letters (correspondence)
Found in 6939 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of George A. Kellogg, February 28, 1941
Letters of Philip Showalter Hench, November 6, 1940
Letters of recommendation for Walter Reed, April 12, 1875
This series of endorsements by various members of the political and military community supports Reed's desire to join the Surgeon General's staff. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Letters of recommendation for Walter Reed, April 13, 1875
This series of endorsements by the Surgeon General and Secretary of War requests that Reed be assigned to a military post on the Atlantic Coast. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Letters Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran, 1942
Letters related to Dr. Jesse W. Lazear and his part in the yellow fever experiment, 1900-1901
Letters sent by John H. Andrus, October 1940
Letters supporting appointment of Walter Reed as surgeon general, May 1902
Letters to and from Francis L. Berkeley, Curator of Manuscripts, University of Virginia Library, 1941-1951
The letters relate to Walter Reed and Reed family members including Nellie Reed Elliot, Mrs. Douglas T. Elam, Lila Reed, and Alice Reed.
Maurice Lévy papers
George Washington Lewis papers
The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.
Private Nathaniel Lewis letters
Private Nathaniel Lewis letters to his brother-in-law Petter [sic?] Bailey and sister Jane Bailey, 0.03 cubic feet, about a skirmish at Hurricane Bridge, West Virginia in 1863 April 1. Mention of John Moore and General Albert G. Jenkins. Also included is a letter from Hannah Lewis to Jane Bailey.
List of microfilm in the National Archives pertaining to Columbia Barracks Post Hospital, circa 1941
Hench's list records microfilmed documents from the National Archives, including official reports and correspondence concerning Columbia Barracks Post Hospital, from 1899 to 1901.
List of sources on microfilm selected from the National Archives by Philip Showalter for his yellow fever research with photographs, notes, and maps showing the site of Camp Lazear and the Columbia Barracks, 1941
List of the representatives paying tribute at the Camp Lazear dedication ceremony, December 3, 1952
This list includes the names of the representatives from various universities and institutions present at the Camp Lazear dedication ceremony. It also indicates where the floral tributes were placed and whom they honored.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter (1853; 0.03 cubic feet) to his English friend Miss Emma.
Sir Fitzroy Maclean papers
Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection
The Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection (1880-1937; 3 cubic feet) contains minute books, financial records, correspondence, event programs, proceedings, a cemetary plot, a framed faternal collar, a fraternal apron, and a flag. Loose manuscripts, meeting minutes, and notes make up the remainder of the collection.
Mailing tubes sent to Walter Reed, circa 1902
Major James Carroll of the United States Army
, 1908
Hemmeter gives a chronological account of all the work done by Carroll with regard to yellow fever, and includes a series of letters written by Carroll to his wife, to Walter Reed, and to several others. Hemmeter attempts to rectify what he sees as a lack of proper recognition or reward to Carroll and his family for the part he played in determining the cause of yellow fever.