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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 Howard A. Kelly to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 12, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 03154001
Scope and Contents

Kelly thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for a memento of Walter Reed. He notes a greater appreciation of Walter Reed's work.

Dates:  May 12, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to Henry Rose Carter,  December 5, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004014
Scope and Contents

Kelly thanks Carter for his yellow fever work and requests reprints of his articles.

Dates:  December 5, 1922
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 Howard A. Kelly to Henry Rose Carter,  September 27, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01117025
Scope and Contents

Kelly sends Carter a copy of his Walter Reed book. He notes the credit given Carter's work in Ross' memoirs and asks for photos of Carter to include in a collection of malaria and yellow fever literature he is gathering for the School of Hygiene, in Baltimore.

Dates:  September 27, 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 Howard A. Kelly to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 18, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269016
Scope and Contents

Howard expresses interest in Kean's review of the Gorgas biography. He comments on Hendrick's writing and factual accuracy.

Dates:  March 18, 1925
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 Howard A. Kelly to John W. Ross,  October 26, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02929002
Scope and Contents

Kelly discusses the conflict between Carroll and Guiteras.

Dates:  October 26, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to James Carroll's charge that John Ross and Juan Guiteras prevented him from obtaining blood necessary for yellow fever tests at Las Animas Hospital

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to Juan Guiteras,  October 26, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: 02915001
Scope and Contents

Kelly requests permission to publish a letter from Carroll stating that Guiteras refused permission to take blood for the yellow fever experiments. Guiteras responds - in a autograph note on the same document - that he had no authority to permit or prevent Carroll from proceeding as he wished.

Dates:  October 26, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to L.O. Howard,  November 1, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 02852001
Scope and Contents

Kelly requests to see Reed's account of the experiments, which had been mailed to Howard. A plaque for Walter Reed at King's County Hospital, in Brooklyn, will be dedicated.

Dates:  November 1, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 1, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 18
Identifier: 03618001
Scope and Contents

Kelly discusses the sources of information for his book and explains some details.

Dates:  October 1, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from [Howard A. Kelly] to Robert E. Noble,  October 13, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063006
Scope and Contents

[Kelly] requests information for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 13, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from [Howard A. Kelly] to the Superintendent of the Walter Reed Hospital,  October 12, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063004
Scope and Contents

[Kelly] solicits corrections and clarifications for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 12, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to William H. Welch,  October 7, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063002
Scope and Contents

Kelly solicits corrections or clarifications for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 7, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to William H. Welch,  October 7, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063003
Scope and Contents

Kelly solicits corrections or clarifications for a new edition of his book, “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 7, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from [Howard A. Kelly] to W.W. Norman,  October 25, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063015
Scope and Contents

[Kelly] requests official confirmation of the changes to be made in the new edition of “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  October 25, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from [Howard A. Kelly] to W.W. Norman,  November 6, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063020
Scope and Contents

[Kelly] agrees to Norman's suggested changes to the new edition of “Walter Reed and Yellow Fever.“

Dates:  November 6, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Howard A. Kelly's [secretary?] to Robert E. Noble,  October 17, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063009
Scope and Contents

Kelly's [secretary?] desires to know if a biography of Gorgas has been published.

Dates:  October 17, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter from Howard Butcher,  August 22, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931041
Scope and Contents

Butcher sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  August 22, 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 Howard F. Polley to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 7, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04031001
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:  September 7, 1943
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 with related notes

Letter from H.P. Marvin to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 10, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 65
Identifier: 03565002
Scope and Contents

Marvin discusses Hench's meeting at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dates:  July 10, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from S.M. Marietta and H.P. Marvin to Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from H.R. Wood to Quarantine Officer,  September 14, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003021
Scope and Contents

Ship Captain Wood requests the quarantine officer to dispose of the body of a Spanish sailor, a possible yellow fever victim.

Dates:  September 14, 1922
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.S. Parsons to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803017
Scope and Contents

Parsons lists the names of newspapers and magazines published in Havana, Cuba, which are available at the Periodical Division of the Library of Congress. "La Discusion," from February 8, 1901, shows a front-page cartoon ridiculing various theories on yellow fever - including the mosquito vector.

Dates:  February 22, 1941
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