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Found in 263 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  May 11, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102021
Scope and Contents

Read thanks Carter for his critique of Vaughn's article, "The Differential Diagnosis of Yellow Fever and Allied Infections." She writes that yellow fever has been confirmed in Colombia and that Brazil has invited in the International Health Board.

Dates:  May 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 Florence M. Read to Henry Rose Carter,  May 14, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102022
Scope and Contents

Read writes that yellow fever has been confirmed in Bucaramanga. White will be leaving for Brazil shortly.

Dates:  May 14, 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 F.M. Boldridge to Henry Rose Carter,  January 20, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 20
Identifier: 01220006
Scope and Contents

Boldridge describes malaria control in South Carolina.

Dates:  January 20, 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 Frederick F. Russell to Henry Rose Carter,  September 26, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01117024
Scope and Contents

Russell writes to Carter that the commission may postpone work in West Africa until yellow fever is under control in Brazil.

Dates:  September 26, 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 with some medical reports

Letter from Frederick F. Russell to Henry Rose Carter,  September 15, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01001018
Scope and Contents

Russell thanks Carter for answering Antonetti's questions. He has no news of more yellow fever cases in Mexico.

Dates:  September 15, 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 Frederick F. Russell to Henry Rose Carter,  September 21, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01001033
Scope and Contents

Russell encloses a letter from Selskar M. Gunn reporting on yellow fever in French West Africa.

Dates:  September 21, 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 George M. Sternberg to the Secretary of War,  March 25, 1898

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 4
Identifier: 14304001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg reports on the prevalence of yellow fever in Cuba. He relates the history of yellow fever epidemics, and provides statistics on yellow fever throughout Cuba.

Dates:  March 25, 1898
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from George Miller Sternberg to Walter Reed,  May 29, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 02024001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg instructs Reed on the numerous experiments he should conduct in the investigation of infectious diseases. Also included are notes by Hench and Truby expressing their personal views of Sternberg's instructions. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  May 29, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from George Parker to Henry Rose Carter,  March 16, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022017
Scope and Contents

Parker describes his malaria education efforts.

Dates:  March 16, 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 George W. Goethals to John J. Moran,  November 18, 1915

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03024001
Scope and Contents

Goethals provides Moran with a transcript of Moran's service record and acknowledges his resignation from the Health Department.

Dates:  November 18, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from G.H. Hazlehurst to Henry Rose Carter,  October 13, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01002012
Scope and Contents

Hazlehurst thanks Carter for his comments on the proposed Alabama public health regulations.

Dates:  October 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 Gustaf E. Lambert to Albert E. Truby,  February 4, 1950

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06501106
Scope and Contents

Lambert promotes the work that Ames did in caring for yellow fever patients during the experiments. He thinks Ames did not get the recognition due him. He also points out that he, Lambert, was the only one who volunteered to care for patients.

Dates:  February 4, 1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Gustaf E. Lambert to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa January 9, 1947

 Item — Box 60: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06001041
Scope and Contents

Lambert corrects a draft of an interview of Lambert by Hench - conducted on June 21, 1946. He also tries to advance his case for being included in the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Dates:  circa January 9, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Gustaf E. Lambert

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 9, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03102002
Scope and Contents

Carroll informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that the Medical Society of Virginia will address his proposal to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Dates:  May 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Henry Hanson to Direccion de Salubridad,  May 18, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 03059037
Scope and Contents

Hanson requests an increase of funds. He discusses his dealings with local authorities and steamship companies.

Dates:  May 18, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Wickliffe Rose, Henry Rose Carter, and Henry Hanson

Letter from Henry Hanson to Frederick F. Russell,  September 13, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01119021
Scope and Contents

Hanson states that he does not think there is yellow fever in Bucaramanga and that the purported cases, which he describes, are not yellow fever.

Dates:  September 13, 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 Henry Hanson to Henry Rose Carter,  September 9, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01117013
Scope and Contents

Hansen writes about his work in Colombia. He has seen no yellow fever in Bucaramanga, although the Stegomyia index is high there as well as along the Magdelena River. He discusses other diseases he has encountered there and notes Dunn's work with mosquitoes.

Dates:  September 9, 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 with some medical reports

Letter from Henry Hanson to Henry Rose Carter,  September 7, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01001002
Scope and Contents

Hanson discusses financial matters and his feelings towards the International Health Board. He comments on Connor and Cumming.

Dates:  September 7, 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 Henry Hanson to the Director of Public Health,  March 30, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 60
Identifier: 03060001
Scope and Contents

Hanson writes about the inappropriate handling of vaccine.

Dates:  March 30, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Henry Hanson

Letter from Henry Hanson to Wickliffe Rose,  April 29, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 03059015
Scope and Contents

Hanson discusses funding issues and a recent yellow fever outbreak.

Dates:  April 29, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Wickliffe Rose, Henry Rose Carter, and Henry Hanson