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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 L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  May 12, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 14
Identifier: 02014001
Scope and Contents

Howard discusses his work with different types of mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 12, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  August 27, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02106001
Scope and Contents

Howard informs Reed that Dr. Coquillett identified the species of the mosquitoes that Lazear collected. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 27, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  November 16, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 02202001
Scope and Contents

Howard tries to resolve Reed's questions about the markings of the mosquitoes, but also states that there is still work to be done in the identifying process. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 16, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  November 21, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 02211001
Scope and Contents

Howard identifies the mosquito Reed is working as the Culex fasciatus. Howard appreciates answering Reed's questions and considers it a privilege. He then acknowledges receipt of Reed's report and informs Reed of his own upcoming publication. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 21, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  January 5, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02405001
Scope and Contents

Howard forwards to Reed a suggestion from Woldert regarding experimentation on mosquitoes. The actual suggestion, which was originally enclosed, is not included. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 5, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  January 10, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 13
Identifier: 02413001
Scope and Contents

Howard informs Reed that Woldert recommends using kerosene to eradicate mosquitoes, and includes a postscript regarding the genus of the yellow fever mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 10, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  January 17, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 02420001
Scope and Contents

Howard congratulates Reed on the success of his work and mentions he will quote Reed's work favorably in his upcoming lectures. He asks Reed to use care in saying anything about his connection with the kerosene remedy. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 17, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  January 22, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: 02427001
Scope and Contents

Howard indicates that he is not certain of the grounds for believing that there is another species of mosquito to be considered, but he makes a guess, and agrees that the distinction is important to Reed's work. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 22, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from L. O. Woodward to P. F. Murphy,  September 21, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124044
Scope and Contents

Woodward states that a passenger was taken on board ship. He describes the patient's symptoms, care, and subsequent death at Las Animas Hospital of malaria.

Dates:  September 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 L. Osgood to Howard A. Kelly,  circa September 19, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02903001
Scope and Contents

Osgood sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  circa September 19, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from l'Administrateur Civil Chef du Service Commercial of the Administration des Monnaies et Medailles to Philip Showalter Hench, September 6, 1951

 Item — Box 66: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 24
Identifier: uva-lib:2230216
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: informed...
Dates: September 6, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VIII. Miscellany

Letter from Landon C. Bell to Henry Rose Carter, October 5, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803078
Scope and Contents

Bell gives Carter a status of report on the work in South Carolina.

Dates: October 5, 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 Landon C. Bell to Henry Rose Carter, December 18, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803081
Scope and Contents

Bell sends Carter a subpoena to appear as a witness for the Colleton Cypress Co.

Dates: December 18, 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 Landon Carter to Philip Showalter Hench, August 12, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: uva-lib:2227211
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: August 12, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Landon Reed to Blossom Reed,  circa September 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03210005
Scope and Contents

Landon Reed writes to Blossom Reed about the family cats.

Dates:  circa September 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

Letter from Landon Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  September 14, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03210001
Scope and Contents

Landon Reed writes about her husband Lawrence Reed's promotion to post inspector.

Dates:  September 14, 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

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

 File — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, 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 Landon Reed to Philip Showalter Hench, February 1, 1942

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 1
Identifier: uva-lib:2231710
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: February 1, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Landon Reed to Philip Showalter Hench, August 12, 1942

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 9
Identifier: uva-lib:2231718
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: August 12, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Landon Reed to Philip Showalter Hench, January 1, 1943

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 10
Identifier: uva-lib:2231719
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: January 1, 1943
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions