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Letter from Maria Teresa Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 21, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04513012
Scope and Contents

Rojas thanks Hench for arranging Rath's visit and is sure he will be able to advise her on preserving the Finca San Jose. Rath felt that the restoration of Building No. 1 would be very expensive. Saladrigas informed her that the Cuban government would not add to the $25,000 supplied by the previous administration. Rojas discusses the political situation involving Nogueira and the present government.

Dates:  May 21, 1952
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 with Maria Teresa Rojas and Lydia Cabrera concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear

Letter from Maria Teresa Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 23, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04513015
Scope and Contents

Rojas sends Hench photographs of the Camp Lazear work. She has heard that the mayor of Marianao is involved with the project.

Dates:  June 23, 1952
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 with Maria Teresa Rojas and Lydia Cabrera concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear

Letter from Maria Teresa Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 17, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: 04615005
Scope and Contents

Rojas writes that she would like Hench to receive the Grand Cross of Finlay. She comments on the recent political unrest in Cuba.

Dates:  August 17, 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 Maria Teresa Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 20, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619021
Scope and Contents

Rojas informs Hench that he can receive the medal anytime he comes to Havana.

Dates:  November 20, 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 Marie C. Oemler to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  March 12, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 03148001
Scope and Contents

Oemler thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the works of Walter Reed.

Dates:  March 12, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Marie D. Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 5, 1924

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 52
Identifier: 06252001
Scope and Contents

Marie Gorgas thanks Kean for his informative letter. She is currently collaborating with Hendrick on a biography of Gorgas.

Dates:  March 5, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Marie D. Gorgas to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 19, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 68
Identifier: 06268001
Scope and Contents

Marie Gorgas writes to Kean that she regrets his disapproval of her biography of William Crawford Gorgas. [Kean] appends a note chastising the authors of the biography for failing to correct errors called to their attention six months before publication.

Dates:  March 19, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Mary Fishback to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 30, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03601010
Scope and Contents

Fishback writes that there was very little newspaper coverage of Reed's paper on the transmission of yellow fever, which was presented at the 1900 Public Health Association meeting.

Dates:  August 30, 1940
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 Mary L. Penrose to Howard A. Kelly,  circa July 5, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931025
Scope and Contents

Penrose sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  circa July 5, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Mary L. Spooner to Howard A. Kelly,  circa July 4, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931018
Scope and Contents

Spooner sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  circa July 4, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from Mary Louise Marshall to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839004
Scope and Contents

Marshall encloses a list of references of descriptive material on the yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans.

Dates:  December 1, 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 Maud MacLachlan to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 20, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03120002
Scope and Contents

MacLachlan writes about a high school memorial day in honor of Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 20, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Sally Lucas Jean and Maud MacLachlan to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from May Daniel to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122037
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 3, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269042
Scope and Contents

Ravenel offers his opinions about Gorgas.

Dates:  August 3, 1925
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 Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 23, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269046
Scope and Contents

Ravenel refers to an article by Russell concerning the sanitation campaign in Havana (1900). In an autograph note, [Kean] writes that Ravenel has misunderstood Russell.

Dates:  September 23, 1925
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 Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 1, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269049
Scope and Contents

Ravenel informs Kean that he has written a review of a biography of Carter for "The American Journal of Public Health."

Dates:  October 1, 1925
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 Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 27, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269053
Scope and Contents

Ravenel comments on factual errors in the Russell article about Gorgas' sanitation work.

Dates:  October 27, 1925
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 Mazyck P. Ravenel to William S. Thayer,  April 26, 1926

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01238003
Scope and Contents

Ravenel writes that he doubts the influence of Carter's work on Reed. He believes Reed was inspired by Finlay.

Dates:  April 26, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran,  December 10, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710026
Scope and Contents

Brewer requests that Moran autograph a picture of himself for Hench, to replace the one that has been lost. Moran has been made an honorary alumnus of Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  December 10, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran,  October 9, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03624002
Scope and Contents

Brewer thanks Moran for the photograph and other information.

Dates:  October 9, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran and letter from Georgia S. Sutter to Mrs. John Moran