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Box 4

 Container

Contains 157 Results:

Letter from Martha P. Houston to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, January 6, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 1
Identifier: 00401001
Scope and Contents

Houston provides news of Mabel Lazear and her children, as well as the effort to secure a pension for her.

Dates: January 6, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Julius Kahn to John M. Williamson, January 7, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 2
Identifier: 00402001
Scope and Contents

Kahn writes that he will assist with Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: January 7, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Martha P. Houston to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, January 11, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00403001
Scope and Contents

Houston provides news of Mabel Lazear and the children, as well as the pension efforts.

Dates: January 11, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Mabel H. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, January 13, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 4
Identifier: 00404001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear provides news of the children. She has received supportive letters and is still campaigning for her pension.

Dates: January 13, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Statement by Walter Reed concerning Jesse W. Lazear, January 11, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 5
Identifier: 00405001
Scope and Contents

Reed praises the service of Lazear and insists he died in the line of duty.

Dates: January 11, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Martha P. Houston to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, January 18, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 6
Identifier: 00406001
Scope and Contents

Houston provides family news and mentions an article on Lazear's life.

Dates: January 18, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Testimonial:The Self-Sacrifice of Dr. Lazear, January 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00407001
Scope and Contents

This testimonial supports a petition to Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.

Dates: January 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Testimonial:The Self-Sacrifice of Dr. Lazear, January 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 8
Identifier: uva-lib:2222265
Scope and Contents

This testimonial supports a petition to Congress for a pension for Mabel Lazear.

Dates: January 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from [Mabel H. Lazear] to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, February 11, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 9
Identifier: 00409001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear writes with news of the children. She also discusses her efforts regarding the pension as well as Lazear Memorial efforts.

Dates: February 11, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

All Hail Hopkins,The Baltimore Sun, February 22, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 10
Identifier: uva-lib:2222267
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: February 22, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Mabel H. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, March 8, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00411001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear provides family news. Her pension bill needs only the president's signature to become official.

Dates: March 8, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Mabel H. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, March 19, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00412001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear thanks Sweitzer for corsets she had sent. She provides news of her children, and says her pension bill has passed the House and the Senate.

Dates: March 19, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Martha P. Houston to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, March 24, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00413001
Scope and Contents

Houston provides family news. She discusses letters of congratulation for the passage of the pension bill.

Dates: March 24, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Mabel H. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, July 6, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Identifier: 00414001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear thanks Sweitzer for a check. She writes about the children, but has not yet begun to receive her pension.

Dates: July 6, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Envelope from H.S. Hoover addressed to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, circa August 27, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2222272
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: circa August 27, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Mabel H. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, October 28, 1902

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00416001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear empathizes with Sweitzer regarding her financial losses. She asks for dates from Lazear's life to send to Paton.

Dates: October 28, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Statements made by George Miller Sternberg and Walter Reed in support of a pension for Mabel H. Lazear, 1902

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 17
Identifier: uva-lib:2222274
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: 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Envelope from H.S. Hoover addressed to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, March 4, 1903

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 18
Identifier: uva-lib:2222278
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: March 4, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Postcard from Gilman, Son & Co. to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, March 11, 1903

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 19
Identifier: 00419001
Scope and Contents

The company will send Sweitzer a check for her transfer of claim.

Dates: March 11, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from William C. Gorgas to Mabel H. Lazear, April 4, 1903

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 20
Identifier: 00420001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests Mabel Lazear's opinion on raising a subscription for her benefit. He reports that Emilie Lawrence Reed was just granted a pension. He expresses his admiration for Lazear.

Dates: April 4, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear