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letters (correspondence)

 Subject

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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 from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  November 5, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 02548001
Scope and Contents

Reed relays news of additional candidates for Surgeon General. He believes Kean should be Surgeon General instead of himself because he is concerned about his age.

Dates:  November 5, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 3, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02629001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes a satirical letter concerning the appointment of the new Surgeon General, staff changes, and Kean's new position.

Dates:  September 3, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, February 23, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: uva-lib:2224194
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: February 23, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, April 2, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: uva-lib:2224196
Scope and Contents

4 pages

Dates: April 2, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, April 24, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: uva-lib:2224277
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: April 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, September 6, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 13
Identifier: uva-lib:2224370
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: September 6, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 25, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 02125001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses the probability of a mosquito vector for yellow fever. He regrets his absence from Cuba. He will not experiment on himself, and anticipates a publication on the etiology of the disease.

Dates:  September 25, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, August 22, 1896

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: uva-lib:2224134
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: August 22, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 10, 1896

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 01820001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes concerning experimentation. He describes his return from Key West, and mosquito attacks.

Dates:  August 10, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, November 11, 1896

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: uva-lib:2224137
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: November 11, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 23, 1898

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: 01830001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about field service in the Spanish War. He worries over his son's enlistment plans. Sternberg has proposed keeping all non-immune medical officers out of Cuba.

Dates:  April 23, 1898
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  May 10, 1898

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 32
Identifier: uva-lib:2224150
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:  May 10, 1898
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Jennie Carroll,  September 7, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02116001
Scope and Contents

Reed notifies Jennie Carroll of James Carroll's improved condition.

Dates:  September 7, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Joseph B. Brown,  September 2, 1874

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01611006
Scope and Contents

Reed accepts an invitation to appear before the U.S. Surgeon's Examining Board, and explains that he would have responded sooner had he not contracted a fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  September 2, 1874
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to Walter Reed's appearance before army examination board

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  January 13, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02003001
Scope and Contents

Reed states that the mosquito theory for the propagation of yellow fever is a fact, not a theory. Reed's postscript gives credit to Kean for cleaning measures against the mosquito. [Reed mistakes the year, it should be 1901, not 1900.]

Dates:  January 13, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Walter Reed to L.O. Howard

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  May 14, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02016001
Scope and Contents

Reed is unable to help Howard with his mosquito investigation. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 14, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  August 14, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 83
Identifier: 02083001
Scope and Contents

Reed is sending Howard specimens of mosquitoes from Lazear and is planning on seeing Howard in a few days. Included is a listing of the types of mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 14, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  August 24, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 02102001
Scope and Contents

Reed sends Howard more specimens of mosquitoes that Lazear collected in Cuba. Reed is anxious to know the results. Included is a list of the types of mosquitoes collected. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  October 4, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02131001
Scope and Contents

Reed would like one of his assistants, Williamson, to study a specimen of mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 4, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  November 11, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02178001
Scope and Contents

Reed asks Howard to resolve issues around a certain species of mosquito, the C. fasciatus. Reed is apologetic for asking such an obvious question.

Dates:  November 11, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed