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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 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

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

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01313007
Scope and Contents

Carter describes his current hospital work.

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, August 25, 1889

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00711001
Scope and Contents

Carter writes that his life has been unsettled for the part ten years and a struggle for the past four or five. He discusses his work of caring for patients in hospitals and aboard vessels.

Dates: August 25, 1889
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter fragment from Henry Rose Carter to Emma Coleman Carter, March 29, 1890

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00716001
Scope and Contents

Carter writes about the health of his wife, as well as his own health.

Dates: March 29, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter fragment from Henry Rose Carter to Emma Coleman Carter, May 11, 1890

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 00719001
Scope and Contents

Carter expresses his fear that yellow fever will be a problem in the Yucatan during the upcoming season.

Dates: May 11, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter fragment from [Henry Rose Carter] to Kenneth F. Maxcy,  January 28, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01018023
Scope and Contents

[Carter] discusses malaria infections missed by careful blood examination.

Dates:  January 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 Rose Carter] to Kenneth F. Maxcy,  August 30, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01114008
Scope and Contents

[Carter] discusses past experiments and problems with the use of the blood index in relation to malaria.

Dates:  August 30, 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