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Found in 724 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 6, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306117
Scope and Contents

Truby mentions the uniforms worn in Cuba and also asks to view a map of Cuba in 1899 to refresh his memory.

Dates:  October 6, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 26, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 7
Identifier: 06307089
Scope and Contents

Truby responds to Hench's suggested corrections and additions to Truby's manuscript. He provides additional details, clarifies several points, and refers Hench to others who might be able to provide further information.

Dates:  November 26, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 17, 1942

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: 06310093
Scope and Contents

Truby is not convinced that Hench's specialty is needed in the armed services at this time. He also tells Hench that he has heard of Andrus' death and credits Andrus with having provided a reliable account of the “events in Cuba.”

Dates:  May 17, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench with related newspaper clippings

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 30, 1953

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 7
Identifier: 06507009
Scope and Contents

Truby discusses the Camp Lazear National Monument and Nogueira's efforts in establishing the monument. Truby expresses his displeasure at the inaccuracies in an article about “Finlay Field.”

Dates:  January 30, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to Auguste A. Nouel,  July 24, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 67
Identifier: 02067001
Scope and Contents

Stark reprimands Nouel for failing to properly handle a yellow fever outbreak at Pinar del Rio.

Dates:  July 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to the Adjutant General,  June 6, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02029001
Scope and Contents

Stark requests that no individual affiliated with Columbia Barracks be permitted to enter a saloon where yellow fever broke out. Endorsements are dated June 6 to June 8, 1900.

Dates:  June 6, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to U.S. troops in Quemados de Marianao, Cuba

Letter from Alexander N. Stark to the Adjutant General,  June 6, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02029004
Scope and Contents

Stark requests that no individual affiliated with Columbia Barracks be permitted to enter the town of Quemados de Marianao, Cuba.

Dates:  June 6, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to U.S. troops in Quemados de Marianao, Cuba

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg,  April 17, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01908001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte informs Sternberg that during the past several weeks there have been very few cases of yellow fever from which he could obtain material for research. Attached to the letter is a note by Truby stating that Agramonte and Carroll assisted Reed in the lab in 1898.

Dates:  April 17, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg,  June 17, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01918001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte describes his work with yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 17, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to George Miller Sternberg,  August 15, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01928001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte reports on his study of yellow fever from a bacteriological standpoint while at Santiago. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 15, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Howard A. Kelly,  March 22, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 02756001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte writes about the responsibilities of the Yellow Fever Commission members, and gives a brief chronology of their activities.

Dates:  March 22, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  November 30, 1912

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 40
Identifier: 06240001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte demands that Kean correct the injustice done to him regarding his unfair portrayal in the Yellow Fever Commission. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 30, 1912
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  April 6, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00929005
Scope and Contents

Caldwell asks Carter about the possibility of human yellow fever “carriers”, as he has had an inexplicable case of yellow fever in his district.

Dates:  April 6, 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 Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  June 12, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00933007
Scope and Contents

Caldwell agrees with Carter that there are no human carriers of yellow fever. He discusses, in detail, his field work in Mexico.

Dates:  June 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 Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  August 5, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937001
Scope and Contents

Caldwell asks Carter to review a report on the yellow fever campaign in Mexico. He discusses the current situation in the field.

Dates:  August 5, 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 Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  August 29, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937027
Scope and Contents

Caldwell replies to questions raised by Carter concerning yellow fever outbreaks in Mexico and Africa.

Dates:  August 29, 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 Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter, October 6, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00916001
Scope and Contents

Caldwell thanks Carter for his informative and invaluable lecture. He reports on field work, problems with local customs, and migrant workers' susceptibility to yellow fever.

Dates: October 6, 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 Bertha L. Lyons to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 17, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223024
Scope and Contents

Lyons informs Hench that she has tried to recognize Finlay as fully as possible in the Hall of Fame event, but insists that the event honors Reed, not Finlay.

Dates:  May 17, 1948
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 B.H. Ransom to Henry Rose Carter,  May 15, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01224009
Scope and Contents

Ransom reports that Carter has been named honorary president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  May 15, 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 Bruce Mayne to Henry Rose Carter, September 13, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818104
Scope and Contents

Mayne discusses hyper-parasitism and mosquito experimentation.

Dates: September 13, 1919
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