Interpersonal relations

Ramsey informs Laura Carter of his visit to an acquaintance of hers.

Smith explains the importance of the Reed's work with the Yellow Fever Commission and asks that his accomplishments be publicized. He includes an article on Reed's work, distributed by the New Orleans & North-Eastern Railroad Company, the Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company, and the Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railway Company.

Wratten sends Emilie Lawrence Reed transliterations of [song?] titles.

Sternberg writes about the importance of scientific investigation.

Sternberg orders Reed to return to Washington. He also discusses Carroll's planned promotion and the necessity of Carroll's continued assignment in Cuba.

George sends Hench his congratulations and regrets that he will not be able to attend the Washington and Jefferson College ceremony. In the postscript, he offers a brief political statement.

Arnett congratulates Hench on his honorary degree and hopes to visit him in Rochester.

Updegraff enjoyed meeting Emilie Lawrence Reed in Washington, D.C. She describes trips to Detroit, Albany, and home to Trenton, N.J.

Gertrude [s.n.] expresses condolences on the death of Henry Carter.

Hazlehurst seeks Carter's advice on a draft of Regulations Governing the Impounding of Waters, which he is anxious to have passed by the State Board of Health.

Grosvenor thanks Hench for the snapshots of the Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting. Grosvenor treasures his honorary degree from Lafayette College.

Fontaine thanks Carter for his gift.

Lopez recommends that the Hench's stay at the Casa La Rosa, in Varadero, Cuba.

Lambert thanks Truby for allowing to read his manuscript. He speaks highly of Ames and provides information about Lazear's funeral.

Lambert informs Truby that he feels better after his stay in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He has discovered the names of the immune nurses who served at Quemados, and asserts that Kelly's book errs in stating that yellow fever was best treated with the aid of trained female nurses. He maintains that Ames was most successful in treating yellow fever when he used male orderlies.

Lambert thanks Kellogg for the copy of the Cornwell painting. He gives his opinion of Ames, stating that he has not received the credit he deserved. He hopes that a copy of the painting was sent to his wife, Jessie Ames.

Lambert finds fault with the movie Yellow Jack, and criticizes Carroll and Agramonte while praising Ames.

Redd informs Hench that he can add very little information regarding Carter's ties to Reed and Lazear. He provides the address of Carter's son, and notes that Edward Stitt, husband of Carter's deceased daughter Laura, probably knows a great deal more than he. According to Redd, Carter disliked publicity and would not allow interviews.

Redd discusses Carter's extant correspondence, noting that much of it consists of social matters regarding Carter's daughter, Laura. Redd discusses Laura's important role in her father's work.

Redd describes two letters he found concerning Carter's yellow fever work, and notes that he eliminated a lot of correspondence between Carter and Redd and Carter and his lawyer. He will send Hench the material if Carter's son approves.