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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 Estaban Valderrama y Pena to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223020
Scope and Contents

Valderrama y Pena promises to copy items related to Cuban and American yellow fever experiments for Hench. He asserts that in June of 1900 nobody except Finlay and his assistant Delgado believed that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever.

Dates:  May 16, 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 Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to James E. Peabody,  March 12, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03330001
Scope and Contents

Leon thanks Peabody for his work in securing pensions for yellow fever participants. She discusses her mother's death and conditions in Cuba.

Dates:  March 12, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 26, 1948

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 3
Identifier: 05803038
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez Leon congratulates Hench on his campaign to preserve Building No. 1. She mentions that Finlay supporters were disturbed by Truman's speech.

Dates:  April 26, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Estela Agramonte de Rodriguez Leon

Letter from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 2, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03842002
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez Leon criticizes the sketches for the Cornwell painting. She believes that they are neither historically nor culturally accurate.

Dates:  February 2, 1941
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 with Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon

Letter from Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03842015
Scope and Contents

Rodriguez Leon compliments Hench on his yellow fever history work, and wishes she had more time to devote to the research herself. She has been unable to find the information Hench seeks in her father's papers and fears that the rest of the papers will not be helpful either.

Dates:  September 11, 1941
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 with Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon

Letter from Eugene R. Whitmore to Henry Rose Carter, November 23, 1917

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811058
Scope and Contents

Whitmore requests Carter's opinion for a paper he is writing. Whitmore discusses Weil's Disease and its relation to yellow fever.

Dates: November 23, 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 Evelyn B. Tilden to Florence M. Read,  November 12, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01121008
Scope and Contents

Tilden sends a pathology report on a West African fever case. He has forwarded the tissue blocks to Darling.

Dates:  November 12, 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 F. E. Pettman to The Rockefeller Foundation,  May 25, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113009
Scope and Contents

Pettman is nearly out of yellow fever vaccine. He describes the case of an Italian who died of yellow fever and lists yellow fever deaths among whites in the Gold Coast.

Dates:  May 25, 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 Fannie Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122022
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 Federico Gomez to George A. Kellogg,  March 10, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906055
Scope and Contents

Gomez requests information that he can use to show the Cuban government the part that Wyeth Company is playing in publicizing Finlay's work.

Dates:  March 10, 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 Felipe Carbonell Ponce to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906049
Scope and Contents

Ponce discusses his efforts to establish a memorial at Camp Lazear. He will be meeting with the Cuban President on this matter.

Dates:  January 12, 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

Letter from Felipe Carbonell Ponce to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906116
Scope and Contents

Ponce describes his attempts to publicize and gain Cuban government support for the proposed Camp Lazear memorial.

Dates:  January 12, 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

Letter from Felipe Ponce Carbonell to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 10, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04507006
Scope and Contents

Carbonell responds to Hench's letter expressing apprehension that the Cuban government will name the Camp Lazear monument after Finlay.

Dates:  November 10, 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 with Felipe Ponce Carbonell concerning memorialization of Camp Lazear and preservation of Building Number One

Letter from Felix E. Fernandez to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 11, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616009
Scope and Contents

Fernandez sends Hench the address of John R. Taylor.

Dates:  September 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Fermin Peraza to Thomas E. Keys,  May 28, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04109002
Scope and Contents

Peraza sends Keys copies of a book by Finlay. He encloses a list of Spanish language books and pamphlets about yellow fever, including prices.

Dates:  May 28, 1946
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 with related materials

Letter from F.F. Randolph to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 11, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616010
Scope and Contents

Randolph informs Hench that the book on Finlay he ordered is now available.

Dates:  September 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from F.H. Getman to Howard A. Kelly,  July 1, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931010
Scope and Contents

Getman sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 1, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  February 20, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021055
Scope and Contents

Read writes that the Health Board has received the articles Carter sent, and that they are sending him Guiteras' report and the Yellow Fever Commission report.

Dates:  February 20, 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 Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, June 23, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912004
Scope and Contents

Read sends Carter a letter from Pareja.

Dates: June 23, 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 Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, July 21, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912015
Scope and Contents

Read sends Carter the report of Hanson's work in Peru, which details water container inspections, quarantine, reported deaths and the training of more men.

Dates: July 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