Social history
Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, September 15, 1921
Read describes details of a field trip. She mentions the attitude of the laborers, noting that the military is needed to get work done. She discusses the prophylactic campaign initiative.
Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, May 25, 1922
Read writes that Carter will receive an advance, to cover writing-related expenses, for the yellow fever book.
Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, May 17, 1923
Read writes that the Colombian government is cooperating with Miller. Read also mentions financial issues surrounding the work in South America. Work is under way to gain entry to Venezuela in order to make a survey of the situation there.
Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, April 22, 1922
Read refers Carter to a French article detailing a yellow fever outbreak in eighteenth-century Europe.
Letter from Florence M. Read to Laura Armistead Carter, September 17, 1925
Read offers support to Laura Carter and invites her to stay with her in New York.
Letter from Florence M. Read to Laura Armistead Carter, September 16, 1921
Read refers to Henry Rose Carter's illness. Rose is on vacation in Maine.
Letter from F.M. Boldridge to Henry Rose Carter, May 3, 1922
Boldridge asks Carter for information on health conditions in Guatemala.
Letter from F.N. Raymond to John J. Moran, January 19, 1937
Raymond writes that he heard Moran on Lowell Thomas' radio program.
Letter from Frances A. Hoffman to Laura Armistead Carter, 1925
Hoffman expresses sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.
Letter from Frances F. Agramonte to Jefferson Randolph Kean, February 1, 1932
Frances Agramonte gives Kean her new address and discusses her health.
Letter from Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. to Philip Showalter Hench, April 3, 1948
Berkeley lists the photostats of Reed items he is sending to Lyons for use in the Hall of Fame program.
Letter from Francisco Argilagos Artigas to George A. Kellogg, September 24, 1941
Artigas praises the Cornwell painting for honoring the work of Finlay. He discusses Cuban publicity pieces for the painting and the planned public exhibition of a reproduction.
Letter from Francisco Dominguez Roldan to Philip Showalter Hench, January 12, 1942
Roldan discusses Cuban sentiments towards Finlay.
Letter from Francisco Dominguez to Jefferson Randolph Kean, March 24, 1941
Dominguez attempts to prove that Carlos Finlay discovered the method of transmission of yellow fever.
Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench, July 24, 1950
Carey sends Hench a copy of his yellow fever article. He informs Hench that the publication of the second story has been postponed.
Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench, November 24, 1952
Carey appreciated Hench's tip regarding the Camp Lazear dedication and has written a story for the Associated Press, which he encloses. He asks that Hench inform him about any new developments in cortisone and ACTH.
Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench, May 26, 1950
Carey plans an article on Reed and yellow fever research. He wants to know what triggered Hench's interest in Reed's work. Carey inquires what kind of plans have been made for the preservation of Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear.
Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench, June 9, 1950
Carey sends Hench copies of two Associated Press stories on Walter Reed and yellow fever that he has written. He discusses the interviews and research he has done for the stories, requests a photograph of Building No. 1, and expresses hope that the second article, which discusses preservation of the building, will help to generate support for that effort.
Letter from Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench, November 30, 1944
Law informs Hench about his meeting with Ramos and describes his ideas for exploiting the yellow fever painting in Cuba. Law requests that Hench contact Ramos to find out about the progress on this project.
Letter from Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench, December 9, 1941
Law is glad that Hench likes the two oil sketches of the "Cuban version" of Cornwell's yellow fever painting.