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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
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 Joseph A. LePrince to [Henry Rose Carter],  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 36
Identifier: 01136001
Scope and Contents

LePrince discusses field work in Texas to control the outbreak of yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1923

Letter fragment from [Laura Armistead Carter] to Frederick F. Russell,  December 16, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03220001
Scope and Contents

[Laura Carter] writes to Russell concerning her planned completion of her father's unfinished history of yellow fever.

Dates:  December 16, 1929

Letter fragment from [Laura Armistead Carter] to Howard A. Kelly,  August 15, 1927

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01301001
Scope and Contents

[Laura Carter] discusses the location of her father's manuscripts and refers Kelly to Frost.

Dates:  August 15, 1927

Letter fragment from Laura Reed Blincoe to Howard A. Kelly,  January 30, 1903

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 64
Identifier: 02664001
Scope and Contents

Blincoe provides recollections of Walter Reed's childhood.

Dates:  January 30, 1903

Letter fragment from [Mabel H. Lazear] to Amory H. Hutchinson, circa 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444034
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear expresses appreciation for the play about her husband, Jesse Lazear.

Dates: circa 1908

Letter fragment from Merritte W. Ireland to Albert E. Truby,  September 6, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827002
Scope and Contents

Ireland compliments Truby on his manuscript about his experiences with the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  September 6, 1941

Letter fragment from Paul L. Tate,  circa 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04732007

Letter fragment from [Paul L. Tate] to William M. Brumby,  circa 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04732005
Scope and Contents

[Tate] thinks it is a shame that worthy men such as Finlay, Ames, and Lambert were not included in the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Dates:  circa 1954

Letter [fragment] from Philip Showalter Hench to Laura Wood,  September 19, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306097
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses who was present when Moran was bitten by a mosquito. He believes the experiments themselves were meticulously done, but the records were either poorly kept or poorly preserved.

Dates:  September 19, 1941

Letter fragment from Samuel Taylor Darling, circa 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818006
Scope and Contents

Darling writes that he has not found abnormalities in blood of yellow fever cases. He had hoped to join the yellow fever work, but has been advised to stay with Department of Hygiene, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dates: circa 1919

Letter fragment from [s.n.] to [Howard A. Kelly?],  December 13, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 62
Identifier: 02862001
Scope and Contents

Convening of Medical Legislative Council delayed; unable to meet recipient [letter incomplete].

Dates:  December 13, 1906

Letter fragment from Thomas C. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, circa May 26, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 43
Identifier: 00443001
Scope and Contents

Thomas Lazear writes that Representative Dalzell guided the pension bill through the House.

Dates: circa May 26, 1908

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  October 20, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 01756001
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Reed learns that McPherson will return to Fort Apache. Reed refers to other soldiers, and teases McPherson.

Dates:  October 20, 1879

Letter fragment from [Walter Reed] to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  circa 1880

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 01775001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases McPherson and writes that he cannot take more leave to be McPherson's best man. Reed will travel to Warrenton, Virginia and to White Sulphur Springs.

Dates:  circa 1880

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to [Emilie B. Lawrence],  circa 1875

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 01620001
Scope and Contents

Reed inquires if [Emilie Lawrence] is attached, and asks if he may visit her.

Dates:  circa 1875

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa April 29, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01912001
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Reed writes about his vacation and relates his plans to go to Puerto Principe.

Dates:  circa April 29, 1899

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa December 25, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 02257001
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Reed provides a description of the experiment buildings at Camp Lazear and the method of mosquito inoculation.

Dates:  circa December 25, 1900

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 28, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 02258001
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Reed describes the round of holiday parties, including one at the governor's palace, in Havana. He injects blood from the last yellow fever patient into a volunteer.

Dates:  December 28, 1900

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa January 1, 1901

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 02259001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes that the yellow fever experiments have answered his prayers to do some good for mankind.

Dates:  circa January 1, 1901

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 9, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 01748001
Scope and Contents

Reed describes a Native American at the fort, as well as his house and garden. Life on the base is dull, so he anticipates a new home with his wife and son.

Dates:  July 9, 1879