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Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Walter Reed to Joseph B. Brown,  September 2, 1874

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01611006
Scope and Contents

Reed accepts an invitation to appear before the U.S. Surgeon's Examining Board, and explains that he would have responded sooner had he not contracted a fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  September 2, 1874
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to Walter Reed's appearance before army examination board

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  April 4, 1902

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 20
Identifier: 14020001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about Blincoe's daughter, Laura.

Dates:  April 4, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  September 8, 1902

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 22
Identifier: 14022001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses finances. He mentions honorary degrees he has been awarded.

Dates:  September 8, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  June 6, 1877

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 8
Identifier: 13908001
Scope and Contents

Reed describes his family life, his reunion with Emilie Lawrence Reed, and their journey to Camp Lowell.

Dates:  June 6, 1877
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  September 21, 1882

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 10
Identifier: 13910001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses finances, and offers advice on female health and education. He advocates against too much emphasis on academic excellence.

Dates:  September 21, 1882
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  April 2, 1883

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 11
Identifier: 13911001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases Blincoe and her husband. He gives news of his wife and son and their life on the post, and he relates the progress of his Florida orange grove.

Dates:  April 2, 1883
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  November 4, 1889

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 15
Identifier: 13915001
Scope and Contents

Reed praises Blincoe's bravery after the loss of her husband. He sends money and promises to send more in the future.

Dates:  November 4, 1889
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  February 28, 1892

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 27
Identifier: 13927001
Scope and Contents

Reed provides details of his personal finances. He relates news of his family, and he makes comments about her children. He offers his opinion regarding the religious revival at his son's school

Dates:  February 28, 1892
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  November 28, 1892

 Item — Box 139: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 29
Identifier: 13929001
Scope and Contents

Reed offers advice for Blincoe's daughter, Laura. He discusses his personal finances, and regrets that he cannot send her money.

Dates:  November 28, 1892
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  April 7, 1893

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 1
Identifier: 14001001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes that he will send money to Blincoe. He asks about her family.

Dates:  April 7, 1893
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  September 27, 1895

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 5
Identifier: 14005001
Scope and Contents

Reed is sorry Blincoe's son, Lemuel, has left home. He gives advice on raising violets.

Dates:  September 27, 1895
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  November 2, 1895

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 6
Identifier: 14006001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes to offer his house to the newlywed couple.

Dates:  November 2, 1895
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  September 19, 1896

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 9
Identifier: 14009001
Scope and Contents

Reed describes his vacation and bicycling. He comments on the upcoming presidential election.

Dates:  September 19, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Laura Reed Blincoe,  May 23, 1899

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 13
Identifier: 14013001
Scope and Contents

Reed discusses personal finances. He will send her money.

Dates:  May 23, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Lemuel S. Reed,  January 18, 1896

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 7
Identifier: 14007001
Scope and Contents

Reed provides details of the Reed family genealogy.

Dates:  January 18, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Lemuel S. Reed,  February 23, 1896

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 8
Identifier: 14008001
Scope and Contents

Reed provides genealogical information on the Reed family. Emilie Lawrence Reed has been with her mother, Hanna Rea Lawrence, after the death of Emilie's youngest brother, Edward F. Lawrence. Reed also comments on the war spirit in Washington.

Dates:  February 23, 1896
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Theobald Smith,  July 19, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 02625001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes concerning B. Icteroides and hog cholera, and the observations of microorganisms. He notes the affected populations' presence in Cuba. He appreciates congratulations for his honorary Harvard degree.

Dates:  July 19, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from W.E. Safford to Henry Rose Carter,  April 24, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025032
Scope and Contents

Safford describes his work and theories on the origins of cultivated plants. He believes that the banana is of Old World origin.

Dates:  April 24, 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 Wenceslao Pareja to Henry Rose Carter,  February 7, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021038
Scope and Contents

Pareja informs Carter that he has never seen a case of espiroquetosis ictero-hemorrhagica (Weil's Disease) in Guayaquil.

Dates:  February 7, 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 W.F. Wilson to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 7, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906028
Scope and Contents

Wilson informs Hench that "Reader's Digest" might be interested in abstracting Hench's "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  January 7, 1942
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