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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1023 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Joseph H. White to the Office of the Surgeon General, June 1, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822030
Scope and Contents

White certifies that Carter has immunity to yellow fever.

Dates: June 1, 1920

Letter from Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose,  August 29, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937032
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White writes that he has been mediating between Connor and Stubbs. He briefly describes the situation in Mexico regarding yellow fever.

Dates:  August 29, 1922

Letter from [Joseph H. White ?] to Wickliffe Rose, circa July 17, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912011
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The writer thinks that Hanson is winning the fight against yellow fever in Peru.

Dates: circa July 17, 1921

Letter from Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose, August 9, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912027
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White reports that there is no yellow fever in Peru, but that it is vital to continue mosquito controls for a year.

Dates: August 9, 1921

Letter from Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose,  December 21, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004050
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White comments on the unusual yellow fever case of seaman Cose. White reports on the Mexican yellow fever work.

Dates:  December 21, 1922

Letter from Joseph Y. Porter to Henry Rose Carter, January 16, 1914

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 59
Identifier: 00759001
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Porter thanks Carter for his educational malaria pamphlet for children.

Dates: January 16, 1914

Letter from J.S. Cudlipp to Henry Rose Carter, May 13, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907028
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Cudlipp provides Carter with Walcott's address in British Guyana.

Dates: May 13, 1921

Letter from Juan Guiteras to Howard A. Kelly,  November 12, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 23
Identifier: 02823001
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Guiteras responds to negative publicity about sanitary work in Panama. He states that neglect of mosquito work in the American South is the result of “moneyed interests”. He offers favorable recollections of Walter Reed.

Dates:  November 12, 1905

Letter from Juan Guiteras to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 19, 1908

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 26
Identifier: 06226001
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Guiteras disputes Gorgas' theories about immunity to yellow fever and eradication of the disease.

Dates:  March 19, 1908

Letter from Juan Guiteras to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 2, 1908

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 29
Identifier: 06229001
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Guiteras discusses his hesitancy to publicize yellow fever cases.

Dates:  September 2, 1908

Letter from Juan Guiteras to the Surgeon General,  September 23, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228035
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Guiteras expresses condolences for the loss of Henry Carter.

Dates:  September 23, 1925

Letter from Juan Guiteras to Wickliffe Rose,  December 28, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021046
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Guiteras resigns from the International Health Board's Yellow Fever Council.

Dates:  December 28, 1922

Letter from Juan Guiteras to Wickliffe Rose,  January 17, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021048
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Guiteras explains that he must resign from the International Health Board's Yellow Fever Council because he is going into general practice, and will not have enough time.

Dates:  January 17, 1923

Letter from [Juan Guiteras] to William Crawford Gorgas, December 22, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811015
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[Guiteras] reports to Gorgas on a Barbados epidemic, which he suspects may be yellow fever.

Dates: December 22, 1916

Letter from J.W. Kerr to Henry Rose Carter, January 26, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764011
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Kerr questions the need for multiple investigators examining one subject.

Dates: January 26, 1915

Letter from J.W. Kerr to Henry Rose Carter, March 8, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764033
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Kerr describes rural sanitation investigations and malaria surveys. He requests Carter's assistance.

Dates: March 8, 1915

Letter from J.W. Schereschewsky to Henry Rose Carter, July 12, 1918

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00813014
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Schereschewsky authorizes expenditures for Carter's secretarial work.

Dates: July 12, 1918

Letter from L. O. Howard to L.H. Baekeland,  May 7, 1924

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 67
Identifier: 06267002
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Howard informs Baekeland that he does not wish to be involved in the controversy between Marie Gorgas and Kean.

Dates:  May 7, 1924

Letter from L. O. Howard to Walter Reed,  March 7, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: 02607001
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Howard responds to Reed's most recent letter, and discusses the notion of insects affecting both humans and domestic animals. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  March 7, 1902

Letter from Landon C. Bell to Henry Rose Carter, October 5, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803078
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Bell gives Carter a status of report on the work in South Carolina.

Dates: October 5, 1916