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Box 3

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Contains 118 Results:

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, April 28, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 24
Identifier: 00324001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about his living arrangements and his laboratory. He discusses the political situation in Cuba.

Dates: April 28, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, May 6 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00325001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes that he misses watching his son grow and the comforts of home.

Dates: May 6 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, May 20, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 26
Identifier: 00326001
Scope and Contents

Lazear provides family news.

Dates: May 20, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, May 29, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 27
Identifier: 00327001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about family plans for the summer. He is pleased to be named a member of a board to study infectious diseases, headed by Walter Reed.

Dates: May 29, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 7, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 28
Identifier: 00328001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about family plans. He explains the work of the investigative board and is glad that Reed will be its leader.

Dates: June 7, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 12, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00329001
Scope and Contents

Lazear plans for Sweitzer to visit him next winter.

Dates: June 12, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 18, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 30
Identifier: 00330001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that his real estate agent has rented his house in Baltimore. He has been running the officers' mess.

Dates: June 18, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 28, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00331001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that the yellow fever epidemic is waning. Reed, Carroll and he will study malaria.

Dates: June 28, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, July 8, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 32
Identifier: 00332001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that the yellow fever epidemic seems to be over, and that the board is hard at work studying Cuban infectious diseases.

Dates: July 8, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, July 15, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00333001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that his wife has been hospitalized.

Dates: July 15, 1900

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, July 15, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00334001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that Reed has them working on Sanarelli's bacillus, but he wants to discover the real organism. He offers his opinion of Carroll.

Dates: July 15, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, July 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 35
Identifier: 00335001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes that Mabel Lazear's doctor will telegraph him when her situation changes.

Dates: July 24, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, July 29, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 36
Identifier: 00336001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about his travels to other posts to gather statistics.

Dates: July 29, 1900

Letter from Thomas C. Lazear to Mary Lazear McCracken, July 31, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 37
Identifier: uva-lib:2222176
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: July 31, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 5, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 38
Identifier: 00338001
Scope and Contents

Lazear describes a trip to Pinar del Rio. Mabel Lazear has had a long hospital stay.

Dates: August 5, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 13, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 39
Identifier: 00339001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that United States Army troops have been withdrawn from Guanajay and Pinar del Rio, although the United States will remain in Cuba for several years until a stable government is established. Lazear hopes to have work in Washington after the Cuban research is finished.

Dates: August 13, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 20, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 40
Identifier: 00340001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about family plans. He is now working on malaria, and says yellow fever is decreasing in Havana.

Dates: August 20, 1900

Letter fragment from [Jesse W. Lazear] to Mabel H. Lazear, August 23, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 41
Identifier: 00341001
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[Lazear] disagrees with Reed and Carroll's concentration on Sanarelli's work. He believes that the true cause of yellow fever lies elsewhere.

Dates: August 23, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 27, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 42
Identifier: 00342001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes that he received a telegram announcing his daughter's birth. He hopes for a vacation in the United States in October.

Dates: August 27, 1900

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, September 3, 1900

 Item — Box: 3, Folder: 43
Identifier: 00343001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that Mabel Lazear and the baby are well.

Dates: September 3, 1900