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Box 32

 Container

Staff Only

Contains 110 Results:

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

Letter from [James E. Peabody] to George Kellogg,  December 18, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 21
Identifier: 03221001
Scope and Contents

[Peabody] reports on the status of the Congressional campaign to honor the yellow fever heroes, and enlists Kellogg's help in the effort.

Dates:  December 18, 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 Clara,  December 29, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03222001
Scope and Contents

[Peabody] describes his trips related to his campaign to honor the yellow fever heroes through an Act of Congress.

Dates:  December 29, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

In Recognition of a Great Achievement,Boston Evening Transcript, December 30, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 23
Identifier: uva-lib:2225728
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 30, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

National Honors for the Yellow Fever Heroes,  circa 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03224001
Scope and Contents

This report chronicles the path to recognition for the members of the Yellow Fever Board, beginning with a 1906 letter from Theodore Roosevelt.

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

Envelope which contained charts of experimental yellow fever cases with annotations by Roger Post Ames, 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 25
Identifier: uva-lib:2225730
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: 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Billie [s.n.] to Mrs. Peggy Lazear Briggs, circa 1929

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 26
Identifier: uva-lib:2225731
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 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Widow of Victor Over Yellow Fever Gets $1500 pension, January 2, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 27
Identifier: uva-lib:2225732
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 2, 1930
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 John J. Moran, January 8, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 28
Identifier: uva-lib:2225733
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 8, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Dorothy Blondel to John J. Moran,  January 13, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 29
Identifier: 03229001
Scope and Contents

Blondel, on behalf of the New York Association of Biology Teachers, congratulates Moran for his yellow fever work.

Dates:  January 13, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Patrick J. Hurley to Morris Sheppard,  January 29, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03230001
Scope and Contents

Secretary of War Hurley summarizes Ames' service record, concluding that Ames does not merit inclusion in the yellow fever roll of honor. He suggests that Sheppard turn over any additional official papers to the War Department.

Dates:  January 29, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from [Morris Sheppard] to Patrick J. Hurley,  January 31, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 31
Identifier: 03231001
Scope and Contents

[Sheppard] clarifies his statements regarding Ames' service with the Yellow Fever Board, in Cuba.

Dates:  January 31, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Morris Sheppard to Jessie Daniel Ames,  January 31, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 32
Identifier: 03232001
Scope and Contents

Sheppard informs Jessie Ames of the results of his correspondence with Secretary of War Hurley concerning her husband.

Dates:  January 31, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Patrick J. Hurley to Morris Sheppard,  February 8, 1930

 Item — Box: 32, Folder: 33
Identifier: 03233001
Scope and Contents

Hurley confirms that Ames contracted yellow fever in Cuba, but reiterates that Ames did not take part in the actual experiments of the Yellow Fever Board.

Dates:  February 8, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed