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Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Honorato Colete to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 22, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04231010
Scope and Contents

Colete informs Hench that he and others visited various Cuban government offices, and that they believe the work to preserve Camp Lazear will begin soon. The government will not accept Hench's offer of $1000 for immediate preservation efforts on Building No. 1.

Dates:  June 22, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Howard A. Kelly to Edwin Denby,  October 18, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: 02927013
Scope and Contents

Kelly discusses Denby's offer to initiate a pension bill for Kissinger.

Dates:  October 18, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to attempts to secure a pension for John R. Kissinger

Letter from H.R. Wood to Quarantine Officer,  September 14, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003021
Scope and Contents

Ship Captain Wood requests the quarantine officer to dispose of the body of a Spanish sailor, a possible yellow fever victim.

Dates:  September 14, 1922
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 H.S. Parsons to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803017
Scope and Contents

Parsons lists the names of newspapers and magazines published in Havana, Cuba, which are available at the Periodical Division of the Library of Congress. "La Discusion," from February 8, 1901, shows a front-page cartoon ridiculing various theories on yellow fever - including the mosquito vector.

Dates:  February 22, 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 Hugh S. Cumming to George A. Kellogg,  August 1, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906148
Scope and Contents

Cumming approves of the finished Cornwell painting, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  August 1, 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 Hugh S. Cumming to Howard A. Kelly,  December 22, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124046
Scope and Contents

Cumming thanks Kelly for the gift of his book on Walter Reed and mentions his acquaintance with Reed.

Dates:  December 22, 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 H.W. Rogers to Mabel H. Lazear, June 19, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444031
Scope and Contents

The Paymaster General of the Army designates a payment schedule for the annuity of Mabel Lazear.

Dates: June 19, 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 from Ida E. and John R. Kissinger to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 23, 1944

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 9
Identifier: 05909159
Scope and Contents

Ida Kissinger sends her husband's identifications of the persons in a photograph. She discusses their health problems.

Dates:  December 23, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John R. Kissinger

Letter from Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly,  July 20, 1909

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 67
Identifier: 02967001
Scope and Contents

Ida Kissinger thanks Kelly for the photograph of his family. John Kissinger's health is improving.

Dates:  July 20, 1909
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Ida E. Kissinger to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 4, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306013
Scope and Contents

Kissinger plans to nurse her husband at home and thanks Kean for the information about the veteran's hospital.

Dates:  August 4, 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 Ignacio Alvare to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 18, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 69
Identifier: 03569001
Scope and Contents

Alvare explains the circumstances of the photograph he made of the supposed site of Camp Lazear. See English translation.

Dates:  July 18, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letter from Ignacio Alvare to Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from J. Christian Bay to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03801015
Scope and Contents

Bay grants Hench permission to keep the library book as long as needed for photocopying purposes.

Dates:  January 10, 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 J. F. Siler to Pedro Nogueira,  February 10, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04704006
Scope and Contents

Siler offers to defray the cost of sending the Finlay Medals to their recipients by enclosing a check for that purpose.

Dates:  February 10, 1954
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 J. F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 23, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 64
Identifier: 04064010
Scope and Contents

Siler informs Hench that he was elected to the board of the Walter Reed Memorial Association at its annual meeting.

Dates:  November 23, 1945
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 with minutes of the annual meeting of the board of managers of the Walter Reed Memorial Association

Letter from J. F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 11, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04704009
Scope and Contents

Siler thanks Hench for providing a check to enable delivery of the Finlay Medals, but informs him that the Walter Reed Memorial Association wishes to fund this objective.

Dates:  February 11, 1954
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 James C. Reed to James E. Peabody,  June 20, 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304001
Scope and Contents

James Reed writes that he regrets having missed Peabody's visit. He provides information about himself and his brothers.

Dates:  June 20, 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody

Letter from James C. Reed to James E. Peabody,  June 20, 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304002
Scope and Contents

James Reed writes that he regrets having missed Peabody's visit. He provides information about himself and his brothers.

Dates:  June 20, 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody

Letter from James Carroll to Caroline Latimer,  March 16, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 02722001
Scope and Contents

Carroll presents his autobiography. He includes a note on immunity to yellow fever.

Dates:  March 16, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from James Carroll to Caroline Latimer,  March 9, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 02754001
Scope and Contents

Carroll presents a chronology of Walter Reed's involvement with the Yellow Fever Commission. Carroll gives his own autobiography and provides information on the other participants in the study.

Dates:  March 9, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from James Carroll to Howard A. Kelly,  November 7, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 02854001
Scope and Contents

Carroll forwards Kelly two photographs. He states that he will not attend the Walter Reed Memorial Association dinner in Brooklyn.

Dates:  November 7, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed