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Box 20

 Container

Contains 93 Results:

Military orders regarding yellow fever damages,  July 21, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02061001
Scope and Contents

Special Orders #65 establishes various boards to investigate damages due to the outbreak of yellow fever . [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  July 21, 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,  July 23, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 62
Identifier: 02062001
Scope and Contents

Reed is delighted to hear about the rain at Keewaydin. He teases Emilie Lawrence Reed and discusses gardening at Keewaydin. He says their son, Lawrence, is impatient for his officer's commission.

Dates:  July 23, 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 Robert P. Cooke,  July 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 63
Identifier: 02063001
Scope and Contents

Stark reprimands Cooke for his handling of a yellow fever outbreak at Pinar del Rio.

Dates:  July 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 George Miller Sternberg,  July 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 64
Identifier: 02064001
Scope and Contents

Reed is astonished that yellow fever remains unrecognized at Pinar del Rio. He recommends measures taken to avoid an epidemic, and the use of human experimentation to study the disease.

Dates:  July 24, 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 Guy Charles Moore Godfrey,  July 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 65
Identifier: 02065001
Scope and Contents

Stark reprimands Godfrey for failing to properly handle a yellow fever outbreak at Pinar del Rio.

Dates:  July 24, 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 James F. Presnell,  July 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 66
Identifier: 02066001
Scope and Contents

Stark reprimands Presnell for failing to properly handle a yellow fever outbreak at Pinar del Rio.

Dates:  July 24, 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 Auguste A. Nouel,  July 24, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 67
Identifier: 02067001
Scope and Contents

Stark reprimands Nouel for failing to properly handle a yellow fever outbreak at Pinar del Rio.

Dates:  July 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 Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  July 25, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 68
Identifier: 02068001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases his daughter Blossom Reed. He expects to leave Cuba on August 1 or 2.

Dates:  July 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,  July 27, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 69
Identifier: 02069001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases Emilie Lawrence Reed. He expects to see her August.

Dates:  July 27, 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,  July 27, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 70
Identifier: 02070001
Scope and Contents

Reed describes the weather in Cuba. He teases Emilie Lawrence Reed, and anticipates his arrival home.

Dates:  July 27, 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,  July 29, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 71
Identifier: 02071001
Scope and Contents

Reed relates his plans for Keewaydin concerning the garden, a summer house, and a new house. He has seen their son, Lawrence, and reports that he is well, but he as yet has no commission.

Dates:  July 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 Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 30, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 72
Identifier: 02072001
Scope and Contents

Reed's baggage has to be disinfected for “Yellow Jack” before he leaves for the States. He believes this to be an absurd formality. Reed wants to install a shower at the renovated Keewaydin house.

Dates:  July 30, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from William M. Black to the Adjutant General,  July 30, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 73
Identifier: 02073001
Scope and Contents

Black responds to Reed's report on the Electrozone Plant in Havana, Cuba and wants to correct errors. He includes two reports by G. C. Rowe entitled “Review of the Most Salient Points of Dr. Reed's Report” and “Electrozone Plant.” [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  July 30, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Military orders for Jesse W. Lazear,  July 30, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 74
Identifier: 02074001
Scope and Contents

Lazear is ordered to proceed to Pinar Del Rio to collect pathological material on the recent yellow fever outbreak.

Dates:  July 30, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  July 31, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 75
Identifier: 02075001
Scope and Contents

Reed reports his duties for the month of July 1900 as President of the Board of Officers investigating infectious diseases and yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  July 31, 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,  July 31, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 76
Identifier: 02076001
Scope and Contents

Stark takes over duties as Chief Sanitary Officer after Kean is taken ill by yellow fever. Stark describes his preventative measures against the spreading of the disease. He commends numerous individuals for their help in the epidemic. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  July 31, 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,  August 2, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 77
Identifier: 02077001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes that he is on his way home to the United States.

Dates:  August 2, 1900
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,  August 8, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02078001
Scope and Contents

Smith grants a leave of absence to Truby for several days.

Dates:  August 8, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 10, 1900-August 16, 1900

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 79
Identifier: uva-lib:2224349
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: August 10, 1900-August 16, 1900
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,  August 11, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 80
Identifier: 02080001
Scope and Contents

Truby is relieved from duty.

Dates:  August 11, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed