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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 Lemuel S. Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe, March 8, 1893

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2231557
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIII. Reed family additions consists of materials relating to the yellow fever experiments that several different donors gave to the University of Virginia. Items in the series date from around 1850 to 1967 with the bulk of the items dating from 1868 to 1949. The largest portion of the series is comprised of correspondence written by Walter Reed and his family between 1877 and 1902 that provide insights into their relationships and personal lives. In addition to the Reed...
Dates: March 8, 1893
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Lemuel S. Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe, March 25, 1893

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 31
Identifier: uva-lib:2231558
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIII. Reed family additions consists of materials relating to the yellow fever experiments that several different donors gave to the University of Virginia. Items in the series date from around 1850 to 1967 with the bulk of the items dating from 1868 to 1949. The largest portion of the series is comprised of correspondence written by Walter Reed and his family between 1877 and 1902 that provide insights into their relationships and personal lives. In addition to the Reed...
Dates: March 25, 1893
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Leonard and Louise Schellberg to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  April 17, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 03536001
Scope and Contents

The Schellbergs send their love and enclose a first day issue cancellation of the Walter Reed five cent stamp.

Dates:  April 17, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Leonard Wood to Aristides A. Agramonte, September 22, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 17
Identifier: uva-lib:2231823
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: September 22, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Leonard Wood to Aristides A. Agramonte, September 22, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 18
Identifier: uva-lib:2231824
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: September 22, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Leonard Wood to Aristides Agramonte, September 22, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: uva-lib:2224379
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 22, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to Francis V. Greene,  July 12, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01922001
Scope and Contents

Wood provides news of a yellow fever epidemic among American troops.

Dates:  July 12, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to Francis V. Greene,  August 16, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 01929001
Scope and Contents

Wood writes concerning the appointment of the Secretary of War. He describes actions taken by the military to avoid yellow fever.

Dates:  August 16, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to John Dalzell,  December 31, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 02558001
Scope and Contents

Wood advocates a pension for Mabel Houston Lazear.

Dates:  December 31, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to John Dalzell, December 31, 1901

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 96
Identifier: 00396001
Scope and Contents

Wood lobbies for a pension for Lazear's widow.

Dates: December 31, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Leonard Wood to Mabel H. Lazear, November 4, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 75
Identifier: 00375001
Scope and Contents

Wood lauds the work that Lazear did and praises him as a martyr. Wood includes a copy of another letter he sent to the United States Army in which he advocates for a pension for Mabel H. Lazear.

Dates: November 4, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Leonard Wood to the Adjutant General,  December 13, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39
Identifier: 02239001
Scope and Contents

Wood explains that Cuba is largely free from epidemic or contagious diseases and he suggests that commercial relations to be resumed with the island. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  December 13, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to the Editor ofThe New York Evening Post,  November 3, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 67
Identifier: 02167001
Scope and Contents

Wood claims that the New York Sun misconstrued his statements regarding yellow fever, and he wants those errors to be corrected. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 3, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to the Editor ofThe New York Sun,  November 3, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 68
Identifier: 02168001
Scope and Contents

Wood rebuts an accusation that Officers concealed outbreaks of yellow fever in Havana.

Dates:  November 3, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to Walter Reed,  January 27, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01904001
Scope and Contents

Wood regrets missing a visit with Reed before leaving Washington for Cuba. He has seen Reed's son in Havana and reports that he is doing well.

Dates:  January 27, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to Walter Reed,  July 1, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01919001
Scope and Contents

Wood is sorry to have missed Reed.

Dates:  July 1, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leonard Wood to William Ludlow,  November 3, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 69
Identifier: 02169001
Scope and Contents

Wood states that he never accused Ludlow of concealing information, but that newspapers have misconstrued his statements, through false deductions and inferences. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 3, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Leslie W. Weedon to Henry Rose Carter, April 12, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818048
Scope and Contents

Weedon asks Carter if U.S. gulf ports should begin a campaign to eliminate mosquitoes.

Dates: April 12, 1919
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 Leslie W. Weedon to Henry Rose Carter, April 14, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818053
Scope and Contents

Weedon writes that [he] will work to persuade Tampa officials to outlaw rain water cisterns for mosquito control.

Dates: April 14, 1919
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 Lewellys F. Barker to Ralph Cooper Hutchison,  August 1, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 74
Identifier: 03574001
Scope and Contents

Barker lists additional Lazear references. The letter includes autograph notes by Hench on the Lazear memorial inscription at Johns Hopkins University.

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