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Yellow fever

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran,  December 22, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 65
Identifier: 03265001
Scope and Contents

Howard requests an interview with Moran in order to inquire about the yellow fever experiments. Howard is writing a play about the work of the Yellow Fever Commission entitled "Yellow Jack."

Dates:  December 22, 1931

Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran,  January 12, 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 69
Identifier: 03269001
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Howard requests an interview with Moran.

Dates:  January 12, 1932

Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran,  March 6, 1934

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: 03315001
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Howard writes that his play opens tonight and discusses the changes he has made.

Dates:  March 6, 1934

Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to Walter De Blois Briggs,  August 11, 1934

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: 03321001
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Howard offers a justification of his characterization of Dean in his play, "Yellow Jack."

Dates:  August 11, 1934

Letter from Sidney R. Simon to Henry Rose Carter, June 26, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818095
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Simon informs Carter that he will publish his yellow fever paper from the Atlantic City, New Jersey symposium.

Dates: June 26, 1919

Letter from Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 21, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 04325003
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Wallach informs Hench about the introduction of a joint congressional resolution to honor Reed and his work. Wallach hopes to receive Hench's help in mobilizing various groups who have an interest that this resolution be passed.

Dates:  February 21, 1950

Letter from Simon Flexner to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 28, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 03156001
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Flexner thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for a memento of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 28, 1928

Letter from Simon Flexner to James E. Peabody,  December 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839026
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Flexner praises Peabody for his account of the events leading to the Congressional recognition of the participants of the yellow fever experiments. He offers some editorial comments and suggests a few corrections of the story.

Dates:  December 10, 1941

Letter from S.J. Denno to Wickliffe Rose,  December 13, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004033
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Denno describes the unusual yellow fever case of seaman John Cose. Denno would like Noguchi to examine Cose in New York.

Dates:  December 13, 1922

Letter from S.M. Marietta to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 10, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 65
Identifier: 03565001
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Marietta refers to Hench's meeting at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Dates:  July 10, 1940

Letter from [s.n.] Carde to Frederick F. Russell,  October 15, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124003
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Carde sends Russell copies of reports concerning the yellow fever epidemic in the Sudan, the Ivory Coast, and Dahomey.

Dates:  October 15, 1923

Letter from [s.n.] to F.M. Wilmot,  June, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 44
Identifier: 02944001
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The writer asks Wilmot to consider supplementing Kissinger's pension.

Dates:  June, 1908

Letter from [s.n.] to [Howard A. Kelly],  July 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931036

Letter from S.S. Morgan to Howard A. Kelly,  July 8, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 90
Identifier: 02890001
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Morgan requests Kissinger's address and mentions the Shut-in Society, which provides wheelchairs to needy persons.

Dates:  July 8, 1907

Letter from Tandy C. Young to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122004
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This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 31, 1927

Letter from T.D. Nettles to P.F. Murphy,  November 13, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003038
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Shipping manager Nettles informs medical officer Murphy about the route taken by a ship where a possible yellow fever death occurred. He describes quarantine and treatment of the ship at Mobile, Ala.

Dates:  November 13, 1922

Letter from T.H. Dougherty, Jr., to Mabel H. Lazear, December 14, 1935

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 74
Identifier: 00474001
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The Franklin Institute requests permission to broadcast a drama based on the yellow fever experiments.

Dates: December 14, 1935

Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter,  August 19, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 01227015
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Griffitts discusses his new job and expresses admiration for Carter as a friend and mentor.

Dates:  August 19, 1925

Letter from the Acting Assistant Surgeon to Henry Rose Carter,  May 23, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102036
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The writer reports that no vessels other than the Japanese are running between Asia and South American ports. The writer also notes that yellow fever is extinguished in Peru.

Dates:  May 23, 1923

Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Surgeon General to Henry Rose Carter, June 18, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822047
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The Acting Secretary informs Carter that he is being placed on waiting orders. He thanks Carter for his years of service.

Dates: June 18, 1920