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Box 17

 Container

Contains 97 Results:

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  June 18, 1880

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 73
Identifier: 01773001
Scope and Contents

Reed is glad McPherson arrived safely back at the post. He comments on their new roommate. Reed's wife is sick.

Dates:  June 18, 1880

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  July 10, 1880

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 74
Identifier: 01774001
Scope and Contents

McPherson is sick and resting. Reed is studying for a medical exam.

Dates:  July 10, 1880

Letter fragment from [Walter Reed] to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  circa 1880

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 75
Identifier: 01775001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases McPherson and writes that he cannot take more leave to be McPherson's best man. Reed will travel to Warrenton, Virginia and to White Sulphur Springs.

Dates:  circa 1880

Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1880

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 76
Identifier: uva-lib:2224080
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: 1880

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  April 3, 1880

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 77
Identifier: 01777001
Scope and Contents

Reed describes his departure from Arizona, and the confusion in getting his next permanent assignment. He awaits McPherson's visit.

Dates:  April 3, 1880

Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1881

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 78
Identifier: uva-lib:2224085
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: 1881

Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1882

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 79
Identifier: uva-lib:2224086
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: 1882

Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1885

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 80
Identifier: uva-lib:2224091
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: 1885

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  December 26, 1885

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 81
Identifier: 01781001
Scope and Contents

Reed is coming to Washington to apply for a leave extension. He plans to visit Florida, and then to visit New York City for coursework.

Dates:  December 26, 1885

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  April 13, 1886

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 82
Identifier: 01782001
Scope and Contents

Reed describes patients with erysipelas and double pneumonia. McPherson is to enter the Marine hospital service.

Dates:  April 13, 1886

Sanitation report by Walter Reed,  May 31, 1887

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 83
Identifier: 01783001
Scope and Contents

This report gives the sanitary conditions of the officers' quarters, yard, barracks, guardhouse, post hospital, and water at Fort Robinson. It also reports on rations and clothing.

Dates:  May 31, 1887

Military records relating to Walter Reed, 1887

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 84
Identifier: uva-lib:2224098
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: 1887

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie B. Lawrence,  April 13, 1876

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 23
Identifier: 01723001
Scope and Contents

Reed is ordered to San Francisco. He will visit Emilie Lawrence with a “startling request.”

Dates:  April 13, 1876

Inspection report from J. C. McKee to the Surgeon General,  1877

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01724001
Scope and Contents

McKee reports to the Surgeon General that Reed has his hospital in “most excellent condition.” He also mentions Reed's personal qualities that have won him the confidence of all. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  1877

Comments Walter Reed made in 1877 about life in the west published inWalter Reed and Yellow Fever, by Howard A. Kelly, 1906

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 25
Identifier: uva-lib:2224029
Scope and Contents

FromWalter Reed and Yellow Feverby Howard A. Kelly, Chapter II, 'Frontier life' (1876-1889), pages 25-29, 32-34

Dates: 1906

Military records relating to Walter Reed, January 31, 1878

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 26
Identifier: uva-lib:2224030
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: January 31, 1878

Incidents of the Scourge of the South,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 21, 1878

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 27
Identifier: uva-lib:2224031
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: September 21, 1878

Quarantine Precautions Against Yellow Fever,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 21, 1878

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 28
Identifier: uva-lib:2224032
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: September 21, 1878

Pictures of citizens contributing to victims of yellow fever,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 28, 1878

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 29
Identifier: uva-lib:2224033
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: September 28, 1878

The Yellow Fever Visitation,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, September 28, 1878

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2224034
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: September 28, 1878