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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1023 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Lunsford D. Fricks to R.C. Derivaux,  January 20, 1926

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 33
Identifier: 01333002
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Fricks inquires whether Derivaux has any knowledge of Carter's statement regarding an unusual type of mosquito larvae.

Dates:  January 20, 1926

Letter from Lunsford D. Fricks to W.S. Rankin,  October 30, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01002025
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Fricks sends Rankin and Carter a copy of proposed impounded water health regulations.

Dates:  October 30, 1922

Letter from M. Veracruz to Alfonso Pruneda,  December 23, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004039
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Veracruz describes methods used to control mosquito breeding in Mexico. He also discusses yellow fever outbreaks and disease transportation routes in Mexico.

Dates:  December 23, 1922

Letter from M.A. Barber to Henry Rose Carter,  June 29, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01225002
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Barber queries Carter on the history of malaria in Virginia. He describes his anti-malaria work and his preparation for a conference, in Rome.

Dates:  June 29, 1925

Letter from M.A. Barber to Henry Rose Carter,  August 4, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 01227001
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Barber discusses his upcoming personal and professional plans.

Dates:  August 4, 1925

Letter from M.A. Barber to Henry Rose Carter,  February 6, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 26
Identifier: 00926007
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Barber discusses his efforts against mosquitos in Alabama.

Dates:  February 6, 1922

Letter from M.A. Barber to Henry Rose Carter,  April 5, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025005
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Barber requests information about the prevalence of different malaria parasites in relation to the season in the southern United States.

Dates:  April 5, 1923

Letter from M.A. Barber to Henry Rose Carter,  April 18, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025023
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Barber discusses research on the seasonal incidence of malaria types.

Dates:  April 18, 1923

Letter from M.A. Barber to Henry Rose Carter,  May 2, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01201001
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Barber sends Carter copies of articles on malaria. LePrince reports that mosquito control on the Mexican border is going well.

Dates:  May 2, 1924

Letter from M.A. Barber to Laura Armistead Carter,  May 16, 1929

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 6
Identifier: 01306004
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Barber sends Laura Carter material by her father on the history of malaria in Virginia, asking if he may use it in an article. He informs her that he will leave the Public Health Service to work for the International Health Board in Africa.

Dates:  May 16, 1929

Letter from M.A. Barber to Laura Armistead Carter,  June 2, 1929

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 6
Identifier: 01306008
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Barber thanks Laura Carter for helping adapt her father's malaria notes for a publication.

Dates:  June 2, 1929

Letter from Martha Alexander to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 17, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 59
Identifier: 04359013
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Alexander, writing on behalf of "The Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences," requests that Hench review a book on yellow fever, by George Strode, for the journal.

Dates:  April 17, 1951

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 23, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269046
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Ravenel refers to an article by Russell concerning the sanitation campaign in Havana (1900). In an autograph note, [Kean] writes that Ravenel has misunderstood Russell.

Dates:  September 23, 1925

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 27, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269053
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Ravenel comments on factual errors in the Russell article about Gorgas' sanitation work.

Dates:  October 27, 1925

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Frederick F. Russell,  March 8, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 40
Identifier: 01140006
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Connor reports on the yellow fever work in Mexico.

Dates:  March 8, 1924

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  May 3, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931001
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Connor recommends continued vigilance for at least six months after the last confirmed case of yellow fever. He discusses the political situation in Mexico, noting that the Tampico office is closing.

Dates:  May 3, 1922

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  May 12, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931007
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Connor asks for Carter's opinion regarding some notes he has compiled on yellow fever. The campaign in Mexico is going well.

Dates:  May 12, 1922

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  May 30, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931025
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Connor discusses field work and a difficult case, in San Cristobal. Connor is worried that yellow fever's demise in Peru will be announced too soon.

Dates:  May 30, 1922

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  December 26, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217035
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Connor discusses the yellow fever work in El Salvador.

Dates:  December 26, 1924

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  December 31, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217046
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Connor discusses his yellow fever campaign in El Salvador; as well as the work of his colleagues in Honduras, Nicaragua and Guatemala.

Dates:  December 31, 1924