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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 T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  March 27, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 00927014
Scope and Contents

Griffitts asks for Carter's help on a paper he must give on malaria control.

Dates:  March 27, 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 from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  January 15, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01018008
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes that he would like to be assigned to North Carolina.

Dates:  January 15, 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 from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  February 5, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021031
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes about water impoundment and mosquito control in Alabama. He regrets that he is not going to North Carolina.

Dates:  February 5, 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 from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  February 23, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021057
Scope and Contents

Griffitts reports to Carter about anti-malarial work in Alabama. He requests Carter's advice for cleaning up a pond.

Dates:  February 23, 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 from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  March 12, 1913

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022015
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes to Carter about his anti-malaria work. He describes the problems with ponds and prospective mosquito breeding experiments.

Dates:  March 12, 1913
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 T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  April 23, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025029
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes that he was not chosen for International Health Board work. He offers his opinion on employee-Health Service relations.

Dates:  April 23, 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 from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  June 12, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109026
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes that he has been inspecting ponds and implementing measures to curtail mosquito breeding.

Dates:  June 12, 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 from T.H.D. Griffitts to Laura Armistead Carter,  December 13, 1926

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 40
Identifier: 01240001
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:  December 13, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to Laura Armistead Carter with photographs

Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to Laura Armistead Carter with photographs,  1915-1926

 File — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 40
Identifier: uva-lib:2223777
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:  1915-1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to Lunsford D. Fricks,  October 21, 1920

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 03055001
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes about the anopheles survey at Badin, North Carolina.

Dates:  October 21, 1920
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to the Medical Officer in Charge,  March 1, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022001
Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes that he has surveyed a power company pond and makes recommendations for malaria prevention measures.

Dates:  March 1, 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 from the Acting Assistant Surgeon to Henry Rose Carter,  May 23, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102036
Scope and Contents

The writer reports that no vessels other than the Japanese are running between Asia and South American ports. The writer also notes that yellow fever is extinguished in Peru.

Dates:  May 23, 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 from the Acting Chief of Bureau to James Carroll,  August 3, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02818001
Scope and Contents

Carroll is asked to communicate with Owens about Reed's work in Cuba. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 3, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Surgeon General to Henry Rose Carter, June 18, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822047
Scope and Contents

The Acting Secretary informs Carter that he is being placed on waiting orders. He thanks Carter for his years of service.

Dates: June 18, 1920
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 the Adjutant General to the Comissioner of Pensions, September 5, 1901

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 90
Identifier: uva-lib:2222250
Scope and Contents

Letter concerns the award of a pension to Mabel H. Lazear.

Dates: September 5, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from the Assistant Adjutant General to the Commanding Officer of Fort Myer,  November 24, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628018
Scope and Contents

The Secretary of War details the arrangements for Reed's funeral procession.

Dates:  November 24, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed

Letter from the Assistant Adjutant General to Walter Reed,  October 20, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02306013
Scope and Contents

Reed is ordered to return to Washington, D.C. instead returning to his proper station in Cuba. This is an amendment to Special Orders #246. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 20, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records for Walter Reed

Letter from the Assistant Secretary of War to the [Portuguese Minister],  June 4, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 02502001
Scope and Contents

The Assistant Secretary of War sends two copies of “The Etiology of Yellow Fever.”

Dates:  June 4, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from the Assistant Surgeon General to Aristides Agramonte,  June 3, 1903

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 71
Identifier: 02671001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte is informed that his contract as surgeon will terminate June 15, 1903.

Dates:  June 3, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from The Bettman Archive to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 8, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 04143002
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:  December 8, 1947
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