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Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Frederick T. van Beuren, Jr., to Mabel H. Lazear, December 13, 1930

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 68
Identifier: 00468002
Scope and Contents

Van Beuren thanks Mabel Lazear for trying to find photograph of Lazear.

Dates: December 13, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters from Frederick T. Van Buren to Mabel H. Lazear

Letter from Frederick V. Coville to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  October 22, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03163001
Scope and Contents

Coville identifies a tree specimen sent to him as a willow oak.

Dates:  October 22, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Frederick V. Coville to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  August 30, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03208001
Scope and Contents

Coville offers gardening advice to Emilie.

Dates:  August 30, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Frederick V. Coville to Howard A. Kelly,  February 17, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 02957001
Scope and Contents

Coville asks Kelly to write an obituary of Carroll for the Washington Academy of Sciences.

Dates:  February 17, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a biographical notice of James Carroll written by Howard A. Kelly

Letter from Frederick V. Coville to Howard A. Kelly,  March 14, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 57
Identifier: 02957002
Scope and Contents

Coville thanks Kelly for writing an obituary of Carroll for the Washington Academy of Sciences.

Dates:  March 14, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a biographical notice of James Carroll written by Howard A. Kelly

Letter from G. Frye to Howard A. Kelly,  circa 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931047
Scope and Contents

Frye sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  circa 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from G. Glenwood Clark to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 2, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04412001
Scope and Contents

Clark inquires if Hench has any information on the "Apache girl," called Susie, who was abandoned by an Apache raiding party under Geronimo. She was subsequently taken in by Reed and trained as a servant. Clark notes that Susie eventually left the Reeds and returned to Oklahoma, where she taught English to Apaches.

Dates:  January 2, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from G. Glenwood Clark to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 31, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04420019
Scope and Contents

Clark thanks Hench for attempting to locate information about Susie, the Apache girl who was a domestic servant in Reed's household.

Dates:  March 31, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from G. Jameson Carr to Joseph H. White,  March 26, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01224011
Scope and Contents

Carr sends White his clinical history and autopsy report on a Brazilian yellow fever case and describes several other cases.

Dates:  March 26, 1925
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 from G.E. Morgan to Howard A. Kelly,  circa June 30, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931005
Scope and Contents

Morgan sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  circa June 30, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from George A. Bennett to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 25, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433041
Scope and Contents

Bennett informs Hench that a representative of Jefferson Medical College will lay a wreath in memory of Finlay at the Camp Lazear dedication. Jefferson Medical College, Finlay's alma mater, is planning a celebration of the centennial of Finlay's graduation, in 1855.

Dates:  November 25, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench relating the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Letter from [George A. Kellogg] to Albert E. Truby,  February 18, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906009
Scope and Contents

[Kellogg] discusses his meeting with Hench, as well as proposed changes to the Cornwell painting based on Hench's suggestions. He includes a list of questions for Truby concerning details that will appear in the painting.

Dates:  February 18, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from George A. Kellogg to Carlos E. Finlay,  August 14, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906162
Scope and Contents

Hench responds to Carlos E. Finlay's criticism of Cornwell's "Conquerors of Yellow Fever" painting.

Dates:  August 14, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from George A. Kellogg to Carlos E. Finlay,  August 27, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906200
Scope and Contents

Kellogg thanks Finlay for his letter and assures him that his opinion was welcomed. He discusses the possibility of a second yellow fever painting.

Dates:  August 27, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from George A. Kellogg to Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon,  March 17, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906063
Scope and Contents

Kellogg thanks Agramonte's daughter for her comments on the Cornwell sketches and describes planned changes to the painting.

Dates:  March 17, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from George A. Kellogg to Federico Gomez,  March 17, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807013
Scope and Contents

Kellogg refers to Dominguez's book on Finlay's work, which he has not yet read. Kellogg discusses Finlay's mosquito vector theory and the later work of the Yellow Fever Commission. Kellogg is anxious that all involved receive due credit for the conquest of yellow fever and that too much emphasis on Finlay's contributions be avoided.

Dates:  March 17, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from George A. Kellogg to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 27, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906198
Scope and Contents

Kellogg informs Kean of the final decisions made in identifying the figures in the Cornwell painting. He informs Kean that Carlos E. Finlay has altered his earlier judgement of the painting.

Dates:  August 27, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from George A. Kellogg to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 27, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302054
Scope and Contents

Kellogg decides to give Cornwell artistic license over historical accuracy. He appreciates Kean's suggestions.

Dates:  March 27, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from George A. Kellogg to John H. Andrus,  February 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03802002
Scope and Contents

Kellogg informs Andrus about the series of paintings entitled "Pioneers of American Medicine," produced by John Wyeth & Brother, Inc. The third painting will be entitled "The Conquest of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  February 28, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters of George A. Kellogg

Letter from George A. Kellogg to John J. Moran,  February 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03802001
Scope and Contents

Kellogg informs Moran that a series of paintings entitled "Pioneers of American Medicine" is planned. Moran will receive copies of the first two paintings, produced by Cornwell. Kellogg requests a photograph of Moran taken around the year 1900.

Dates:  February 28, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters of George A. Kellogg