This document details Agramonte's career; from April 18, 1898 to June 15, 1903.

This document provides a brief overview of Agramonte in terms of his family, public offices in the U.S., professional memberships, and original articles published.

This document, primarily in Spanish, provides an overview of Agramonte in terms of his family, work history, professional conferences attended, professional memberships, and original articles published, from 1894-1926.

Hench mentions the lack of cooperation by Cuban doctors in memorializing Camp Lazear. He notes that he has been able to obtain research materials from the Reed and Lazear families, but little from the Carroll family, and he is pleased that Rodriguez Leon has assembled her father's papers.

Hench writes that he is looking forward to examining Agramonte's papers. Hench wants the original records in order to reveal the true story behind the yellow fever experiments.

Hench writes about returning Agramonte's papers to her and informing Kean, Truby and Lawrence Reed about important points which the papers clarify. He informs her about his success in lobbying the Cuban government for funds to preserve Building No. 1.

Rodriguez Leon congratulates Hench on his campaign to preserve Building No. 1. She mentions that Finlay supporters were disturbed by Truman's speech.

Rodriguez Leon would like her father's papers returned to her because she has promised them for a permanent exhibit. She believes that the data shows her father, Agramonte, was in Havana at the time of Lazear's death.

Rodriguez Leon lists papers that belonged to her father, Aristides Agramonte, that are on loan to Hench. She would like Hench to return them.

Hench discusses conflicting evidence concerning Agramonte's presence in Cuba at the time of Lazear's death, and offers his own opinion.

Rodriguez Leon has learned from her husband that he was able to retrieve her father's documents from the post office.

Hench requests to borrow Roger Ames' papers and photographs for the purposes of his research.

Mrs. Ames will send Hench the data concerning her husband. She includes a list of pamphlets in her possession regarding yellow fever.

Mrs. Ames lists pamphlets in her possession regarding yellow fever.

Jessie Ames will send Hench some of her husband's papers. She thinks the success of the yellow fever experiments depended on her husband and that he was not immune while he was nursing the volunteers. She was hurt by Kean and Ireland's lack of support for her husband being honored.

This list describes the documents sent by Jessie Ames to Hench concerning her husband, Roger Post Ames. Included in the list are titles and brief descriptions of special orders, letters, photographs, reports, and reprints.

Hench appreciates the list of documents Jessie Ames sent to him. He poses specific questions about her husband's role in the yellow fever experiments and inquires about old fever charts and carbon copies of various letters.

Ames answers Hench's questions concerning her husband's role at Camp Lazear.

Hench informs Ames that he has been called-up for active duty. He poses numerous questions about the material she has sent to him. He expresses his desire to paint an accurate portrayal of Ames' contribution to the yellow fever experiments.

Jessie Ames informs Hench that she plans to send more documents to Hench.

Jessie Ames answers Hench's questions concerning her husband's role in the yellow fever experiments. She suggests that Hench contact her sister-in-law for further information on Ames. She states that it is difficult for her to examine the past, but feels that she should as a duty to her children.

Hench appreciates Jessie Ames' answers to his numerous questions about Roger Ames. He requests that she donate some of the original fever charts for an planned exhibition at a Cuban museum.

Hench describes his research on the conquest of yellow fever. He is anxious to learn as much as possible about Ames' contribution.

Morris writes about her brother, Roger Post Ames, and his involvement with the yellow fever experiments. She describes his association with Lazear and his work in Cuba.

Jessie Ames writes that Hench may keep the fever charts as soon as she gets them back and can send them to him. She thinks the War Department does not have a complete dossier on her husband, and attributes this to carelessness.

Hench thanks Ames for her willingness to contribute the yellow fever charts. He assures her that he has arranged his yellow fever files so that if anything happens to him, the collection would be preserved for posterity.

Hench describes the difficulties he has encountered in memorializing Camp Lazear. He discusses where he believes his collection should eventually be stored, citing the Mayo Foundation, the University of Virginia's Alderman Library, and the National Archives. He does not want the items to be in Cuba.

Ames comments on the recent deaths of Emilie Lawrence Reed and Kean. She thinks it would be better to exhibit the yellow fever materials at the Mayo Clinic rather than in Charlottesville.

Hench informs Ames that Camp Lazear will be dedicated in December 1952.

This report supports Ames' inclusion in the Act, approved February 28, 1929, to recognize the public service rendered and disabilities incurred as voluntary subjects for inoculation during the yellow fever investigations in Cuba.

This biography focuses on the reasons why Ames should be included with the Yellow Fever Board and the volunteer soldiers in the Roll of Honor.

Bridges provides the military record of Roger Post Ames.

Andrus appreciates Hench's input concerning the manuscript Andrus wrote about his own experience as a volunteer in the yellow fever experiments. He discusses the manuscript, entitled “The Tale of a Guinea Pig.” and encloses a copy.

Andrus describes his role as a volunteer in the yellow fever experiments.

Andrus writes that some of the enlisted men thought it highly unlikely that Lazear would have allowed a stray mosquito to bite him. It was known that Carroll was inoculated by mosquito-bite, but not clear if that was the cause of Carroll's disease as he also had been in the epidemic zone. He looks forward to Hench's comments on his manuscript.

Andrus informs Hench that his manuscript, which detailed his role in the yellow fever experiments, was rejected by Hearst publications.

Andrus suggests corrections to Truby's manuscript.

Andrus appreciates Hench's comments and offer to review another draft of his manuscript, which he encloses. Andrus would like to see the manuscript published before his death.

In a second draft of his manuscript, Andrus describes the yellow fever experiments and discusses his participation as a volunteer.

Andrus informs Truby that he is altering some details in his manuscript so that it better accords with Truby's account. Andrus identifies people in photographs, makes references to World War II, and writes about Ames and Agramonte.

Hench thinks that the original records and fever charts still exist, but does not know where they are. He encourages Andrus to rewrite his story to emphasize his own role in the experiments.

Andrus speculates on the location of the original yellow fever charts. He recalls that Reed was quite sick before arriving at Columbia Barracks, in November 1900.

These notes compare Truby's designation of locations on the Columbia Barracks Post Hospital map with comments by Andrus.

Mrs. Carroll discusses the death of her husband, George Carroll. She regrets that her late husband was uncooperative in furnishing any data to Hench concerning his work and mentions tensions among the surviving Carroll siblings.

Hench requests permission to examine the material concerning her late father-in-law, James Carroll. He hopes to meet with her during his next trip to Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Carroll informs Hench that she is unable to go through the records of James Carroll. She will be unavailable to meet with Hench the next time he is in Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Carroll informs Hench that unless he has the written consent from the daughters of the late James Carroll, he will not be permitted to examine any papers.

Hench thanks Mrs. Carroll for allowing him to examine James Carroll's papers. He requests permission to make copies of additional material.

Hench informs Mrs. Carroll that she is to receive the Finlay medal from the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Carroll describes the presentation of the Finlay medal at the Cuban Embassy. She discusses the behavior of her sisters-in-law before the ceremony. She does not want her sisters-in-law to know that Hench has examined James Carroll's papers.

Hench wants to meet Mrs. Carroll and show her photographs of the dedication of Camp Lazear. He also would like to make copies of some of James Carroll's manuscripts.

Mrs. Carroll is unable to meet with Hench, she is ill and lives with relatives in Maryland. All of James Carroll's papers are stored for safe-keeping. She is anxious to come to an agreement about the papers with her sisters-in-laws because she claims to be fed up with the whole business.

Hench explains to MacDonald why he would like to gain access to James Carroll's papers.

Hench requests permission to meet with Mrs. Carroll and to have some manuscripts of her late father-in-law copied. Hench explains that he wants to give James Carroll due credit in his planned book.

Mrs. Carroll claims that Hench never returned the papers she loaned to him two years ago. She has lost all interest in the Carroll affair and does not wish to have further contact with Hench regarding the matter. She comments on the credit given to Reed.

Hench requests a meeting with Mrs. Carroll. He would like access to parts of the James Carroll collection, held by her husband.

Hench describes his continuous attempts to contact her husband, George Carroll, and his lack of success.

Hench asks Cooke to identify people in a photograph taken at Camp Lazear. He includes a letter from Truby to Hench in which Truby identifies the people.

Truby identifies the men in a photograph taken at Camp Lazear.

Cooke attempts to identify people in the group photograph that Hench believes was taken at Camp Lazear.

Hench requests Cooke's help in identifying photographs taken at Pinar del Rio. Hench is interested because Haskins, a prisoner at Pinar del Rio, died of yellow fever, but his cell-mates escaped the disease. This impressed Reed with the possibilities of the mosquito theory.

Cooke regrets that he is unable to help Hench identify the persons and buildings in the 1908 photographs from Pinar del Rio.

This obituary, which appeared in the "Journal of the American Medical Association," discusses the career of England - an original yellow fever experiment volunteer.