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letters (correspondence)

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Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to Willys M. Monroe,  June 10, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109020
Scope and Contents

Carter responds to Monroe's letter raising questions about the endemic yellow fever.

Dates:  June 10, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter to W.S. Leathers,  March 23, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022023
Scope and Contents

Carter informs Leathers about his career in malaria and yellow fever control and the careers of others prominent in the field.

Dates:  March 23, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Rose Carter's secretary to Oliver G. Ricketson, Jr., January 4, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903001
Scope and Contents

Ricketson is not to enter any yellow fever district until ten days after last vaccine injection.

Dates: January 4, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from [Henry Rose Carter's] Secretary to the General Alumni Association, University of Virginia, July 6, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 23
Identifier: 00823007
Scope and Contents

[Carter's] secretary requests that certain books be held until Carter returns from Peru.

Dates: July 6, 1920
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Henry Schuman to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 8, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 65
Identifier: 04065001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:  December 8, 1945
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Henry Schuman to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 30, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04103004
Scope and Contents

Schuman hopes Hench remembers him when the proposed book on Walter Reed nears completion. He regrets that he cannot supply Hench with a volume of the “U.S. Public Health Proceedings” but will try to locate a copy.

Dates:  January 30, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Henry Schuman to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 7, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04105002
Scope and Contents

Schuman reports that he is still trying to find the volume of the “U.S. Public Health Proceedings” that Hench requested. He has heard that Foster Kennedy has an interesting Walter Reed document, but is certain it is not for sale.

Dates:  March 7, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Henry W. Woltman to John H. Andrus,  March 23, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03458003
Scope and Contents

Woltman gives Andrus medical advice, suggesting that neither yellow fever nor arthritis are the cause of his condition.

Dates:  March 23, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench, Henry W. Woltman, and John H. Andrus

Letter from Herbert Gere to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122039
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Herbert S. Hollander to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  September 23, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 62
Identifier: 03262003
Scope and Contents

Hollander gratefully acknowledges Emilie Lawrence Reed's letter.

Dates:  September 23, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence between Emilie L. Reed to Herbert S. Hollander

Letter from Hermann Hagedorn to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  December 20, 1929

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 74
Identifier: 06274020
Scope and Contents

Hagedorn relates a conversation with General McCoy concerning Wood's announcement of the Yellow Fever Commission's findings, in 1900. He also comments on Gorgas' sanitary work in Havana.

Dates:  December 20, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from H.F. Kimball to Howard A. Kelly,  July 13, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931032
Scope and Contents

Kimball sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 13, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from H.F. Moore to Henry Rose Carter, January 29, 1915

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803008
Scope and Contents

Moore informs Carter that it is feasible to ship mosquito-eating fish to Alabama. The Bureau of Fisheries will cooperate with the Public Health Service.

Dates: January 29, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from H.H. Donnally to Howard A. Kelly,  October 17, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 02912001
Scope and Contents

Donnally thanks Kelly for his fairness to Carroll.

Dates:  October 17, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from H.H. Horner to Henry Rose Carter, February 29, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803022
Scope and Contents

Horner discusses a hatchery at Edenton, North Carolina, for the breeding of mosquito-eating fish.

Dates: February 29, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Florence M. Read,  November 9, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01121003
Scope and Contents

Noguchi discusses possible yellow fever cases and sends reports.

Dates:  November 9, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Frederick F. Russell,  January 31, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 39
Identifier: 01139020
Scope and Contents

Noguchi discusses his leptospira work in Brazil.

Dates:  January 31, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Frederick F. Russell,  September 19, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01117020
Scope and Contents

Noguchi thinks the liver sections and the clinical aspects of the deceased patient do not support a diagnosis of yellow fever.

Dates:  September 19, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter with some medical reports

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Frederick F. Russell,  September 20, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01117021
Scope and Contents

Noguchi is sending a report on liver sections from a suspected yellow fever patient.

Dates:  September 20, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter with some medical reports

Letter from Hideyo Noguchi to Frederick F. Russell,  March 7, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022013
Scope and Contents

Noguchi discusses an Ecuadorean fever case that might be yellow fever.

Dates:  March 7, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter