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letters (correspondence)

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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  June 6, 1906

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 11
Identifier: 06211001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about the management of the Sanitary Department. He comments on his relationship with his superior officers in the government.

Dates:  June 6, 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,  July 28, 1906

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 12
Identifier: 06212001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas seeks advice on candidates for the Chief of Laboratory. He reports on the state of disease in Panama, noting a small pox outbreak and the absence of yellow fever since May.

Dates:  July 28, 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,  August 4, 1906

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 14
Identifier: 06214001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about his reconciliation with Magoon, remarking that Magoon will probably recommend him as his successor in Panama. He also comments on the state of disease in Panama, noting that pneumonia remains primary problem.

Dates:  August 4, 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,  August 10, 1906

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06215001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas discusses career and salary issues and concerns. Gorgas supports James Carroll for the Nobel Prize.

Dates:  August 10, 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,  August 20, 1906

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 17
Identifier: 06217001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas refers to his previous letter soliciting suggestions for the Chief of Laboratory. He offers additional names from which to choose. He mentions other departmental news, including the use of drugs and chemical compounds.

Dates:  August 20, 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,  March 2, 1908

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 25
Identifier: 06225001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas is convinced that mosquito eradication is the only method to keep yellow fever from developing into an epidemic.

Dates:  March 2, 1908
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,  September 24, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02728001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about the Canal Zone Sanitary Commission, and his wife's illness.

Dates:  September 24, 1904
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean with enclosed correspondence between George E. Bushnell and William Crawford Gorgas, 1906

 File — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13
Identifier: uva-lib:2229601
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates: 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 J.H. Johnson,  July 27, 1911

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03001003
Scope and Contents

Gorgas declines the offer of the presidency of the University of Alabama.

Dates:  July 27, 1911
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to the offer of the Presidency of the University of Alabama to William Crawford Gorgas

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to John J. Moran,  June 22, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 02724001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas hires Moran as sanitary inspector for the Panama Canal Zone.

Dates:  June 22, 1904
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 Louis A. LaGarde,  May 27, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 02810001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas asks LaGarde, the superintendent of Ancon Hospital, to resign.

Dates:  May 27, 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 N. M. Miller,  November 26, 1915

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03025003
Scope and Contents

Gorgas informs Miller that a painting of Walter Reed has been approved and will be hung in the Walter Reed General Hospital. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 26, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Records of the Surgeon General's Office relating to the military career of Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  January 3, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43
Identifier: 02743001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes about his own work with the Canal Zone Sanitary Commission.

Dates:  January 3, 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 Robert M. O'Reilly,  May 5, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: 02807001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas reports on yellow fever cases in the Canal Zone, as well as administrative issues.

Dates:  May 5, 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 Robert M. O'Reilly,  June 3, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 14
Identifier: 02814001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas describes cases of yellow fever in the Canal Zone, and the reaction to the new Sanitary Commission.

Dates:  June 3, 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 Robert M. O'Reilly,  July 21, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 47
Identifier: 02947001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas writes to O'Reilly concerning the administrative reorganizations in the Panama Canal Zone. He offers a political analysis of the situation.

Dates:  July 21, 1908
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 Robert M. O'Reilly,  February 20, 1909

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 02750001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas describes the achievements of the Panama Canal Zone Sanitary Department.

Dates:  February 20, 1909
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 Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed draft

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly,  April 24, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02806001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas requests that Ira A. Shimer be assigned to the Sanitary Corps.

Dates:  April 24, 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 Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed letter from Chief Sanitary Officer

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed draft, February 20, 1905

 File — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: uva-lib:2225018
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 20, 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 Robert M. O'Reilly with enclosed letter from Chief Sanitary Officer,  April 24, 1905

 File — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: uva-lib:2225037
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, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed