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Box 26

 Container

Contains 105 Results:

Endorsements regarding Commissioner of Pensions,  December 1901

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628051
Scope and Contents

Endorsements requests history and personal description of Reed, along with information on next of kin. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  December 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Report on Walter Reed, circa 1900

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628053
Scope and Contents

This handwritten account of Reed's military history includes a listing of his military orders from 1875 through 1894. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: circa 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to the Adjutant General,  December 27, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628057
Scope and Contents

Reed requests that her husband's letters about his laudatory character be sent to her. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  December 27, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Report for Walter Reed,  circa 1900

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628061
Scope and Contents

This document summarizes evaluations by inspectors and commanding officers about the work performed by Reed. Many of Reed's superiors give him an excellent rating and find him to be a competent medical officer. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  circa 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Report on Walter Reed,  January 22, 1903

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628066
Scope and Contents

This document summarizes Reed's promotions and military stations. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 22, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Article fragment:Agreement between the History of Yellow Fever and its Transmission By the Culex Mosquito (Stegomyia of Theobald),  February 19, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628067
Scope and Contents

Photostat of page 411 of Carter's copy of Finlay's Selected Works. Included are notes by Hench.

Dates:  February 19, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Letter from the Surgeon General to James Carroll,  October 4, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 37
Identifier: 02637001
Scope and Contents

O'Reilly informs Carroll that his application for appointment in the Medical Corps has been approved and that the age limit will be waived. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 4, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Surgeon General to James Carroll

Letter from the Surgeon General to James Carroll,  October 18, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 37
Identifier: 02637002
Scope and Contents

Carroll is to report to Dewitt for examination before the Army Medical Board. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 18, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Surgeon General to James Carroll

Military History of Major Walter Reed,  January 2, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 45
Identifier: 02645001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg lists the military posts and stations served by Reed as reported by the records of the Surgeon General.

Dates:  January 2, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Histories of Major Walter Reed's military career

Military History of Major Walter Reed,  June 2, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 45
Identifier: 02645006
Scope and Contents

Surgeon General's Records listing military and personal history for Reed until June 2, 1902.

Dates:  June 2, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Histories of Major Walter Reed's military career

A New Microbe Discovered, circa 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653001
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: circa 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Newspaper clippings relating to the death of Walter Reed and work of Jesse W. Lazear

Conquest of Yellow Fever, circa 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653002
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: circa 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Newspaper clippings relating to the death of Walter Reed and work of Jesse W. Lazear

The Late Major Walter Reed,The New York Times,  December 4, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653003
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:  December 4, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Newspaper clippings relating to the death of Walter Reed and work of Jesse W. Lazear

Major Walter Reed Dead,The Baltimore Sun,  November 23, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653004
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:  November 23, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Newspaper clippings relating to the death of Walter Reed and work of Jesse W. Lazear

A World Benefactor,The Baltimore Sun,  December 23, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 53
Identifier: N2653005
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:  December 23, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Newspaper clippings relating to the death of Walter Reed and work of Jesse W. Lazear

In Behalf of Mrs. Reed,  January 6, 1903

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 59
Identifier: N2659001
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 6, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Clippings relating to the remembrance of Walter Reed

Mosquito Control Ends Fatal Plague of Yellow Fever,  circa 1927-1933

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 59
Identifier: N2659002
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:  circa 1927-1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Clippings relating to the remembrance of Walter Reed

Orders from F.H. Beach to the Quartermaster of the Columbia Barracks,  February 21, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02605001
Scope and Contents

Beach reports that government vehicles may not be used for private purposes, i.e. entertainment.

Dates:  February 21, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to F.H. Beach with related military orders

Official Request from Jefferson Randolph Kean to F.H. Beach,  February 18, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02605002
Scope and Contents

Kean requests a copy of the orders forbidding private use of government vehicles.

Dates:  February 18, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to F.H. Beach with related military orders

Letter from Elihu Root to William Osler,  May 20, 1902

 Item — Box: 26, Folder: 13
Identifier: 02613001
Scope and Contents

Root thanks Osler for his letter supporting Reed for nomination to the post of Surgeon General. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 20, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters supporting appointment of Walter Reed as surgeon general