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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll,  September 24, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 02124001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses the mosquito as the vector for yellow fever and the amount of evidence necessary to prove this hypothesis.

Dates:  September 24, 1900

Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll,  September 9, 1898

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39
Identifier: 01839001
Scope and Contents

Reed suggests several methods to determine whether patients have typhoid or malarial remittent fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  September 9, 1898

Letter from Walter Reed to James Carroll [partial copy], September 26, 1900

 Item — Box 153: Series uva-lib:2232367, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2232382
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: September 26, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, May 23, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 73
Identifier: uva-lib:2224733
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 23, 1901

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  June 5, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 02503001
Scope and Contents

Reed considers Durham's work on a bacillus. Although there is no work for the Yellow Fever Board in Cuba at present, he advises Kean to maintain Camp Lazear. Reed discusses immunization against yellow fever.

Dates:  June 5, 1901

Letter from Walter Reed to Jefferson Randolph Kean, September 24, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 38
Identifier: uva-lib:2224787
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 24, 1901

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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