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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 Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  July 3, 1875

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 74
Identifier: 01674018
Scope and Contents

Reed informs the Adjutant General about his appointment as Assistant Surgeon. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  July 3, 1875
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Certification of Walter Reed's passing of army examinations and his appointment as assistant surgeon

Letter from Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  February 17, 1876

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 01710001
Scope and Contents

Reed acknowledges the receipt of his commission as Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army, February 17, 1876.

Dates:  February 17, 1876
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to the commissioning and assignment of Walter Reed in the U.S. Army

Letter from Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  May 27, 1880

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 76
Identifier: 01776002
Scope and Contents

Reed requests one month of leave with permission to apply for an extension of two months. Several endorsements of the request dated May 27, 1880 to June 5, 1880 are included.

Dates:  May 27, 1880
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 Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  June 29, 1880

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 76
Identifier: 01776007
Scope and Contents

Walter Reed requests and is granted a one-month extension to his leave of absence.

Dates:  June 29, 1880
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 Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  December 8, 1885

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80
Identifier: 01780006
Scope and Contents

Reed requests and is granted a one-month extension to the leave of absence he was granted on November 18, 1885.

Dates:  December 8, 1885
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 Walter Reed to the Adjutant General,  November 1, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02306016
Scope and Contents

Reed requests an address change. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 1, 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 Walter Reed to the Surgeon General,  September 2, 1874

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01611009
Scope and Contents

Reed acknowledges the receipt of the invitation to appear before Army Medical Examination Board. [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 the Surgeon General,  June 30, 1876

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 01710003
Scope and Contents

Reed reports that he has taken up his temporary assignment at his posting at Fort Yuma, California.

Dates:  June 30, 1876
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to the commissioning and assignment of Walter Reed in the U.S. Army

Letter from Walter Reed to the Surgeon General,  January 31, 1885

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80
Identifier: 01780001
Scope and Contents

Reed reports that he has taken up his assigned post as Post Surgeon, Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Dates:  January 31, 1885
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 Walter Reed to the Surgeon General,  June 1, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 02025001
Scope and Contents

Reed acknowledges the receipt of a check for $50.00 for use in the Medical Board's research.

Dates:  June 1, 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 the War Department,  September 9, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02631001
Scope and Contents

Reed approves and endorses Carroll's application for admission into the Medical Corps of the Army. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  September 9, 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 Theobald Smith,  July 19, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: 02515001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses cultures of Bacillus Icteroides. He will send the cultures to Smith.

Dates:  July 19, 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 Theobald Smith,  July 19, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 02625001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes concerning B. Icteroides and hog cholera, and the observations of microorganisms. He notes the affected populations' presence in Cuba. He appreciates congratulations for his honorary Harvard degree.

Dates:  July 19, 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 Theobald Smith,  October 18, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01938001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about an experiment with pigs and work involving the bacillus icteroides.

Dates:  October 18, 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 Theobald Smith,  December 5, 1893

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: 01807001
Scope and Contents

Reed requests the address of a fermentation tube manufacturer, as well as a copy of Smith's paper.

Dates:  December 5, 1893
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to [William C.] Borden,  March 15, 1894

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01809001
Scope and Contents

Reed congratulates Borden on his paper about the fat cell.

Dates:  March 15, 1894
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to William C. Gorgas (fragment), May 16, 1901

 Item — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332, Folder: 2
Identifier: uva-lib:2232334
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials: photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed; a journal article by George Sternberg; and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates: May 16, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XV. Laura Wood

Letter from Walter Wyman to Howard A. Kelly,  November 7, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02731001
Scope and Contents

Wyman forwards references on yellow fever to Kelly.

Dates:  November 7, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Warren I. Titus to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 21, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011002
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 21, 1942
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 Warren Wilmer Brown to Howard A. Kelly with enclosed copy of Brown's review of Kelly's book, September 16, 1923

 File — Box 53: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: uva-lib:2229230
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: September 16, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench