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Box 4

 Container

Contains 157 Results:

Envelope from H.S. Hoover addressed to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, July 7, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 21
Identifier: uva-lib:2222281
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 7, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from C.S. Gray to Thomas C. Lazear and Charles P. Orr, February 29, 1904

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00422001
Scope and Contents

Gray requests Mabel Lazear's opinion regarding an offer to purchase Lazear property in Pittsburgh.

Dates: February 29, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Henry M. Hurd to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, April 14, 1904

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 23
Identifier: 00423001
Scope and Contents

Hurd discusses the support of Johns Hopkins Hospital by Rockefeller. The Lazear memorial tablet is finished and the balance of the funds will go to Mabel Lazear.

Dates: April 14, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from William S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear, June 29, 1904

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 24
Identifier: 00424001
Scope and Contents

Thayer believes that Lazear should receive credit for being the first to advocate the mosquito theory to the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates: June 29, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Address of Hon., James M. Beck, Hanemmanian Monthly, June 1904

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Identifier: uva-lib:2222285
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: June 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Caroline Latimer to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, November 20, 1905

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 26
Identifier: 00426001
Scope and Contents

Latimer writes that Kelly would like to know the location of Lazear's grave.

Dates: November 20, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Windsor Mill Place,The Baltimore Sun, September 10, 1905

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Identifier: N0427001
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: September 10, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from William S. Thayer to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 13, 1906

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 28
Identifier: 00428001
Scope and Contents

Thayer requests the names and ages of the two Lazear children for further pension efforts.

Dates: June 13, 1906
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 James Carroll, February 20, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00429001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear sympathizes with Carroll over his lack of pension, noting how difficult it was for her to receive support. She comments on Mansfelde's effort regarding credit due Lazear.

Dates: February 20, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

An envelope from A.S. von Mansfelde to Mabel H. Lazear, March 15, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2222290
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 15, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from R.A. Watson to Mabel H. Lazear, April 4, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00431001
Scope and Contents

Watson writes that the New York Merchants' Association wants to work for a pension increase for her. He believes Lazear's work has been slighted.

Dates: April 4, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from R.A. Watson to Mabel H. Lazear, May 1, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 32
Identifier: 00432001
Scope and Contents

Watson writes that he is trying to increase Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: May 1, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Senate Bill No. 1168, December 5, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00433001
Scope and Contents

This is a bill for Mabel Lazear's pension. It credits Lazear with discovering the theory of mosquito transmission of yellow fever.

Dates: December 5, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from S.C. Mead to Mabel H. Lazear, December 13, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00434001
Scope and Contents

The Merchants' Association of New York will work to increase Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: December 13, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from S.C. Mead to Robert M. O'Reilly, December 23, 1907

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 35
Identifier: 00435001
Scope and Contents

Mead writes about work to increase the pensions for the families of Lazear and Carroll.

Dates: December 23, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letters endeavoring to increase Mabel H. Lazear's pension, 1907

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 36
Identifier: uva-lib:2222296
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: 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from William Houston Lazear and Mabel H. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, circa March 24, 1908

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00437001
Scope and Contents

William Lazear writes about buying skates, and Mabel Lazear informs Sweitzer that she is awaiting news on a possible increase in her pension.

Dates: circa March 24, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Senate Report No. 431, March 27, 1908

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 38
Identifier: 00438001
Scope and Contents

The Committee on Pensions reports on a possible increase in the pensions of Jennie Carroll and Mabel Lazear.

Dates: March 27, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from William H. Welch to Mabel H. Lazear, April 4, 1908

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 39
Identifier: 00439001
Scope and Contents

Welch sends Mabel Lazear a check from Phipps. Welch hopes that the pension increase will pass the House.

Dates: April 4, 1908
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, April 7, 1908

 Item — Box: 4, Folder: 40
Identifier: 00440001
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear writes that the pension bill has passed the Senate. She also relates family news.

Dates: April 7, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear