in charge of the hospital mess and commissaries, beginning in 1904.

Hench apologizes for not visiting Kennedy when he was in New York, but he was too busy with his medical meetings. However, he did meet with Houston Lazear, who provided additional information about his father, Jesse Lazear.

Hench is interested in Kenealy's Latin American experiences related to yellow fever, but lets him know that his main interest is in Reed and the Cuban phase.

Kennedy invites Hench to come see him in New York.

Hench informs Benjamin that he is keeping two Madam Curie letters which he purchased from Benjamin seven years earlier. He is returning the rest of the letters and she can do with them as she wishes.

Siler writes that he is looking forward to seeing Hench at the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

Hench informs Siler of the dates he is available to attend the meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

Siler writes that he is delighted Hench will plan to attend the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association.

This document details the proceedings of the Walter Reed Memorial Association conference.

Hench reports to the Reed Memorial Association board on the Finlay-Reed controversy and the ongoing attempt to memorialize Camp Lazear.

Hench questions Walter Reed's children about their father.

Hench describes his yellow fever research and inquires if the National Institute of Health possesses any letters related to the Reed experiments. He also discusses his attempts to memorialize Camp Lazear and solicits advice on gaining support for the project.

Leake feels that Hench's book offers an opportunity to clarify conflicting claims concerning the yellow fever experiments. Leake is especially interested in Carter's role. He has written to Carter's son and will let Hench know when he receives a reply.

Hench requests the address of Leopoldine Guinther, who has recently published an article on Clara Maass.

Hench sends Siler photographs of the recent Walter Reed Memorial Association board meeting and poses questions related to his research on the yellow fever experiments. He offers his opinion of George Carroll.

Hench sends the Reeds photographs of the recent Walter Reed Memorial Association board meeting and poses questions concerning Walter Reed's residences in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania and in Washington, D.C.

Hench sends Stitt photographs of the recent Walter Reed Memorial Association board meeting. He thanks Stitt for information on Carter and requests the address of Carter's daughter.

Grosvenor thanks Hench for the snapshots of the Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting. Grosvenor treasures his honorary degree from Lafayette College.

This is a pencil sketch that shows the plan of a proposed Cuban-American Medical Memorial, in Havana, with Camp Lazear Building No. 1 as the centerpiece.

This map features autograph comments and sketches depicting buildings on the Rojas farm, quarries, and the surviving Camp Lazear structures.

This map features autograph comments and sketches depicting buildings on the Rojas farm, quarries, and the surviving Camp Lazear structures.

Stitt informs Hench that Carter's sister, Mary Carter, thinks she sent the papers collected by Stitt's late wife, Laura Armistead Carter Stitt, to Carter's son in Birmingham, Alabama. He gives Hench the address of Carter's son and offers to help Hench gain access to George Carroll.

Hench writes that he searching for the initial connection between Reed and Carter. He requests permission to borrow the Reed letters in Leake's possession.

Hench inquires of Mrs. Repetti if her husband was related to Dr. James Repetti, a medical officer stationed at Columbia Barracks during the time of the yellow fever experiments.

Schnurr sends Hench a bill for secretarial services connected with transcriptions of a Reed interview.

This Cuban newspaper article describes the visit of Cuban officials and Moran to the Camp Lazear site. Building No. 1 has been named a national monument.

Nogueira informs Hench that Building No. 1 has been declared a Cuban national monument. He has received Hench's ideas on preserving the building and will keep him informed of Cuban preservation plans.

Andreu informs Hench that Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear has been declared a Cuban national monument. He emphasizes that the Yellow Fever Commission was working to prove Finlay's theory of mosquito transmission. He appreciates the efforts at mutual relations between Cuba and the United States and the Americans' recognition of Finlay's work.

Andreu informs Hench that Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear has been declared a Cuban national monument. He emphasizes that the Yellow Fever Commission was working to prove Finlay's theory of mosquito transmission. He appreciates the efforts at mutual relations between Cuba and the United States and the Americans' recognition of Finlay's work.

Leavitt sends Hench a sanitary report, by Reed, from Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Hench thanks Leavitt for the Reed sanitary report from Fort Robinson, Nebraska and comments on the report.

Owen details the arrangements for Hench's speech at the University of Virginia Alpha Omega Alpha society.

Nixon advises Hench against procrastination in regards to his yellow fever work.

Wyllie requests permission to borrow Reed materials from Hench for an exhibit at the University of Virginia.

Wyllie requests photographs of Hench, and a dossier on him, to publicize Hench's upcoming speech at the University of Virginia.

Hench assures Nixon that he is still working on the yellow fever story, but that his rheumatology research brings many responsibilities.

Wranek requests an advance copy of Hench's speech on Walter Reed to use for publicity purposes. He is interested in the Reed materials that Hench will be bringing to the University of Virginia in connection with the speech.

Hench suggests a title for his upcoming lecture on Reed at the University of Virginia, and notes the key roles played by three University of Virginia alumni in the experiments.

Hench informs Wyllie that he will not have time to carefully choose and prepare Reed materials for an exhibit in connection with Hench's upcoming lecture at the University of Virginia.

Hench discusses the upcoming Walter Reed Memorial Association annual meeting.

This is the text of a speech, by Hench, on Walter Reed and the conquest of yellow fever.

In this speech, given at the University of Virginia, Hench discusses Reed's yellow fever experiments and his own re-discovery of the actual site of Camp Lazear. The manuscript contains handwritten revisions by Moran and typed additions by Hench.

This is a draft of the speech on Reed given by Hench at the University of Virginia. The text includes [Hench's?] autograph notes and corrections.

Hench informs Lawrence Reed of his travels and activities, and requests that Lawrence Reed help him to identify the Army hospital room where Walter Reed died.

Hench's drawing depicts a floor plan, probably the second floor of Building 56B of the Army War College, where Reed died.

Wyllie agrees that Hench should bring the Reed materials for exhibit on his person rather than shipping them.

Hench writes that he will send Wranek a copy of his speech on Reed at the University of Virginia. He discusses the content of the speech and notes that he emphasizes Lazear's contribution as well as Reed's.

Hench requests information on what Reed materials he should bring for an exhibit at the University of Virginia's Alderman Library.

Hench informs Siler that he has accepted the invitation to speak on Walter Reed Memorial Day at the International Congress of Tropical Medicine. Hench discusses funding issues surrounding the memorialization of Camp Lazear.

Bradshaw provides details concerning Hench's upcoming lecture at the University of Virginia.

Wranek hopes that Hench will send him an advance copy of his University of Virginia lecture on Reed. He feels that it will be newsworthy to a Latin American audience.

Ennis informs Hench that a room at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba has been reserved for him.

Wyllie requests that Hench bring the “New Year's Letter” and the fever charts, and some other Reed items of Hench's choosing, for the Reed exhibit at the University of Virginia.

Siler provides Hench with the date of Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting, which has been changed so that Hench may attend.

Lawrence Reed informs Hench that he is willing to take Hench to see the room where his father, Walter Reed, died.

Redd sends Hench a transcription of a 1901 letter from Reed to Carter in which Reed states that Carter's work in Mississippi greatly impressed upon him the importance of an intermediate host for yellow fever. Redd refers Hench to an article on Carter, by Griffitts, in "The Southern Medical Journal."

University of Virginia librarians acknowledge the receipt of Reed, Kean, Lazear, and Moran items from Hench to be used for exhibition. They list the individual photographs, documents, and artifacts with detailed descriptions.

Siler informs Hench of the Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting date and site. Sawyer would like to contact Hench.

Royster is sorry that he had to miss Hench's lecture, and sends Hench a reprint which may be of interest.[not enclosed]

These notes are Hench's outline for his book on the yellow fever story. He never completed the manuscript.

Owen thanks Hench for speaking before the Alpha Omega Alpha society at the University of Virginia. He found Hench's lecture enjoyable and inspiring.

Hench writes to Redd about Carter's influence on Lazear and Reed in relation to the mosquito theory of yellow fever transmission. He seeks Carter correspondence to document this influence, and believes Lazear was more supportive of the mosquito theory than Reed, who intended to fully test the bacterial theory first.

Hench informs Royster that his collection includes all of the remaining letters of Reed to his wife, including the famous "New Year's" letter.

Hench requests clippings pertaining to his speech, at the University of Virginia, to send to the Reeds and to others who have given him Reed material.

Hench requests copies of the photograph of Hench, Jordan, and Darden that was taken at Hench's recent speech at the University of Virginia. He suggests to Owen that the Alpha Omega Alpha society consider making Kean, Cooke, and Moran honorary members.

Hench informs his brother that the Reed family and Kean were pleased with his recent speech at the University of Virginia, which they read about in the newspapers.

Hench discusses the possibility of making Kean, Cooke, and Moran honorary members of Alpha Omega Alpha. He informs Blackford that Landon Reed, a cousin of Blackford, would enjoy a visit from him.

Hench informs Clemons that the Reed family and Kean were pleased with Hench's recent lecture at the University of Virginia, and were delighted that Hench had loaned some Reed material to Alderman Library.

Hench informs Owen that Moran will be attending the Walter Reed Memorial Day of the International Congress on Tropical Medicine, in Washington, D.C.

Redd informs Hench that he can add very little information regarding Carter's ties to Reed and Lazear. He provides the address of Carter's son, and notes that Edward Stitt, husband of Carter's deceased daughter Laura, probably knows a great deal more than he. According to Redd, Carter disliked publicity and would not allow interviews.

The Mayo Clinic Library requests that Hench return an overdue item, the 1939 Southern Medical Journal with the Griffitts article “Henry Rose Carter: The Scientist and the Man.”

Reed thanks Hench for the candy, discusses family news, and requests a copy of Hench's talk at the University of Virginia.

Siler discusses plans to place markers in the room where Walter Reed died, located in the present Army War College. He will send Hench a copy of the Reed Memorial board from last year.

Hench thanks Williams for his help during Hench's and Lawrence Reed's recent visit to the Army War College, where they located the room in which Walter Reed died.

Hench inquires if Repetti's husband, George, was related to John Repetti, an Army surgeon at Columbia Barracks Post Hospital in 1900.

Hench thanks the Sabatinis for allowing Lawrence Reed and himself to visit their apartment in the Army War College, which contains the room where Walter Reed died. He requests a sketch of the floor plan for his collection.

Atch Hench describes a book by Josiah Gorgas that he has sent to his brother as a Christmas gift. He also relates family and professional news.

Owen, Jr., believes that Alpha Omega Alpha will react favorably to Hench's suggestion that Kean, Cooke, and Moran be made honorary members.

Hench informs Sawyer about his efforts to memorialize Camp Lazear Building No. 1. He believes this is an opportunity to forge Cuban-American bonds. The Cuban government supports this effort, and the Mayo Clinic has pledged a financial contribution. Through Sawyer, [Hench] hopes to contact the Rockefeller Foundation in order to solicit their financial support.

Hench informs Nogueira that he is gratified that the Cuban government has designated Camp Lazear Building No. 1 as a national monument. He will join the Cubans in an effort to properly memorialize the work of Finlay and the Americans.

Hench sends Andreu a letter, to which he would like a reply before meeting with the Rockefeller Foundation.

Hench describes in detail the background of his efforts to memorialize the Camp Lazear site, and his plans for the preservation of the site and establishment of a museum. He asks Andreu about the availability of funds from the Cuban government or private sources for building and upkeep, and about costs for these efforts. Without this information and commitment from the Cubans he will find it difficult to raise funds from American sources.

Sawyer informs Hench that he is not in a position to approach John D. Rockefeller, Jr. on Hench's behalf, but sees no reason why Hench or the Mayo Clinic should not contact Rockefeller. Sawyer would like to hold a special session on Reed or yellow fever at the upcoming International Congress on Tropical Medicine and Malaria and solicits ideas from Hench.

Strode informs Hench that Sawyer has retired from the Rockefeller Foundation, but that he has forwarded Hench's letter to him. Strode doubts that the Foundation would financially support the Camp Lazear memorial, although he finds the idea intriguing.

Hench informs Sawyer that he had never intended for him to personally approach Rockefeller on his behalf. He requests a letter of introduction to present to Rockefeller or one of Rockefeller's associates.

Sawyer encloses a letter of introduction to Arthur Packard, an associate of Rockefeller's, for Hench. He describes plans to honor Reed by the American Society of Tropical Medicine, and thinks these efforts may increase interest in Hench's Camp Lazear project. Sawyer feels it is important to recognize Finlay's contributions, although he thinks scientists should not accept an “untenable interpretation” of certain Finlay experiments.

Sawyer writes a letter of introduction for Hench, hoping that Packard will see him.

Hench writes that he will keep Sawyer informed of progress on the Camp Lazear memorial and is glad that Sawyer agrees that Finlay should also be honored.

Hench is disappointed that he has not heard from Andreu or Nogueira concerning plans for the Camp Lazear memorial. He informs Andreu of his scheduled visit to the Rockefeller Foundation to seek funds for the memorial.

Hench requests a meeting with Packard in New York. He relates the story of his yellow fever research, the discovery of Camp Lazear Building No. 1, and subsequent efforts to memorialize the site. He seeks the financial support of the Rockefeller Foundation, explaining that the Cubans feel Finlay was denied credit for his yellow fever work and blame the Rockefeller Foundation, in part, for championing Reed over Finlay. Hench believes this is an opportunity to recognize the work of both Finlay and the Americans.

Hench requests a meeting with Packard.

Packard informs Hench that the Rockefeller Foundation will not provide financial support for the Camp Lazear memorial. As such, he believes a meeting with Hench is unnecessary.

Packard apologizes for not replying to Hench's letter sooner, but felt it was necessary to resolve underlying policy matters relating to Hench's project before responding. He reiterates that the Rockefeller Foundation will not provide financial support for the Camp Lazear memorial.

Hench writes that despite the Rockefeller Foundation's refusal of financial support for the Camp Lazear project, he would like to meet with Packard to seek advice from him.

Nogueira informs Hench of the Cuban government's plans to place plaques on Camp Lazear Building No. 1 and on the Havana building where Finlay conducted his experiments, in 1881. He hopes action will be taken on Hench's proposals to preserve the Camp Lazear building soon, and promises to support those efforts.

Hench thanks Packard for meeting with him in New York. He reports that the Reed Memorial Association has reaffirmed its commitment to memorialize Camp Lazear.

Hench informs Nogueira that he will be unable to obtain American support for the Camp Lazear memorial until the Cubans make a firm commitment to maintain it. He would like to meet with the Cuban president when he visits Cuba in March.

Hench discusses his upcoming visit to Cuba. He sends her a photograph of an old check concerning rental of the Rojas land by the American government, which he received from Kean. Hench hopes that she will carefully preserve the Rojas daybook, which is so important in certifying the site of Camp Lazear.