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Mosquitoes

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 991 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  May 14, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: 02016001
Scope and Contents

Reed is unable to help Howard with his mosquito investigation. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 14, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  August 14, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 83
Identifier: 02083001
Scope and Contents

Reed is sending Howard specimens of mosquitoes from Lazear and is planning on seeing Howard in a few days. Included is a listing of the types of mosquitoes. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 14, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  August 24, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 02102001
Scope and Contents

Reed sends Howard more specimens of mosquitoes that Lazear collected in Cuba. Reed is anxious to know the results. Included is a list of the types of mosquitoes collected. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  October 4, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02131001
Scope and Contents

Reed would like one of his assistants, Williamson, to study a specimen of mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 4, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  November 11, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02178001
Scope and Contents

Reed asks Howard to resolve issues around a certain species of mosquito, the C. fasciatus. Reed is apologetic for asking such an obvious question.

Dates:  November 11, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  November 16, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 02201001
Scope and Contents

Reed goes into great detail about the markings of the C. fasciatus and C. taeniatus species of mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 16, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to L. O. Howard,  January 15, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 02419001
Scope and Contents

Reed thanks Howard for sending him Woldert's suggestion about how best to use kerosene in eradicating mosquitoes, and asks for more information concerning the genus of the yellow fever mosquito. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 15, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Wyman to Howard A. Kelly,  November 7, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02731001
Scope and Contents

Wyman forwards references on yellow fever to Kelly.

Dates:  November 7, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Wenceslao Pareja to Wickliffe Rose,  May 29, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03058001
Scope and Contents

Pareja, in this letter translated from Spanish to English, writes to Rose regarding his appointment as Director of Health. He details efforts taken to eliminate yellow fever.

Dates:  May 29, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from W.F. de Niedman to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 4, 1928

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 72
Identifier: 06272005
Scope and Contents

De Niedman offers his recollections of yellow fever work in Cuba, including investigations of Sanarelli's bacillus and sanitary measures undertaken.

Dates:  April 4, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from W.H. Hoffmann to George A. Kellogg,  March 2, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909001
Scope and Contents

Hoffmann requests copies of the Cornwell painting to distribute to tropical disease specialists. He describes his years of yellow fever research and comments on the dangers of epidemic that still exist.

Dates:  March 2, 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

Letter from W.H.W. Komp to Henry Rose Carter,  June 11, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109024
Scope and Contents

Komp writes about mosquito identification.

Dates:  June 11, 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 Wickliffe Rose to Henry Rose Carter,  August 10, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937003
Scope and Contents

Rose apologizes for missing Carter while he was in New York.

Dates:  August 10, 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 Wickliffe Rose to Henry Rose Carter, July 20, 1920

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912012
Scope and Contents

Rose describes plans for yellow fever work in West Africa. He also reports on the situation in Mexico and Central America.

Dates: July 20, 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 Wickliffe Rose to Henry Rose Carter, August 2, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912021
Scope and Contents

Hanson believes the Peruvian epidemic may be over.

Dates: August 2, 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 Wickliffe Rose to Laura Armistead Carter, February 25, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 00904002
Scope and Contents

Rose writes that yellow fever in Peru is controllable but may spread. Henry Rose Carter will stay if needed, but he is unfit for field work.

Dates: February 25, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / 2 letters from Wickliffe Rose to Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Albert E. Truby,  January 2, 1936

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03343001
Scope and Contents

Sawyer inquires about the use of a rhesus monkey in Reed's yellow fever experiments. He questions the accuracy of the "Yellow Jack's" portrayal of Dean.

Dates:  January 2, 1936
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Albert E. Truby,  February 4, 1936

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 45
Identifier: 03345001
Scope and Contents

Sawyer thanks Truby for responding to his letter, and is pleased with Truby's opinion regarding Dean.

Dates:  February 4, 1936
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William C. Rucker to [Hugh S. Cumming],  March 5, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022010
Scope and Contents

Rucker reports on possible cases of yellow fever in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Dates:  March 5, 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 William Crawford Gorgas to Henry Rose Carter,  December 13, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 37
Identifier: 02237001
Scope and Contents

Reed's experiments have convinced Gorgas that the mosquito theory is valid. Gorgas discusses the implications for sanitation and non-immune troops.

Dates:  December 13, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed