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Found in 1156 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from John R. and Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly,  November 22, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02926025
Scope and Contents

Ida Kissinger discusses John Kissinger's pension and thanks Kelly.

Dates:  November 22, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from John R. Kissinger and Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  November 18, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03106001
Scope and Contents

Kissinger relates his story and political difficulties in obtaining financial support.

Dates:  November 18, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly,  April 1, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02926008
Scope and Contents

Kissinger thanks Kelly for his financial support.

Dates:  April 1, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from John R. Kissinger and Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly

Letter from John R. Vaughan to Howard A. Kelly,  January 14, 1903

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 62
Identifier: 02662001
Scope and Contents

Vaughan requests that a letter in support of the pension bill be sent to the Washington Post.

Dates:  January 14, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John S. Fulton to Howard A. Kelly,  February 25, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02878001
Scope and Contents

Fulton encloses an editorial proof from the Maryland Medical Journal in support of the Carroll pension bill.

Dates:  February 25, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from John S. Fulton to Howard A. Kelly with enclosed clipping

Letter from John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 14, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 49
Identifier: 04349004
Scope and Contents

Hart believes that the only way the Camp Lazear site will be preserved is if the Americans provide funds. However, he is willing to make overtures to his friends in Cuba.

Dates:  August 14, 1950
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 concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear and preservation of Building Number One

Letter from Jose Elias Olivello Lastra to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620011
Scope and Contents

The President of Cuba has awarded Hench the “Orden Nacional de Merito Carlos J. Finlay.”

Dates:  December 1, 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 Jose R. Andreu to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 24, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04131002
Scope and Contents

Andreu informs Hench that Building No. 1 at Camp Lazear has been declared a Cuban national monument. He emphasizes that the Yellow Fever Commission was working to prove Finlay's theory of mosquito transmission. He appreciates the efforts at mutual relations between Cuba and the United States and the Americans' recognition of Finlay's work.

Dates:  April 24, 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 Jose Randin Vergara to Blanca Malaret,  November 14, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: 03715023
Scope and Contents

Vergara provides Malaret with historical information on Havana's Military City, formerly Camp Columbia.

Dates:  November 14, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous notes, lists, and other materials of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jose [S. Vammerial?] to Henry Hanson, June 25, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912010
Scope and Contents

This letter, originally sent by the prefect commander, details the difficulties and economic ramifications of quarantine operations.

Dates: June 25, 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 Joseph A. LePrince to Henry Rose Carter, April 28, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907009
Scope and Contents

LePrince reports on the yellow fever situation in Mexico, where he is conducting mosquito experiments, as well as Griffitts' malaria control work in Alabama.

Dates: April 28, 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 Joseph A. LePrince to Henry Rose Carter,  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 01331005
Scope and Contents

LePrince writes to Carter about the ongoing anti-malaria work and a conference they attended. [enclosed: a note on the use of wave action to control mosquitoes]

Dates:  circa 1900-1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Undated correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Joseph H. McNinch to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 1, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04907002
Scope and Contents

McNinch wants Hench to prepare a list of people whom Hench would like included in his proposal to the Senate.

Dates:  May 1, 1956
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 Joseph H. White to Frederick F. Russell,  January 8, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138008
Scope and Contents

White writes about his field work to control the spread of yellow fever in Brazil.

Dates:  January 8, 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 Joseph H. White to Henry Rose Carter,  January 14, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138015
Scope and Contents

White expresses his relief that Carter's health has improved. He requests a photo and copies of some of Carter's publications for a Brazilian official.

Dates:  January 14, 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 Joseph H. White to the Office of the Surgeon General, June 1, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822030
Scope and Contents

White certifies that Carter has immunity to yellow fever.

Dates: June 1, 1920
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 Joseph H. White to Wickliffe Rose, August 9, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912027
Scope and Contents

White reports that there is no yellow fever in Peru, but that it is vital to continue mosquito controls for a year.

Dates: August 9, 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 Juan D. Castro to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 10, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03607001
Scope and Contents

Castro describes a 1904 history of Las Animas Hospital, by Barnet and Guiteras.

Dates:  September 10, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Julius Kahn to John M. Williamson, January 7, 1902

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 2
Identifier: 00402001
Scope and Contents

Kahn writes that he will assist with Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: January 7, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Laura Wood to James E. Peabody,  February 2, 1942

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304003
Scope and Contents

Wood reports to Peabody about Emilie and Blossom Reed and the illnesses of Andrus and Kissinger. She requests information about the pensions for the participants and their families.

Dates:  February 2, 1942
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