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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 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 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 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 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,  July 30, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 70
Identifier: 03570002
Scope and Contents

Barker provides general biographical information on Jesse Lazear.

Dates:  July 30, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Ralph Cooper Hutchison and Lewellys F. Barker

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

Letter from Lewis B. Bates to Henry Rose Carter, February 23, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903013
Scope and Contents

Bates informs Carter that yellow fever vaccine and serum has been sent.

Dates: February 23, 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 Lewis J. Moorman to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 12, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04105003
Scope and Contents

Moorman requests that Hench examine a document about Walter Reed and comment on its accuracy.

Dates:  March 12, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Lewis J. Moorman to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 22, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04105006
Scope and Contents

Moorman thanks Hench for his comments regarding his manuscript on the yellow fever experiments. He intends to make it clear that the doctors did not want to become entangled with red tape and delay.

Dates:  March 22, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from L.H. Baekeland to L.O. Howard,  May 5, 1924

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 67
Identifier: 06267003
Scope and Contents

Baekeland inquires if Howard objects to him writing a letter to the New York Times.

Dates:  May 5, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of L.O. Howard and L.H. Baekeland

Letter from L.H. Baekland to the Editor of the New York Times,  1924

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 67
Identifier: 06267004
Scope and Contents

Baekland refers to the recent publication of a letter and Howard's response regarding Kean's role. He includes a direct quote from Howard's letter.

Dates:  1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of L.O. Howard and L.H. Baekeland