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bills (legislative records)

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Bill from the Georgia State Assembly, circa 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 00901003
Scope and Contents

This bill is meant to regulate the impounding of water.

Dates: circa 1921

Congressional Bill, H.R. 21884, May 23, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444024
Scope and Contents

The Bill awards pensions to Jennie Carroll and Mabel Lazear from the War Department in recognition of their husbands' service in the yellow fever work.

Dates: May 23, 1908

Congressional bills to honor participants in the yellow fever experiments, February 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 73
Identifier: uva-lib:2225684
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: February 1929

Correspondence relating to Senate bill S.6067,  June 5, 1916-June 7, 1916

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03030005
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:  June 5, 1916-June 7, 1916

Draft of the annuity bill for Jennie Carroll and Mabel H. Lazear, circa May 23, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444023
Scope and Contents

This is a draft of the bill granting annuities to Jennie Carroll and Mabel Lazear.

Dates: circa May 23, 1908

House of Representatives Bill 21884, May 12, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 41
Identifier: uva-lib:2222311
Scope and Contents

The bill proposes to increase the pensions for Mabel H. Lazear and Jennie Carroll.

Dates: May 12, 1908

House of Representatives Bill No. 11686,  March 2, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: 03146001
Scope and Contents

This is a pension bill for the Yellow Fever Commission survivors and volunteers.

Dates:  March 2, 1928

House of Representatives Bill No. 13060,  April 30, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 03152001
Scope and Contents

Congressional Bill and Report #1429 recognizes the public service of Reed and the volunteers associated with the yellow fever experiments. Biographical information is supplied in Report #1429 regarding each of the members and volunteers of the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  April 30, 1928

House of Representatives Bill No. 13639, January 17, 1901

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 86
Identifier: 00386001
Scope and Contents

This bill would award a pension to Mabel Lazear.

Dates: January 17, 1901

Letter from S.C. Meade to A.S.V. Mansfelde with a copy of a bill granting an increase of pension to Mabel H. Lazear, November 20, 1907

 File — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: uva-lib:2225191
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: November 20, 1907

Letter from the Secretary of War to President of the Senate with enclosed bill, May 1916-June 1916

 File — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2225401
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: May 1916-June 1916

Materials from the U.S. House of Representatives relating to promotions for military officers who were members of the Isthmian Canal Commission, July 27, 1914

 File — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: uva-lib:2225384
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: July 27, 1914

Materials relating to House of Representatives Bill H.R. 7544, 1956-1957

 File — Box 67: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2230274
Scope and Contents

H.R. 7544, if passed, would formally acknowledge the service of Roger Post Ames to the United States.

Dates: 1956-1957

Miscellaneous materials relating to H.R. 5590 the "Lambert Bill", 1956

 File — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2229120
Scope and Contents

The bill contained a provision to honor Gustaf Lambert's role in the yellow fever experiments.

Dates: 1956

Senate Bill No. 1168, December 5, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00433001
Scope and Contents

This is a bill for Mabel Lazear's pension. It credits Lazear with discovering the theory of mosquito transmission of yellow fever.

Dates: December 5, 1907

Senate Bill No. 1168, December 5, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444001

Senate bill No. 6350, circa 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444045

Senate Bill No. 8024,  May 2, 1910

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 72
Identifier: 02972001
Scope and Contents

This bill proposes a statue and tablet to honor the members of the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  May 2, 1910

Senate Bill S.1850, February 14, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: uva-lib:2225848
Scope and Contents

To amend an act entitled 'An Act to recognize the high public service rendered by Major Walter Reed and those associated with him in the discovery of the cause and means of transmission of yellow fever'.

Dates: February 14, 1935