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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 [Laura Armistead Carter] to William S. Thayer,  January 6, 1931

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01308001
Scope and Contents

[Laura Carter] discusses her health and her new living situation.

Dates:  January 6, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Laura Armistead Carter to William S. Thayer,  May 19, 1931

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01308006
Scope and Contents

Laura Carter comments on her financial situation and mentions her brother Edward, who is in a sanitarium.

Dates:  May 19, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Laura Carter to Who's Who in America,  October 7, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 01231003
Scope and Contents

Laura Carter returns a biographical sketch of her father for Who's Who in America. [not enclosed] She notes that H.R. Carter recommended that Dunlap Pearce Penhallow and Thomas Manly Whedbee be included in the publication, and sends biographical information on Penhallow.

Dates:  October 7, 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 Laura Grace Jackson to Howard A. Kelly,  July 14, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 91
Identifier: 02891001
Scope and Contents

Jackson sends a contribution for Kissinger. Her husband knew Kissinger as a hospital attendant.

Dates:  July 14, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Laura Reed Blincoe to Howard A. Kelly,  February 9, 1903

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 65
Identifier: 02665001
Scope and Contents

Blincoe provides recollections of Walter Reed, and includes a transcription of Thomas Reed's letter.

Dates:  February 9, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Laura Reed Blincoe to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 14, 1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02705001
Scope and Contents

Blincoe provides recollections of Walter Reed as a youth. She gives the family genealogy and a description of the house in Gloucester County, Virginia, where Reed was born.

Dates:  September 14, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Adjutant General, War Department, January 30, 1942

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 29
Identifier: uva-lib:2232361
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: January 30, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Anna Barringer, June 4, 1941

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2232336
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: June 4, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Francis P. Dunnington, June 9, 1941

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 6
Identifier: uva-lib:2232338
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: June 9, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Joseph F. Siler, June 21, 1941

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 24
Identifier: uva-lib:2232356
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: June 21, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Librarian, Union Theological Seminary, September 20, 1941

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 27
Identifier: uva-lib:2232359
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: September 20, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Mr. G. M. Stubbs, November 11, 1941

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 26
Identifier: uva-lib:2232358
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: November 11, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood Roper to Mrs. G. B. Roberts, October 30, 1941

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 23
Identifier: uva-lib:2232355
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: October 30, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Laura Wood to James E. Peabody,  February 2, 1942

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304003
Scope and Contents

Wood reports to Peabody about Emilie and Blossom Reed and the illnesses of Andrus and Kissinger. She requests information about the pensions for the participants and their families.

Dates:  February 2, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 15, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115024
Scope and Contents

Wood is delighted with the material Hench has sent her for her book on Reed. She comments on the differences between the stories of Kissinger and Moran. She is trying to piece together Reed's early career. She is grateful for his offer to review her manuscript.

Dates:  September 15, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 19, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115051
Scope and Contents

Wood describes the notebook she examined at the New York Academy of Medicine, which is alleged to be Reed's. She thinks it is not Reed's notebook, but does find it interesting that the writer caught mosquitoes near a yellow fever outbreak in Havana and dissected them in the lab. She wonders if it is Lazear's.

Dates:  November 19, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115053
Scope and Contents

Wood thinks the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine may be a disappointment to Hench. She describes how Malloch acquired the notebook.

Dates:  November 24, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 16, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115066
Scope and Contents

Wood tells Hench where Reed was located in the early to mid-1870's. If she returns to New York, she will examine the Lazear notebook and asks if there is anything he would like her to ask Malloch.

Dates:  December 16, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 8, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115075
Scope and Contents

Wood comments on Kelly's implication that Reed had difficulty getting Army approval to go to Johns Hopkins. She has been told that a medical officer in the Navy is also writing about Reed.

Dates:  February 8, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 8, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115083
Scope and Contents

Wood is sending Hench the last third of her manuscript and asks for his comments. She questions why Reed would have needed information about the insect host theory from both Carter and Lazear. She comments on meeting Blossom Reed.

Dates:  March 8, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper