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Box 20

 Container

Contains 93 Results:

Military orders for Walter Reed and James Carroll, May 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 21
Identifier: uva-lib:2224286
Scope and Contents

Walter Reed and James Carroll sent to Cuba for study of infectious diseases.

Dates: May 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Aristides Agramonte, May 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 22
Identifier: uva-lib:2224287
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: May 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from Alexander N. Stark to the Adjutant General,  May 28, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 23
Identifier: 02023002
Scope and Contents

Stark reports of yellow fever cases at Columbia Barracks, Cuba. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 28, 1900
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,  May 29, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 24
Identifier: 02024001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg instructs Reed on the numerous experiments he should conduct in the investigation of infectious diseases. Also included are notes by Hench and Truby expressing their personal views of Sternberg's instructions. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 29, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to the Surgeon General,  June 1, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 25
Identifier: 02025001
Scope and Contents

Reed acknowledges the receipt of a check for $50.00 for use in the Medical Board's research.

Dates:  June 1, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military orders for John S. Neate,  June 4, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02026001
Scope and Contents

Special Orders #130 transfers Neate to Quemados de Marianao, Cuba to report to Reed. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 4, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from Alexander N. Stark to the Adjutant General,  June 4, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 27
Identifier: 02027001
Scope and Contents

Stark reports cases of yellow fever.

Dates:  June 4, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military records relating to sanitation and yellow fever at Columbia Barracks., June 5, 1899

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 28
Identifier: uva-lib:2224293
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

Military records relating to U.S. troops in Quemados de Marianao, Cuba, June 6, 1899

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 29
Identifier: uva-lib:2224296
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 6, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

The Fever That was Epidemic in This Post Last Fall, by Najeem M. Saleeby [Columbia Barracks, Havana, Cuba],  June 6, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 30
Identifier: 02030001
Scope and Contents

Saleeby writes about the epidemic that afflicted Columbia Barracks in late 1899 and describes the symptoms of the disease.

Dates:  June 6, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military orders regarding Columbia Barracks,  June 9, 1900

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02031001
Scope and Contents

Stark responds with a facetious remark to a request for carbolic acid for sanitary purposes at Columbia Barracks. Endorsements are dated June 9 to June 15, 1900. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 9, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to Adjutant with reply, June 11, 1900-June 13, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 32
Identifier: uva-lib:2224302
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 11, 1900-June 13, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from Alexander N. Stark to the Surgeon General,  June 15, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 33
Identifier: 02033001
Scope and Contents

Stark gives a detailed report on the outbreak of yellow fever in Quemados de Marianao, Cuba and Columbia Barracks, Cuba. Stark claims that Mrs. Henry S. King is the first case of yellow fever. A Medical Board with Ames, Lazear, and three Cubans is created to investigate the outbreak. Stark highly commends the doctors and staff at Post Hospital. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to Surgeon General, June 16, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 34
Identifier: uva-lib:2224304
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 16, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from Valery Havard to the Adjutant General,  June 18, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 35
Identifier: 02035001
Scope and Contents

Havard details the outbreak of yellow fever in Quemados de Marianao, Cuba in May 1900. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 18, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Valery Havard to the Surgeon General,  June 19, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 36
Identifier: 02036001
Scope and Contents

Havard amends the yellow fever report sent June 18, 1900 to change the mortality count. A map is included of the town of Quemados de Marianao. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 19, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Resume of Frank H. Edmunds,  June 18, 1899

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 37
Identifier: 02037001
Scope and Contents

The military career of Edmunds' is outlined until his death from yellow fever on June 18, 1899. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 18, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Record of Jefferson Randolph Kean's case of yellow fever,  circa 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 38
Identifier: 02038001
Scope and Contents

This document records Kean's pulse, temperature, urine, stool, diet, medicine and remarks during his bout with yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1900
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,  June 25, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 39
Identifier: 02039001
Scope and Contents

Reed and Carroll are on board the Sedgewick, bound for Cuba.

Dates:  June 25, 1900
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,  June 25, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 40
Identifier: 02040001
Scope and Contents

Reed sees the wreck of the U.S.S.Mainein Havana harbor and gives his opinion of the sinking.

Dates:  June 25, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed