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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 the Surgeon General to James Carroll,  October 18, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 37
Identifier: 02637002
Scope and Contents

Carroll is to report to Dewitt for examination before the Army Medical Board. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 18, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Surgeon General to James Carroll

Letter from the Surgeon General to Lord Julian Pauncefote,  May 14, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 67
Identifier: 02467001
Scope and Contents

The Surgeon General forwards to Lord Julian Pauncefote twenty copies of the Report on the Etiology of Yellow Fever.

Dates:  May 14, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from the Surgeon General to P. F. Harvey,  November 14, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 02856001
Scope and Contents

Harvey is asked to attend, on behalf of the Corps, the dedication of the bronze memorial tablet in honor of Walter Reed at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 14, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from the Surgeon General's Office to Aristides Agramonte,  October 10, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: 02961020
Scope and Contents

Agramonte is notified that his letter has been received and filed for future reference. Agramonte's letter of August 31, 1908, is included, testifying to the sequence of events in the work carried out by the Army Board on Yellow Fever. Included are two notes by Truby. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 10, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Aristides Agramonte relating to his role in the conquest of yellow fever with notes by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from the U.S. Bureau of the Public Health Service,  June 27, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109047
Scope and Contents

Notification that letter relating to cases of yellow fever in Bucaramanga, Columbia was returned to Henry Rose Carter.

Dates:  June 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 from the U.S. Secretary of War to the President of the Senate concerning the erection of a monument to the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission, June 29, 1916

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 38
Identifier: uva-lib:2225412
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: June 29, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Thelma Kindrick to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122021
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Thelma Martens Repetti to Philip Showalter Hench, January 25, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 41
Identifier: uva-lib:2231977
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: January 25, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Thelma Martens Repetti to Philip Showalter Hench, February 8, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 45
Identifier: uva-lib:2231981
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: February 8, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Theodore C. Lyster to E.C. Houle,  February 2, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021015
Scope and Contents

Lyster praises Houle and the yellow fever work in Mexico and congratulates him on the birth of a son. Lyster informs Houle that he sent a copy of the report on the yellow fever work to Carter.

Dates:  February 2, 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 Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter,  July 16, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 6
Identifier: 01206009
Scope and Contents

Lyster writes that he glad to hear Carter's health has improved. He discusses the origins of yellow fever.

Dates:  July 16, 1924
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 Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter,  November 18, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 01215013
Scope and Contents

Lyster comments on Carter's manuscript. He agrees with Carter's theory regarding the origins of yellow fever.

Dates:  November 18, 1924
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 Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter, November 8, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 23
Identifier: 00823034
Scope and Contents

Lyster requests permission to publish an article that Carter has proofread.

Dates: November 8, 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 Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter, January 22, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903007
Scope and Contents

Lyster requests Carter's comments on a circular for the fish campaign and on the Rockefeller Foundation's methods in the Latin American yellow fever campaigns.

Dates: January 22, 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 from Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter, May 13, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907025
Scope and Contents

Lyster reports on the yellow fever situation in Central and South America.

Dates: May 13, 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 from Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter,  February 3, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021014
Scope and Contents

Lyster sends Carter a report on the yellow fever campaign in Vera Cruz, Mexico and a letter Lyster has written to Houle commenting on the campaign.

Dates:  February 3, 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 Theodore C. Lyster to Laura Armistead Carter,  September 14, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228010
Scope and Contents

Lyster expresses his appreciation for Henry Carter's life and work.

Dates:  September 14, 1925
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 from Theodore E. Woodward to Edward Hook, July 27, 1995

 Item — Box 153: Series uva-lib:2232367, Folder: 48
Identifier: uva-lib:2232415
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XVI. Edward Hook additions consists of copies of letters, articles, and photographs relating to the yellow fever experiments that had been collected by Edward W. Hook, Jr, a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia. The bulk of this series is comprised of copies of a small collection of James Carroll's correspondence. The original versions of Carroll's correspondence are not housed at the University of Virginia. In addition to the Carroll letters, this series also includes,...
Dates: July 27, 1995
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XVI. Edward Hook additions

Letter from Theodore L. Bliss to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834029
Scope and Contents

Bliss thanks Hench for the reprint of his yellow fever article and jokes that Hench should have been carrying or wearing a sun helmet in the article's illustration.

Dates:  November 22, 1941
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 from Theodore M. Purdy to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 20, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04201018
Scope and Contents

Purdy's publishing house, Appleton-Century, is interested in Hench's planned book on Walter Reed and yellow fever.

Dates:  January 20, 1948
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