Social history

Letter from T. James Ennis to Philip Showalter Hench, November 8, 1947

Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39

Identifier: 04139010

Scope and Contents

Ennis informs Hench that a room at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba has been reserved for him.

Dates: November 8, 1947

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 T. James Ennis to Philip Showalter Hench, January 7, 1948

Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1

Identifier: 04201006

Scope and Contents

Ennis reports that he has reserved a room at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba for the Henches and Mrs. J.H. Kahler.

Dates: January 7, 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 T.D. Nettles to P.F. Murphy, November 13, 1922

Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3

Identifier: 01003038

Scope and Contents

Shipping manager Nettles informs medical officer Murphy about the route taken by a ship where a possible yellow fever death occurred. He describes quarantine and treatment of the ship at Mobile, Ala.

Dates: November 13, 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 T.H. Dougherty, Jr., to Mabel H. Lazear, December 14, 1935

Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 74

Identifier: 00474001

Scope and Contents

The Franklin Institute requests permission to broadcast a drama based on the yellow fever experiments.

Dates: December 14, 1935

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters from T.H. Dougherty, Jr., and Harper Peddicord to Mabel H. Lazear

Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter, August 19, 1925

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27

Identifier: 01227015

Scope and Contents

Griffitts discusses his new job and expresses admiration for Carter as a friend and mentor.

Dates: August 19, 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 T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter, August 16, 1921

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12

Identifier: 00912028

Scope and Contents

Griffitts thanks Carter for lending him memos. He reports on the results of impounded water work in North Carolina and Virginia.

Dates: August 16, 1921

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 T.H.D. Griffitts to Henry Rose Carter, October 22, 1924

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13

Identifier: 01213015

Scope and Contents

Griffitts discusses the possible influence of humidity on the mosquito life-span.

Dates: October 22, 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 T.H.D. Griffitts to Lunsford D. Fricks, October 21, 1920

Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55

Identifier: 03055001

Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes about the anopheles survey at Badin, North Carolina.

Dates: October 21, 1920

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

Letter from T.H.D. Griffitts to the Medical Officer in Charge, March 1, 1923

Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22

Identifier: 01022001

Scope and Contents

Griffitts writes that he has surveyed a power company pond and makes recommendations for malaria prevention measures.

Dates: March 1, 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 the Chief Clerk of the Surgeon's General's Office to N. M. Miller, circa December 4, 1915

Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25

Identifier: 03025005

Scope and Contents

Permission is sought to photograph the painting of Walter Reed recently completed by Miller. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: circa December 4, 1915

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Records of the Surgeon General's Office relating to the military career of Walter Reed

Letter from the Rockefeller Foundation to Henry Rose Carter, December 13, 1922

Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4

Identifier: 01004025

Scope and Contents

The Foundation reimburses Carter for his work-related expenses.

Dates: December 13, 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 the secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, May 2, 1953

Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11

Identifier: 04611001

Scope and Contents

Hench's secretary informs Blossom Reed that her father's books have safely arrived.

Dates: May 2, 1953

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed

Letter from the secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed, August 12, 1953

Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14

Identifier: 04614001

Scope and Contents

Hench's secretary informs Blossom Reed that Hench has made more attempts to get a good price for her father's books but has been unsuccessful. He will buy them himself for $10 per volume if he is unable to find a better offer.

Dates: August 12, 1953

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

Letter from the Secretary of War to the President of the Senate, June 29, 1916

Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 30

Identifier: 03030001

Scope and Contents

The Commission of Fine Arts and the Chairman of the House Committee on the Library disapprove of the monument to Reed, Carroll, Lazear, and Agramonte. They suggest a memorial fountain instead. Included is a copy of Senate Bill #6067. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: June 29, 1916

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from the Secretary of War to President of the Senate with enclosed bill

Letter from the Surgeon General to P. F. Harvey, November 14, 1906

Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56

Identifier: 02856001

Scope and Contents

Harvey is asked to attend, on behalf of the Corps, the dedication of the bronze memorial tablet in honor of Walter Reed at Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn, New York. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates: November 14, 1906

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

Letter from Theodore C. Lyster to Henry Rose Carter, January 22, 1921

Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3

Identifier: 00903007

Scope and Contents

Lyster requests Carter's comments on a circular for the fish campaign and on the Rockefeller Foundation's methods in the Latin American yellow fever campaigns.

Dates: January 22, 1921