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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter, September 15, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 00915027
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: September 15, 1921

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  May 25, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931021
Scope and Contents

Read writes that Carter will receive an advance, to cover writing-related expenses, for the yellow fever book.

Dates:  May 25, 1922

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  May 17, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102029
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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.

Dates:  May 17, 1923

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  April 22, 1922

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 33
Identifier: 01333001
Scope and Contents

Read refers Carter to a French article detailing a yellow fever outbreak in eighteenth-century Europe.

Dates:  April 22, 1922

Letter from Florence M. Read to Laura Armistead Carter,  September 17, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228024
Scope and Contents

Read offers support to Laura Carter and invites her to stay with her in New York.

Dates:  September 17, 1925

Letter from Florence M. Read to Laura Armistead Carter, September 16, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 00915029
Scope and Contents

Read refers to Henry Rose Carter's illness. Rose is on vacation in Maine.

Dates: September 16, 1921

Letter from F.M. Boldridge to Henry Rose Carter,  May 3, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931004
Scope and Contents

Boldridge asks Carter for information on health conditions in Guatemala.

Dates:  May 3, 1922

Letter from F.N. Raymond to John J. Moran,  January 19, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03403001
Scope and Contents

Raymond writes that he heard Moran on Lowell Thomas' radio program.

Dates:  January 19, 1937

Letter from Frances A. Hoffman to Laura Armistead Carter,  1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 33
Identifier: 01233001
Scope and Contents

Hoffman expresses sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.

Dates:  1925

Letter from Frances F. Agramonte to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  February 1, 1932

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 76
Identifier: 06276002
Scope and Contents

Frances Agramonte gives Kean her new address and discusses her health.

Dates:  February 1, 1932

Letter from Francis L. Berkeley, Jr. to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 3, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214010
Scope and Contents

Berkeley lists the photostats of Reed items he is sending to Lyons for use in the Hall of Fame program.

Dates:  April 3, 1948

Letter from Francisco Argilagos Artigas to George A. Kellogg,  September 24, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906218
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates:  September 24, 1941

Letter from Francisco Dominguez Roldan to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906115
Scope and Contents

Roldan discusses Cuban sentiments towards Finlay.

Dates:  January 12, 1942

Letter from Francisco Dominguez to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 24, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302042
Scope and Contents

Dominguez attempts to prove that Carlos Finlay discovered the method of transmission of yellow fever.

Dates:  March 24, 1941

Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 24, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 04338005
Scope and Contents

Carey sends Hench a copy of his yellow fever article. He informs Hench that the publication of the second story has been postponed.

Dates:  July 24, 1950

Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433038
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates:  November 24, 1952

Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 26, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04331006
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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.

Dates:  May 26, 1950

Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 9, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04333006
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates:  June 9, 1950

Letter from Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 30, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04044004
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates:  November 30, 1944

Letter from Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 9, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906272
Scope and Contents

Law is glad that Hench likes the two oil sketches of the "Cuban version" of Cornwell's yellow fever painting.

Dates:  December 9, 1941