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Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Georgia S. Sutter to Elida Moran,  October 14, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03624003
Scope and Contents

Sutter invites Elida Moran to a luncheon during the Morans' visit to Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  October 14, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran and letter from Georgia S. Sutter to Mrs. John Moran

Letter from Gertrude B. Updegraff to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  March 7, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 03254001
Scope and Contents

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

Dates:  March 7, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Gonzalo Guell to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 10, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04617018
Scope and Contents

Guell informs Hench that he has been elevated to the rank of Gran Oficial within the Orden Nacional de Merito Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

Dates:  October 10, 1953
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 Grace [Fontaine?] to Henry Rose Carter,  December 26, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217040
Scope and Contents

Fontaine thanks Carter for his gift.

Dates:  December 26, 1924
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 Guillermo Garcia Lopez to Tom D. Spies,  October 2, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 77
Identifier: 04377003
Scope and Contents

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

Dates:  October 2, 1951
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 Gustaf E. Lambert to Albert E. Truby,  December 11, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03709001
Scope and Contents

Lambert claims that he should be recognized for his Yellow Fever Commission service. He discusses other nurses and doctors whom he believes were instrumental in the experiments but have not been recognized.

Dates:  December 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Gustaf E. Lambert to Albert E. Truby,  September 10, 1943

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06401168
Scope and Contents

Lambert recalls life at Military Hospital No. 1. He mentions Ames and Pinto, and comments on Truby's book.

Dates:  September 10, 1943
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 Gustaf E. Lambert to Albert E. Truby,  January 18, 1946

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 5
Identifier: 06405071
Scope and Contents

Lambert expresses great disappointment for the lack of recognition, in Truby's book, of his work at the yellow fever camp.

Dates:  January 18, 1946
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 Gustaf E. Lambert to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 11, 1955

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04903011
Scope and Contents

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

Dates:  January 11, 1955
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.W.] Thomas to Howard A. Kelly,  circa 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931046
Scope and Contents

Thomas 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 Gwen Harvey to Bill Croasdale,  November 5, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619006
Scope and Contents

Harvey requests that Croasdale give special consideration to Hench's request for the film of the "You Are There" television program, which documented the conquest of yellow fever.

Dates:  November 5, 1953
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 Gwen Harvey to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 5, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619005
Scope and Contents

Harvey informs Hench that she has no control over the release of the "You Are There" film dealing with yellow fever. However, she recommends whom he should contact.

Dates:  November 5, 1953
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 H. Boyd Wylie to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 26, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433053
Scope and Contents

Wylie has asked University of Maryland School of Medicine alumnus Jose Echeverria to represent the school at the Camp Lazear dedication. A wreath will be laid in memory of Maryland alumnus Carroll.

Dates:  November 26, 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 H. C. Corbin to the Chairman of the Committee on Pensions,  January 22, 1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 02712005
Scope and Contents

Corbin sends a statement of military service of Reed to the Committee on Pensions regarding Senate Bill #6702. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 22, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to military career of Walter Reed

Letter from H. Carter Redd to Laura Armistead Carter,  December 2, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 32
Identifier: 01232001
Scope and Contents

Redd discusses Carter's estate and mentions the appreciation of his work during a Kiwanis Club function.

Dates:  December 2, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from H. Carter Redd to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 23, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04201019
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates:  January 23, 1948
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 H. Carter Redd to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 10, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205009
Scope and Contents

Redd discusses the unorganized state of Carter's correspondence, noting that the papers were stored in trunks without any cataloguing system.

Dates:  February 10, 1948
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 H. Muench to H. H. Howard,  December 4, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138002
Scope and Contents

Muench summarizes data that he collected on yellow fever in the Guianas. He mentions the great ignorance or diffidence displayed by the sanitary authorities.

Dates:  December 4, 1923
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 Hal R. Keeling to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 29, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04201028
Scope and Contents

Keeling suggests that Hench contact a friend of Keeling's to seek more information on Reed's presentation at the American Public Health Association meeting, in 1901.

Dates:  January 29, 1948
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 Harlow Brooks to S.S. Goldwater,  April 6, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 32
Identifier: 03332003
Scope and Contents

Brooks recommends Truby for a hospital position, describing his character and experience.

Dates:  April 6, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of S.S. Goldwater