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Yellow fever

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2717 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Howard A. Kelly,  September 9, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03104001
Scope and Contents

Gruenberg seeks Kelly's advice on establishing an additional pension for Kissinger.

Dates:  September 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

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 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,  December 23, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004045
Scope and Contents

Caldwell comments on the Mexican Yellow Fever Commission report.

Dates:  December 23, 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 Bertha L. Heilbron to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 12, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04033007
Scope and Contents

Heilbron sends Hench an article about Walter Reed, published by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Dates:  October 12, 1943
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 Bertha L. Lyons to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 5, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214013
Scope and Contents

Lyons is surprised and pleased at the large number of photostats of Reed material that Hench has sent to the Hall of Fame. She discusses the use of the material and gives Hench directions to the Hall of Fame, where he will attend a ceremony.

Dates:  April 5, 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 Bertha L. Lyons to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 9, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214024
Scope and Contents

Lyons lists the copies of Walter Reed items that have been selected from among those sent by Hench to be used in the Hall of Fame.

Dates:  April 9, 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 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 Bertha L. Lyons to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 3, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224003
Scope and Contents

Lyons returns material on loan from Hench for the Hall of Fame ceremony. She also sends copies of other material which might prove useful for Hench's book.

Dates:  June 3, 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.F. Rittenhouse to Howard A. Kelly,  July 4, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 89
Identifier: 02889001
Scope and Contents

Rittenhouse sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 4, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Blanca Malaret to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 31, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839052
Scope and Contents

Malaret thanks Hench for the reprint of his article: "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  December 31, 1941
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 Blanton P. Seward to Laura Armistead Carter,  November 27, 1931

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01308008
Scope and Contents

Seward inquires about maritime quarantine regulations. He also requests information regarding Henry Carter's opinion of Strobel's, Nott's and Nelson's yellow fever work.

Dates:  November 27, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Bradford Fleming to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122028
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Carlos E. Finlay to George A. Kellogg,  August 6, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906151
Scope and Contents

Carlos E. Finlay expresses his dissatisfaction with Cornwell's painting, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  August 6, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Carlos E. Finlay to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 5, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03604001
Scope and Contents

Finlay is unsure about the location of Camp Lazear. His book on his father, Carlos J. Finlay, has been published, and he cites references in it to Agramonte, Lazear, and Reed.

Dates:  September 5, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Carlos E. Finlay to Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Carlos E. Finlay to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839039
Scope and Contents

Finlay disagrees with some points in Hench's speech, given during the unveiling of Cornwell's painting, "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  December 22, 1941
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 Carlos E. Finlay to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 20, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906066
Scope and Contents

Finlay disputes Hench's comments about his father, Carlos J. Finlay.

Dates:  January 20, 1942
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