letters (correspondence)

Letter from William C. Borden to Emilie Lawrence Reed, May 29, 1928

Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57

Identifier: 03157001

Scope and Contents

Borden thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the memento of Walter Reed.

Dates: May 29, 1928

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

Letter from William C. Borden to Howard A. Kelly, March 16, 1905

Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55

Identifier: 02755001

Scope and Contents

Borden provides details of the surgical operation for appendicitis that immediately preceded Walter Reed's death.

Dates: March 16, 1905

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

Letter from William C. Borden to the Adjutant General, November 23, 1902

Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 42

Identifier: 02642001

Scope and Contents

Borden announces the time and cause of Reed's death. Endorsements by O'Reilly are included. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: November 23, 1902

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

Letter from William C. Borden to the War Department, December 6, 1902

Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 47

Identifier: 02647001

Scope and Contents

Borden certifies that Reed died in the line of duty. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: December 6, 1902

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

Letter from William C. Gorgas to George E. Bushnell, May 3, 1906

Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13

Identifier: 06213005

Scope and Contents

Gorgas informs Bushnell that his medical staff is full at present, but that he will consider adding physician Alexander Murray if there is an increase in staffing.

Dates: May 3, 1906

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean with enclosed correspondence between George E. Bushnell and William Crawford Gorgas

Letter from William C. Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean, July 30, 1906

Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13

Identifier: 06213001

Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about a planned increase in the Canal Zone medical force, and encloses correspondence recommending physician Alexander Murray for service in Panama.

Dates: July 30, 1906

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean with enclosed correspondence between George E. Bushnell and William Crawford Gorgas

Letter from William C. Gorgas to Mabel H. Lazear, April 4, 1903

Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 20

Identifier: 00420001

Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests Mabel Lazear's opinion on raising a subscription for her benefit. He reports that Emilie Lawrence Reed was just granted a pension. He expresses his admiration for Lazear.

Dates: April 4, 1903

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

Letter from William C. Rucker to [Hugh S. Cumming], March 5, 1923

Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22

Identifier: 01022010

Scope and Contents

Rucker reports on possible cases of yellow fever in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Dates: March 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 William C. White to Laura Armistead Carter, September 15, 1925

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28

Identifier: 01228007

Scope and Contents

White sends his condolences and words of admiration for Henry Carter.

Dates: September 15, 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 William Cary Sanger to Hugh L. Scott, August 7, 1901

Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18

Identifier: 02518015

Scope and Contents

Sanger introduces Caldas, a Brazilian scientist who developed a yellow fever vaccine, to the Havana community. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: August 7, 1901

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters and military orders relating to Philippi Caldas and his yellow fever serus

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Charles E. Magoon, June 2, 1905

Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 13

Identifier: 02813001

Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests assignment of John W. Phillips for duty in the Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Dates: June 2, 1905

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

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Charles E. Magoon, June 30, 1905

Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15

Identifier: 02815001

Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests the assignment of Raeder for duty as a nurse in the Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Dates: June 30, 1905

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

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Henry Rose Carter, March 19, 1917

Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11

Identifier: 00811025

Scope and Contents

Gorgas discusses yellow fever theories and the possibility of war with Germany.

Dates: March 19, 1917

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 William Crawford Gorgas to Henry Rose Carter, May 18, 1917

Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11

Identifier: 00811030

Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests that Carter join a yellow fever board to work in South America for a year or more.

Dates: May 18, 1917

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 William Crawford Gorgas to Henry Rose Carter, August 9, 1917

Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11

Identifier: 00811044

Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests that Carter go to South America in order to continue his yellow fever work for the Rockefeller Foundation. He mentions the work of Guiteras and Wrightson.

Dates: August 9, 1917

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 William Crawford Gorgas to Henry Rose Carter, February 13, 1918

Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13

Identifier: 00813005

Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes that he favors combining the U.S. Public Health Service and the War Department. Gorgas does not know if he will be retained after his retirement, although he looks forward to resuming yellow fever work after war.

Dates: February 13, 1918