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Undated correspondence of Henry Rose Carter, circa 1900-1925

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 31
Identifier: uva-lib:2223874

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include,... but are not limited to the following:

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From the Series:
  1. correspondence with colleagues in the medical and scientific community including Rupert E. Blue, Hideyo Noguchi, Henry Hanson, Joseph A. LePrince, Frederick F. Russell, T.H.D. Griffitts, and Lunsford D. Fricks;
  2. scientific, medical, and government reports relating to the study and eradication of yellow fever and malaria in North America, South America, and Africa;
  3. journal articles concerning the study and eradication of yellow fever and malaria;
  4. research notes written by Henry Rose Carter;
  5. and photographs of Henry Rose Carter at work and with professional colleagues.
From the Series:

Series II. also contains correspondence between Henry Rose Carter and members of his family that date from 1880 to 1925. The family members with whom Henry corresponds most frequently in this series are his mother, Emma Coleman Carter; his wife, Laura Eugenia Hook Carter; his daughter, Laura Armistead Carter; and his son, Henry Rose Carter, Jr. These letters are not only a rich source of information about Carter's personal views and family life, they... also provide valuable insights into his professional activities such as his experiences aboard vessels and in ports while working for the U.S. Marine Hospital Service and his public health work in Cuba, Panama, and Peru.

In addition to the materials that were produced during Henry Rose Carter's lifetime, the Series II. contains materials that were produced between 1925 and 1940 (after Henry Rose Carter's death) including, but not limited to the following:

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From the Series:
  1. copies of obituaries for Henry Rose Carter;
  2. condolence letters for Henry Rose Carter's family after Henry's death;
  3. and the correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter relating to her father and other members of the Carter family.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1900-1925

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Collection is predominantly inEnglish; other materials in the collection are in Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

Access

There are no restrictions on user access to any of the materials in the collection except where noted in the container list.

Extent

From the Series: 9 boxes

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