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letters (correspondence)

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
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 fragment from Henry Rose Carter to Laura Armistead Carter,  circa 1900-1930

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01312001
Scope and Contents

Carter writes about his surroundings.

Dates:  circa 1900-1930
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 fragment from [Henry Rose Carter] to [Laura Eugenia Hook Carter?],  circa 1880-1900

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01313001
Scope and Contents

[Carter] writes about the weather and his daughter, Laura.

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 [Laura Eugenia Hook Carter?],  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 01331011
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[Carter] writes about his travel plans and work.

Dates:  circa 1900-1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Undated correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter fragment from [Henry Rose Carter] to [Laura Eugenia Hook Carter], March 11, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803027
Scope and Contents

[Carter] describes his field work.

Dates: March 11, 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 fragment from Henry Rose Carter to Laura Eugenia Hook Carter, circa August 7, 1900

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00733001
Scope and Contents

Carter discusses financial matters.

Dates: circa August 7, 1900
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 Michael E. Connor, January 16, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925029
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[Carter] asks Connor for a translation of a text on the pre-Columbian Yucatan. He believes yellow fever may have existed among the Maya.

Dates: January 16, 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 Rose Carter] to [s.n.],  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01313009
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[Carter] describes a storm at sea through which they have sailed.

Dates:  circa 1900-1925
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 Wickliffe Rose, April 2, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907002
Scope and Contents

Carter writes about the funding of yellow fever work in Peru.

Dates: April 2, 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 [Henry Rose Carter] to William E. Deeks,  August 28, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01114006
Scope and Contents

[Carter] believes that malaria is best controlled by attacking mosquitoes and explains why. He notes that community sterilization of malaria carriers by quinine is a recognized method advocated by physicians, but not by entomologists.

Dates:  August 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 Henry Hanson, January 1, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925001
Scope and Contents

[Carter?] writes to Hanson that he recalls balancing accounts in Piura, Peru on this day last year.

Dates: January 1, 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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  September 8, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 15
Identifier: 14315001
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the responsibilities of his new position as part of the Cuban government. He mentions his son and a visit to the Governor's palace.

Dates:  September 8, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions / Letter fragment from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young with clipping

Letter fragment from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young with clipping,  1900

 File — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2231819
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the responsibilities of his new position as part of the Cuban government. He mentions his son and a visit to the Governor's palace.

Dates:  1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 14, 1890

 Item — Box 1: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00134001
Scope and Contents

Lazear compares his classes in medical school with those in New York.

Dates: June 14, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, circa August 8, 1890

 Item — Box 1: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 58
Identifier: 00158001
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Lazear writes that he is still in Germany and comments on the German army.

Dates: circa August 8, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, January 10, 1897

 Item — Box 2: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 36
Identifier: 00236001
Scope and Contents

Lazear gives Sweitzer medical advice and makes vacation plans.

Dates: January 10, 1897
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, July 15, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00334001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that Reed has them working on Sanarelli's bacillus, but he wants to discover the real organism. He offers his opinion of Carroll.

Dates: July 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from [Jesse W. Lazear] to Mabel H. Lazear, August 23, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 41
Identifier: 00341001
Scope and Contents

[Lazear] disagrees with Reed and Carroll's concentration on Sanarelli's work. He believes that the true cause of yellow fever lies elsewhere.

Dates: August 23, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, September 8, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00344001
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Lazear believes he is on the track of the yellow fever germ but this news must be kept secret for now.

Dates: September 8, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel Houston, August 16, 1896

 Item — Box 2: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 20
Identifier: 00220001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about working in Baltimore and his devotion to Mabel Houston.

Dates: August 16, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from John H. Andrus to Albert E. Truby,  October 26, 1941

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806053
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...
Dates:  October 26, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus