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Box 32

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Contains 110 Results:

Letter from John J. Moran to James E. Peabody,  July 7, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03201001
Scope and Contents

Moran thanks Peabody for his efforts in campaigning for compensation for the volunteers. Moran is hesitant to grant Agramonte compensation since he is healthy and, because of being Cuban, was immune from all dangers. Also included is a brief history of Moran's involvement with the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  July 7, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Frederick F. Russell to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 8, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03202001
Scope and Contents

Russell writes that he knew Walter Reed and values his work. He informs her that the Rockefeller Foundation has pursued yellow fever eradication since 1918.

Dates:  July 8, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 23, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03203001
Scope and Contents

Ireland expresses admiration for Emilie Lawrence Reed and Walter Reed.

Dates:  July 23, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letters from William G. Harrison to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 1929

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2225705
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 1929
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 Emilie Lawrence Reed,  August 14, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03205001
Scope and Contents

Kean vouches for Harrison and urges Emilie Lawrence Reed to make a donation to Vanderbilt University.

Dates:  August 14, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Elizabeth L. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa August 22, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03206001
Scope and Contents

Ireland thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the gift and the visit to Blue Ridge Summit.

Dates:  circa August 22, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Memorandum from Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 27, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03207001
Scope and Contents

Kean lists the yellow fever experiment participants included in the Roll of Honor.

Dates:  August 27, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Frederick V. Coville to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  August 30, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03208001
Scope and Contents

Coville offers gardening advice to Emilie.

Dates:  August 30, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William G. Harrison to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  September 10, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03209001
Scope and Contents

Harrison thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the gift of a Bible.

Dates:  September 10, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Landon Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed and Blossom Reed, September 1929

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 10
Identifier: uva-lib:2225713
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 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from W.S. Leathers to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  September 30, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 11
Identifier: 03211001
Scope and Contents

Leathers thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the donation of Walter Reed's letter and Bible to the Vanderbilt University Museum of Medical History.

Dates:  September 30, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Richard M. Hewitt to the Editor,  September 17, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03212001
Scope and Contents

Hewitt writes about the 1878 New Orleans yellow fever outbreak and Carter's work on the transmission of yellow fever.

Dates:  September 17, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from S.F. Blake to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  October 22, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 13
Identifier: 03213001
Scope and Contents

Blake identifies Emilie Lawrence Reed's botanical specimen.

Dates:  October 22, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Report of an interview with Merritte W. Ireland, by Jessie Daniel Ames,  October 22, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03214001
Scope and Contents

According to Ames, Ireland refuses to include her deceased husband (Roger Post Ames) among the yellow fever heroes. He minimizes Ames' husband role in the yellow fever work, and advises [Jessie Daniel Ames] to give up in her attempt to have him honored.

Dates:  October 22, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

William B. Olsen Awarded Congressional Gold Medal,Chicago Tribune, circa October 9, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2225720
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 October 9, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William A. Tansey to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed photographs, November 4, 1929

 File — Box: 32, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2225721
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 4, 1929
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 Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright,  November 18, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03217001
Scope and Contents

[Peabody] thanks Wainwright for his support of the bill to honor the yellow fever experiment participants. Peabody is delighted that Agramonte was included, and glad that Marie Gorgas was not.

Dates:  November 18, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from C.H. Bridges to Jessie Daniel Ames,  November 19, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 18
Identifier: 03218001
Scope and Contents

Bridges provides the official military record of Roger Ames' work in Cuba.

Dates:  November 19, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 2, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03219001
Scope and Contents

Ireland sends Emilie Lawrence Reed a map of the Fort Robinson Station, near a butte which has been named for Walter Reed.

Dates:  December 2, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from [Laura Armistead Carter] to Frederick F. Russell,  December 16, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03220001
Scope and Contents

[Laura Carter] writes to Russell concerning her planned completion of her father's unfinished history of yellow fever.

Dates:  December 16, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed