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Letter from Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Walter Reed,  January 1, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01901001
Scope and Contents

Lawrence Reed writes, en route to Cuba, that he will land tomorrow.

Dates:  January 1, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Walter Reed,  January 6, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01902001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about his life in the military. He did not receive his mother's Christmas letter. He wants to save some money and send them some gifts from Havana.

Dates:  January 6, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Envelope addressed to Walter Reed, January 25, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 3
Identifier: uva-lib:2224192
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 25, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to Walter Reed,  January 27, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01904001
Scope and Contents

Wood regrets missing a visit with Reed before leaving Washington for Cuba. He has seen Reed's son in Havana and reports that he is doing well.

Dates:  January 27, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, February 23, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 5
Identifier: uva-lib:2224194
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: February 23, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Monthly sanitary report from the hospital at Columbia Barracks, Havana, Cuba,  March 31, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 6
Identifier: 01906001
Scope and Contents

This report lists camp conditions and the buildings that have been completed for the military hospital in Havana, Cuba.

Dates:  March 31, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, April 2, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 7
Identifier: uva-lib:2224196
Scope and Contents

4 pages

Dates: April 2, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg,  April 17, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01908001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte informs Sternberg that during the past several weeks there have been very few cases of yellow fever from which he could obtain material for research. Attached to the letter is a note by Truby stating that Agramonte and Carroll assisted Reed in the lab in 1898.

Dates:  April 17, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from George Miller Sternberg to the Adjutant General,  April 19, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01909001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg recommends that Reed go to Havana, Cuba, to make a sanitary inspection of the camps, barracks, and hospitals near Puerto Principe, with particular attention to the prevalence of typhoid fever.

Dates:  April 19, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Walter Reed,  April 19, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 10
Identifier: 01910001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg directs Reed to inspect the camps, barracks, and hospitals occupied by U.S. troops in the vicinity of Puerto Principe, Cuba, and to make any necessary recommendations for improvement. He is to report on the prevalence of typhoid or other infectious diseases.

Dates:  April 19, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  April 25, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01911001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes that he visited the Vedado Post to see their son. Lawrence Reed was given a 24 hour leave to go to Havana with him.

Dates:  April 25, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa April 29, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01912001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about his vacation and relates his plans to go to Puerto Principe.

Dates:  circa April 29, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte, May 3, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 13
Identifier: uva-lib:2224202
Scope and Contents

1 page

Dates: May 3, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Mosquitoes Considered as Transmitters of Yellow Fever and Malaria,Medical Record: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery, by Carlos J. Finlay,  May 27, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01914001
Scope and Contents

Finlay discusses the theory that mosquitoes can transmit malaria and yellow fever. To bolster his case he describes Koch's work with the tick that transmits Texas Fever. He writes about the effect of temperature on mosquitoes, and suggests that measures be taken to eliminate mosquitoes and prevent their entry into houses.

Dates:  May 27, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military orders for Albert E. Truby,  May 3, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 15
Identifier: 01915001
Scope and Contents

Truby is appointed to a general court-martial.

Dates:  May 3, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military orders for Albert E. Truby,  June 2, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 16
Identifier: 01916001
Scope and Contents

Truby is assigned to the hospital ship Terry.

Dates:  June 2, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte, June 5, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 17
Identifier: uva-lib:2224206
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: June 5, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg,  June 17, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01918001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte describes his work with yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 17, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to Walter Reed,  July 1, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01919001
Scope and Contents

Wood is sorry to have missed Reed.

Dates:  July 1, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to S.T. Armstrong, July 10, 1899

 Item — Box: 19, Folder: 20
Identifier: uva-lib:2224209
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: July 10, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed