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Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Letter fragment from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  September 8, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 15
Identifier: 14315001
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the responsibilities of his new position as part of the Cuban government. He mentions his son and a visit to the Governor's palace.

Dates:  September 8, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions / Letter fragment from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young with clipping

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, January 10, 1897

 Item — Box 2: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 36
Identifier: 00236001
Scope and Contents

Lazear gives Sweitzer medical advice and makes vacation plans.

Dates: January 10, 1897
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, circa August 8, 1890

 Item — Box 1: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 58
Identifier: 00158001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes that he is still in Germany and comments on the German army.

Dates: circa August 8, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, June 14, 1890

 Item — Box 1: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00134001
Scope and Contents

Lazear compares his classes in medical school with those in New York.

Dates: June 14, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel H. Lazear, July 15, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00334001
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Lazear reports that Reed has them working on Sanarelli's bacillus, but he wants to discover the real organism. He offers his opinion of Carroll.

Dates: July 15, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from [Jesse W. Lazear] to Mabel H. Lazear, August 23, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 41
Identifier: 00341001
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[Lazear] disagrees with Reed and Carroll's concentration on Sanarelli's work. He believes that the true cause of yellow fever lies elsewhere.

Dates: August 23, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Jesse W. Lazear to Mabel Houston, August 16, 1896

 Item — Box 2: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 20
Identifier: 00220001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about working in Baltimore and his devotion to Mabel Houston.

Dates: August 16, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter fragment from Joseph A. LePrince to [Henry Rose Carter],  circa 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 36
Identifier: 01136001
Scope and Contents

LePrince discusses field work in Texas to control the outbreak of yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter fragment from [Laura Armistead Carter] to Frederick F. Russell,  December 16, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03220001
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[Laura Carter] writes to Russell concerning her planned completion of her father's unfinished history of yellow fever.

Dates:  December 16, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from [Mabel H. Lazear] to Amory H. Hutchinson, circa 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444034
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Mabel Lazear expresses appreciation for the play about her husband, Jesse Lazear.

Dates: circa 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters and documents relating to a pension for Mabel H. Lazear

Letter fragment from Paul L. Tate,  circa 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04732007
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Tate finds fault with Howard's play about yellow fever.

Dates:  circa 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Essays and letters by Paul L. Tate relating to the yellow fever experiments

Letter fragment from Samuel Taylor Darling, circa 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818006
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Darling writes that he has not found abnormalities in blood of yellow fever cases. He had hoped to join the yellow fever work, but has been advised to stay with Department of Hygiene, in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dates: circa 1919
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 fragment from Walter Reed to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  October 20, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 01756001
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Reed learns that McPherson will return to Fort Apache. Reed refers to other soldiers, and teases McPherson.

Dates:  October 20, 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from [Walter Reed] to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  circa 1880

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 01775001
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Reed teases McPherson and writes that he cannot take more leave to be McPherson's best man. Reed will travel to Warrenton, Virginia and to White Sulphur Springs.

Dates:  circa 1880
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 9, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 01748001
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Reed describes a Native American at the fort, as well as his house and garden. Life on the base is dull, so he anticipates a new home with his wife and son.

Dates:  July 9, 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa April 29, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01912001
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Reed writes about his vacation and relates his plans to go to Puerto Principe.

Dates:  circa April 29, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa December 25, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 02257001
Scope and Contents

Reed provides a description of the experiment buildings at Camp Lazear and the method of mosquito inoculation.

Dates:  circa December 25, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 28, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 02258001
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Reed describes the round of holiday parties, including one at the governor's palace, in Havana. He injects blood from the last yellow fever patient into a volunteer.

Dates:  December 28, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  circa January 1, 1901

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 02259001
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Reed writes that the yellow fever experiments have answered his prayers to do some good for mankind.

Dates:  circa January 1, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter fragment to from Walter Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 9, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02231001
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Reed announces the first proven case of yellow fever from a mosquito bite. The diagnosis of the case will be tested by experts.

Dates:  December 9, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed