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Box 28

 Container

Contains 140 Results:

Transcript of letter from Theodore Roosevelt to The White House,  April 1, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 1
Identifier: 02801001
Scope and Contents

Roosevelt reorganizes the Panama Canal Commission.

Dates:  April 1, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to William Howard Taft,  April 1, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 2
Identifier: 02802001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas responds to criticisms of Charles A. Reed. He presents an analysis of the Canal Zone Commission organization.

Dates:  April 1, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Front page of theThe Press-Republic,  April 11, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 3
Identifier: N2803001
Scope and Contents

Contains the article,Discusses Mosquito

Dates:  April 11, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Mosquito: As the Medium of Spreading Fever Epidemic,  April 11, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 4
Identifier: N2804001
Scope and Contents

Mosquito

Dates:  April 11, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Rudolph Matas to Howard A. Kelly,  April 14, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02805001
Scope and Contents

Matas provides references on yellow fever, and gives information on his own work and experience with the disease.

Dates:  April 14, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed letter from Chief Sanitary Officer,  April 24, 1905

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 6
Identifier: uva-lib:2225037
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:  April 24, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  May 5, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 7
Identifier: 02807001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas reports on yellow fever cases in the Canal Zone, as well as administrative issues.

Dates:  May 5, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from P. Farshish to the Editor ofThe Baltimore News,  May 10, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 8
Identifier: 02808001
Scope and Contents

Farshish writes the editor to correct what he thinks is misinformation in Kelly's article about the earliest documented reference of insects carrying disease. Farshish challenges Kelly with references from the Talmud and Midroshic Literature.

Dates:  May 10, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Telegram from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  May 11, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 9
Identifier: 02809001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas lists yellow fever patients to date in the Panama Canal Zone.

Dates:  May 11, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Louis A. LaGarde,  May 27, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 10
Identifier: 02810001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas asks LaGarde, the superintendent of Ancon Hospital, to resign.

Dates:  May 27, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Louis A. La Garde to the Secretary of War,  May 30, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 11
Identifier: 02811001
Scope and Contents

La Garde requests to be relieved from duty.

Dates:  May 30, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Charles E. Magoon to William Crawford Gorgas,  June 1, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 12
Identifier: 02812001
Scope and Contents

Magoon writes about yellow fever cases in the Canal Zone. He makes an official offer of full financial and manpower support for Gorgas to eradicate the disease.

Dates:  June 1, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Charles E. Magoon,  June 2, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 13
Identifier: 02813001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests assignment of John W. Phillips for duty in the Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Dates:  June 2, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  June 3, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 14
Identifier: 02814001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas describes cases of yellow fever in the Canal Zone, and the reaction to the new Sanitary Commission.

Dates:  June 3, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Charles E. Magoon,  June 30, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 15
Identifier: 02815001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests the assignment of Raeder for duty as a nurse in the Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Dates:  June 30, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Article mentioning Roger Post Ames,The Daily Picayune, June 30, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2225049
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 30, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from [George H.] Smith with enclosed article,  1905

 File — Box: 28, Folder: 17
Identifier: uva-lib:2225050
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:  1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from the Acting Chief of Bureau to James Carroll,  August 3, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02818001
Scope and Contents

Carroll is asked to communicate with Owens about Reed's work in Cuba. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 3, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Ronald Ross,  August 9, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 19
Identifier: 02819001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas reports on conditions in Panama regarding yellow fever and malaria. He recommends that the Nobel Prize be given to America.

Dates:  August 9, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Yellow Fever Infection,The New York Sun,  September 1, 1905

 Item — Box: 28, Folder: 20
Identifier: N2820001
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:  September 1, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed