letters (correspondence)

Letter from Joseph H. White to [Frederick F.] Russell, August 17, 1922

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37

Identifier: 00937025

Scope and Contents

White discusses ongoing mosquito eradication work in Mexico and South America.

Dates: August 17, 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 Joseph H. White to Frederick F. Russell, January 8, 1924

Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38

Identifier: 01138008

Scope and Contents

White writes about his field work to control the spread of yellow fever in Brazil.

Dates: January 8, 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 Joseph H. White to Henry Rose Carter, July 7, 1924

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 6

Identifier: 01206006

Scope and Contents

White writes that he is willing to accept Carter's conclusion regarding the origin of yellow fever. He discusses the situation in Brazil and Africa in regards to yellow fever.

Dates: July 7, 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 Joseph H. White to Henry Rose Carter, June 30, 1925

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25

Identifier: 01225004

Scope and Contents

White believes that he and Carter are the only scientists with a full understanding of how to eliminate yellow fever, although Scannell and Beeuwkes may learn.

Dates: June 30, 1925

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 Joseph H. White to Henry Rose Carter, March 21, 1923

Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22

Identifier: 01022018

Scope and Contents

White agrees with Carter on handling endemic situations. He sends Carter a letter from Avila describing a possible yellow fever case, which he thinks is a false diagnosis.

Dates: March 21, 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 Joseph H. White to Henry Rose Carter, January 14, 1924

Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38

Identifier: 01138015

Scope and Contents

White expresses his relief that Carter's health has improved. He requests a photo and copies of some of Carter's publications for a Brazilian official.

Dates: January 14, 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 Joseph H. White to the Office of the Surgeon General, June 1, 1920

Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22

Identifier: 00822030

Scope and Contents

White certifies that Carter has immunity to yellow fever.

Dates: June 1, 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 Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose, August 29, 1922

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37

Identifier: 00937032

Scope and Contents

White writes that he has been mediating between Connor and Stubbs. He briefly describes the situation in Mexico regarding yellow fever.

Dates: August 29, 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 [Joseph H. White ?] to Wickliffe Rose, circa July 17, 1921

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12

Identifier: 00912011

Scope and Contents

The writer thinks that Hanson is winning the fight against yellow fever in Peru.

Dates: circa July 17, 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 Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose, August 9, 1921

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12

Identifier: 00912027

Scope and Contents

White reports that there is no yellow fever in Peru, but that it is vital to continue mosquito controls for a year.

Dates: August 9, 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 Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose, December 21, 1922

Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4

Identifier: 01004050

Scope and Contents

White comments on the unusual yellow fever case of seaman Cose. White reports on the Mexican yellow fever work.

Dates: December 21, 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 Joseph Y. Porter to Henry Rose Carter, January 16, 1914

Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 59

Identifier: 00759001

Scope and Contents

Porter thanks Carter for his educational malaria pamphlet for children.

Dates: January 16, 1914

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 Joseph Y. Porter to Howard A. Kelly, November 28, 1904

Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 34

Identifier: 02734001

Scope and Contents

Porter confesses he was only a general colleague of Walter Reed, so he is unable to provide much information for Kelly's biography of Reed.

Dates: November 28, 1904

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

Letter from Josephine Ames Morris to Philip Showalter Hench, July 23, 1942

Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4

Identifier: 05804039

Scope and Contents

Morris writes about her brother, Roger Post Ames, and his involvement with the yellow fever experiments. She describes his association with Lazear and his work in Cuba.

Dates: July 23, 1942

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Josiah C. Trent to Philip Showalter Hench, December 10, 1946

Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22

Identifier: 04122004

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 10, 1946