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Found in 1023 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Wilbur A. Sawyer,  May 12, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144001
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Sawyer about his efforts to memorialize Camp Lazear Building No. 1. He believes this is an opportunity to forge Cuban-American bonds. The Cuban government supports this effort, and the Mayo Clinic has pledged a financial contribution. Through Sawyer, [Hench] hopes to contact the Rockefeller Foundation in order to solicit their financial support.

Dates:  May 12, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning a memorial at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to William A. Wood,  February 1, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 04325001
Scope and Contents

Hench provides biographical information about some of the men involved with the yellow fever experiments. He stresses the importance of celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reed's work.

Dates:  February 1, 1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Wilton L. Halverson,  November 21, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433030
Scope and Contents

Hench suggests to Halverson that a representative of the American Public Health Association place one or two wreaths during the dedication ceremonies of Camp Lazear, or send a message if no one attends. If Halverson has not received an invitation, Hench would be glad to suggest discreetly that he be invited.

Dates:  November 21, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench relating the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Letter from Philippe Caldas to Valery Havard,  August 29, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518023
Scope and Contents

Caldas, in defense of his vaccine, outlines reasons for his diagnosis of septic fever rather than yellow fever for the volunteers who became sick after being infected with yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 29, 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 P.M. Stewart to Laura Armistead Carter,  October 2, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 01231002
Scope and Contents

Stewart sends his sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.

Dates:  October 2, 1925
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 R. O. White to F. E. Pettman,  April 8, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113014
Scope and Contents

White describes the use of yellow fever serum in one of his patients who subsequently died.

Dates:  April 8, 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 Rafael H. Elizalde to Henry Rose Carter, July 2, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803047
Scope and Contents

Elizalde regretfully informs Carter that he was unable to locate any “naranjillas” in the market.

Dates: July 2, 1916
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 R.B. Maury to Howard A. Kelly,  November 13, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 33
Identifier: 02733001
Scope and Contents

Maury forwards Kelly a book on the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, as well as journal references. Maury contacts Lena Warner, a yellow fever survivor, for her recollections.

Dates:  November 13, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from R.C. Derivaux to Henry Rose Carter,  April 12, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00929010
Scope and Contents

Derivaux tells Carter of his activities over the past three years. He is now in private practice and teaching at Vanderbilt Medical School.

Dates:  April 12, 1922
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 R.F. Cowley to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 6, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 03547001
Scope and Contents

Cowley indicates that Hench's letter of April 30, [1940] to Recio has been forwarded to him.

Dates:  May 6, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from R.H. Creel to Henry Rose Carter,  April 30, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025038
Scope and Contents

Creel lists vessels sailing between the west coast of South America and Asia.

Dates:  April 30, 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 Richard Messer to Henry Rose Carter, May 31, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907039
Scope and Contents

Messer sends Carter a report of the malaria control committee, which Gage will present at the Boston meeting.

Dates: May 31, 1921
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 Richard Messer to Henry Rose Carter, June 21, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912003
Scope and Contents

Messer thanks Carter for his comments on Virginia malaria control work.

Dates: June 21, 1921
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 Robert H. Kirk to Henry Rose Carter, February 26, 1917

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811012
Scope and Contents

Kirk, on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation, reimburses Carter for his expenses in 1916.

Dates: February 26, 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 Robert U. Patterson to William Duffield Robinson,  July 17, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269039
Scope and Contents

Patterson corrects Robinson's statement that Gorgas discovered the means of transmission for yellow fever.

Dates:  July 17, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Robert Wilson, Jr. to Hagood, Rivers and Young,  September 30, 1916

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03034001
Scope and Contents

Wilson relates findings that timbering in the Little Salkehatchie did not increase prevalence of malaria.

Dates:  September 30, 1916
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Ronald Ross to Henry Young & Sons,  February 7, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 03057001
Scope and Contents

Ross sends a photograph of himself for Kelly. He provides a journal reference for his work on malaria.

Dates:  February 7, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, April 20, 1914

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 59
Identifier: 00759007
Scope and Contents

Blue assigns Carter to represent the Health Service at the Drainage Congress.

Dates: April 20, 1914
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 Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, September 8, 1914

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 59
Identifier: 00759016
Scope and Contents

Blue assigns Carter to investigate malaria in North Carolina.

Dates: September 8, 1914
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 Rupert Blue to Henry Rose Carter, January 19, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764004
Scope and Contents

Blue assigns LePrince and Carter to investigate malarial conditions in South Carolina.

Dates: January 19, 1915
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