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Letter from J. F. Siler to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  January 28, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03101001
Scope and Contents

Siler sends Emilie Reed a manuscript he has submitted to Hygeia, the health journal of the American Medical Association, on Walter Reed and yellow fever.

Dates:  January 28, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Joseph F. Siler to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed article

Original Contributions to the Science of Medicine by Medical Officers of the Army. Walter Reed and Yellow Fever,  circa 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03101002
Scope and Contents

Siler's manuscript describes 19th century yellow fever epidemics in the United States, theories of yellow fever transmission, and the contribution of Reed in proving mosquito transmission.

Dates:  circa 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Joseph F. Siler to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed article

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 4, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03102001
Scope and Contents

Carroll makes an appeal to the medical profession to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Dates:  May 4, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 9, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03102002
Scope and Contents

Carroll informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that the Medical Society of Virginia will address his proposal to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Dates:  May 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03103001
Scope and Contents

Carroll plans to write a magazine article on Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 9, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03103002
Scope and Contents

Carroll discusses plans to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine. He receives permission from Emilie Lawrence Reed to mention the pension debate in his magazine article.

Dates:  July 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from James E. Peabody to Howard A. Kelly,  November 22, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03107001
Scope and Contents

Peabody has received Kelly's new edition of Walter Reed and Yellow Fever. He sends Kelly materials concerning pensions for Kissinger and the Yellow Fever Commission widows.

Dates:  November 22, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from James E. Peabody to Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Charles Inman and Elizabeth Fitzpatrick to James E. Watson,  November 22, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03107003
Scope and Contents

Representatives of the New York Association of Biology Teachers petition Sen. Watson to seek Congressional action on pensions for Kissinger and widows of Yellow Fever Commission participants.

Dates:  November 22, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from James E. Peabody to Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from James E. Peabody to Friends of the Yellow Fever Heroes of 1900,  November 15, 1926

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03107005
Scope and Contents

Peabody describes efforts to obtain pensions for Kissinger and for widows of Yellow Fever Commission participants.

Dates:  November 15, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from James E. Peabody to Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from James E. Peabody to Howard A. Kelly,  February 7, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 11
Identifier: 03111001
Scope and Contents

Peabody writes about the failure of government assistance for Kissinger. The Association of Biology Teachers has also been unable to help.

Dates:  February 7, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence between James E. Peabody, Howard A. Kelly, and Ida E. Kissinger

Letter from Ida E. Kissinger to James E. Peabody,  February 4, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 11
Identifier: 03111002
Scope and Contents

Kissinger asks for financial assistance.

Dates:  February 4, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence between James E. Peabody, Howard A. Kelly, and Ida E. Kissinger

Letter from James E. Peabody to John R. and Ida E. Kissinger,  March 30, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112001
Scope and Contents

Peabody informs the Kissingers that a fund is being established for their support.

Dates:  March 30, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Help Needed by a Hero,The New York Times,  March 23, 1927-March 26, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112003
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:  March 23, 1927-March 26, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Howard A. Kelly,  March 31, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112004
Scope and Contents

Gruenberg informs Kelly of the campaign to raise funds for the Kissingers and asks to borrow photographs.

Dates:  March 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Yellow Fever Martyr Fund of $5,000 Sought,The New York Herald Tribune,  March 20, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112005
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:  March 20, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Recalling a Hero,The New York Times,  March 23, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112006
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:  March 23, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Help Needed by a Hero: Kissinger's Part in Ending Yellow Fever Peril a Memorable One,The New York Times,  March 28, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112007
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:  March 28, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Letter from Flora Warren Seymor to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  February 28, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112009
Scope and Contents

She referred Emilie Reed to Rand McNally publishers for assistance with her book.

Dates:  February 28, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Letter from Lillian M. Elliott to Emilie L. Reed,  April 11, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03114001
Scope and Contents

Elliott informs Mrs. Reed of a talk on Walter Reed by James Peabody, and encloses two student papers on Reed.

Dates:  April 11, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Lillian M. Elliot to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed student essays

A Hero,  April 11, 1927

 Item — Box: 31, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03114002
Scope and Contents

A student paper defines heroism.

Dates:  April 11, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Lillian M. Elliot to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed student essays