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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:

Laine family papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 16277
Scope and Contents Note

The Laine family papers (1772-1961; 0.8 cubic feet) contains letters and documents about hiring enslaved people, other family correspondence, and financial and legal papers related to the Laine (sometimes Lane) family in Sussex County, Virginia. There is also a letter and information about the War of 1812. Also of interest is the correspondence and church programs for Amos Lloyd Laine who was a minister in Wakefield, Virginia.

Dates: 1772 - 1961
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Laura Armistead Carter to Jefferson Randolph Kean, November 12, 1928

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2223805
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: November 12, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Frederick Lawrence papers and copy of The Life of Henry Fielding

 Item — Box 1: [Barcode: X031688130]
Identifier: MSS 16142
Scope and Contents Note The Frederick Lawrence papers and copy of The Life of Henry Fielding (1855-1863; cubic feet) consists of a contemporary half calf, rebacked volume. Cloth case with leather and gilt label. Author Frederick Lawrence's copy of The Life of Henry Fielding, interleaved with his annotations throughout on some 120 pages. Annotations include both handwritten notes and corrections as well as the occasional newspaper clipping.Collection also contains four loose pages of notes by Lawrence,...
Dates: 1855 - 1863
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 10, 1900-August 16, 1900

 File — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 79
Identifier: uva-lib:2224349
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: August 10, 1900-August 16, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Lectures on sanitation in Cuba by Jefferson Randolph Kean, 1912

 File — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 42
Identifier: uva-lib:2229645
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates: 1912
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter and memorandum from Wenceslao Pareja to Wickliffe Rose,  March 27, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022028
Scope and Contents

Pareja discusses fever cases in Guayaquil and emphatically denies that they are yellow fever.

Dates:  March 27, 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 and notes from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 10, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 26
Identifier: 03626001
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Agramonte Rodriguez Leon discusses her father's views on Lazear's and Carroll's actions and roles in the yellow fever experiments, commenting specifically on Hench's notes.

Dates:  October 10, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon

Letter and report with appendixes from Oliver L. Pothier to Joseph H. White relating to the Rockefeller Foundation's investigation of the epidemic of Bucaramanga, Columbia,  August 20, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138033
Scope and Contents

Pothier sends White his final report on the 1923 Yellow Fever Commission inspection tour of Colombia. He describes travel, meetings with government officials, and incidence of yellow fever and mosquitoes. A series of appended documents [two in Spanish] discuss preparations for the trip, the suspected epidemic in Bucaramanga, individual yellow fever cases, and further details of the tour.

Dates:  August 20, 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 Atcheson L. Hench to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 30, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04617028
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:  October 30, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter certifying Henry Rose Carter's immunity to yellow fever, June 7, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803046a
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: June 7, 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 (English translation) from Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 11, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 77
Identifier: 03577004
Scope and Contents

Rojas answers some of Hench's questions about the difficulties of research and the problems with the Cuban regime.

Dates:  August 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Maria Teresa Loma Viuda de Rojas and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter extract from Oliver L. Pothier to Frederick F. Russell,  July 19, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113035
Scope and Contents

Pothier describes yellow fever outbreaks in Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Dates:  July 19, 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 fragment from A.S. von Mansfelde to Mabel H. Lazear, December 17, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 36
Identifier: 00436017
Scope and Contents

Von Mansfelde writes that he is working to increase Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: December 17, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters endeavoring to increase Mabel H. Lazear's pension

Letter fragment from Emilie L. Reed to Mrs. Focce, circa 1900-1950

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2229137
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: circa 1900-1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter fragment from E.W. Mitchel, April 30, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907016
Scope and Contents

Mitchel complains about his problems with the Peruvian government. He encloses a copy of a letter from M.L. Vega regarding his situation.

Dates: April 30, 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 fragment from [Frederick F. Russell?] to Henry Rose Carter,  June 28, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109050
Scope and Contents

[Russell?] reports that Hanson has protective antibodies in his serum against Leptospira icteroides, and that pigs protected by his serum are still alive. [Russell?] believes this proves the connection between icteroides and yellow fever.

Dates:  June 28, 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 fragment from Henry Hanson to Henry Rose Carter,  May 21, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931013
Scope and Contents

Hanson reports on the conclusion of the yellow fever campaign in Peru. He encourages Carter to file all his expense receipts since the exchange rate has improved.

Dates:  May 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 fragment from Henry P. McCain to the Surgeon General,  October 2, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: 02636001
Scope and Contents

Carroll's application into the Medical Corps of the Army is approved, although Carroll is technically too old. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 2, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Henry Rose Carter to [Emma Coleman Carter],  circa 1880-1900

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01313003
Scope and Contents

Carter writes about the Public Health Service, his children, and his health.

Dates:  circa 1880-1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter fragments from Henry Rose Carter to his family

Letter fragment from Henry Rose Carter to [Emma Coleman Carter],  circa 1880-1900

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01313005
Scope and Contents

Carter writes about his children and other personal matters.

Dates:  circa 1880-1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter fragments from Henry Rose Carter to his family