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Box 20

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Letter from Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  August 12, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 81
Identifier: 02081001
Scope and Contents

Lawrence Reed writes that he is not certain where he will be sent next. He asks her to remind Walter Reed about his sword.

Dates:  August 12, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report from William Crawford Gorgas to the Surgeon General,  August 14, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 82
Identifier: 02082001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas details the yearly deaths caused by yellow fever in the month of July, and states that the sanitary conditions for July 1900 are better than any time in the past ten years. His report includes two charts of deaths in Havana: “Deaths by Months for the Years 1890 to 1900” and “Arrivals and Departures of Passengers at Havana.”

Dates:  August 14, 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 L. O. Howard,  August 14, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 83
Identifier: 02083001
Scope and Contents

Reed is sending Howard specimens of mosquitoes from Lazear and is planning on seeing Howard in a few days. Included is a listing of the types of mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 14, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L.O. Howard to Walter Reed, August 15, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 84
Identifier: uva-lib:2224357
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 15, 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 L. O. Howard,  January 13, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02003001
Scope and Contents

Reed states that the mosquito theory for the propagation of yellow fever is a fact, not a theory. Reed's postscript gives credit to Kean for cleaning measures against the mosquito. [Reed mistakes the year, it should be 1901, not 1900.]

Dates:  January 13, 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 L.O. Howard

Transcription of letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  January 13, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02003004
Scope and Contents

Reed states that the mosquito theory for the propagation of yellow fever is a fact, not a theory. Reed's postscript gives credit to Kean for cleaning measures against the mosquito. [Reed mistakes the year, it should be 1901, not 1900.]

Dates:  January 13, 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 L.O. Howard

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to the Adjutant General,  June 5, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02028001
Scope and Contents

Kean provides reasons for infection of yellow fever at Columbia Barracks and possible ways to prevent spread of disease. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 5, 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.

Military orders regarding Columbia Barracks,  June 7, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02028003
Scope and Contents

Orders with endorsements request disinfectants for Columbia Barracks. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 7, 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.

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to the Adjutant General,  June 6, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02029001
Scope and Contents

Stark requests that no individual affiliated with Columbia Barracks be permitted to enter a saloon where yellow fever broke out. Endorsements are dated June 6 to June 8, 1900.

Dates:  June 6, 1900
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

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to the Adjutant General,  June 6, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02029004
Scope and Contents

Stark requests that no individual affiliated with Columbia Barracks be permitted to enter the town of Quemados de Marianao, Cuba.

Dates:  June 6, 1900
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

Military orders regarding Columbia Barracks,  June 5, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02029005
Scope and Contents

These endorsements regard the relationship between the laundry facilities and the spread of yellow fever at Columbia Barracks.

Dates:  June 5, 1900
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

Letter from Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  August 10, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 79
Identifier: 02079001
Scope and Contents

Lawrence Reed expresses excitement about receiving his commission. He is assigned to the 10th Infantry in Cuba and fears he will not be able to visit home. Lawrence wants his father to send him a sword.

Dates:  August 10, 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

Telegram from Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  August 16, 1900

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 79
Identifier: 02079008
Scope and Contents

Lawrence Reed informs his mother of his new post at Rowell Barracks.

Dates:  August 16, 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