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1929-07-07 [03201001] :
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Letter from John J. Moran to James E. Peabody, July 7, 1929
Moran thanks Peabody for his efforts in campaigning for compensation for the volunteers. Moran is hesitant to grant Agramonte compensation since he is healthy and, because of being Cuban, was immune from all dangers. Also included is a brief history of Moran's involvement with the yellow fever experiments.
1929-07-08 [03202001] :
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Letter from Frederick F. Russell to Emilie Lawrence Reed, July 8, 1929
Russell writes that he knew Walter Reed and values his work. He informs her that the Rockefeller Foundation has pursued yellow fever eradication since 1918.
1929-07-23 [03203001] :
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Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed, July 23, 1929
Ireland expresses admiration for Emilie Lawrence Reed and Walter Reed.
1929-08-10 [03204001] :
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Letter from William G. Harrison to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 10, 1929
Harrison seeks artifacts of Walter Reed for the Vanderbilt University Medical Department.
1929-00-00 [03204002] :
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Letter from William G. Harrison to Emilie Lawrence Reed, [1929]
Harrison thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for donating her husband's letter. He inquires if she has anything else she would like to contribute to the Vanderbilt University Medical School Museum.
1929-08-14 [03205001] :
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Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 14, 1929
Kean vouches for Harrison and urges Emilie Lawrence Reed to make a donation to Vanderbilt University.
19**-08-22 [03206001] :
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Letter from Elizabeth L. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 22, [19--]
Ireland thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the gift and the visit to Blue Ridge Summit.
1929-08-27 [03207001] :
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Memorandum from Jefferson Randolph Kean, August 27, 1929
Kean lists the yellow fever experiment participants included in the Roll of Honor.
1929-08-30 [03208001] :
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Letter from Frederick V. Coville to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 30, 1929
Coville offers gardening advice to Emilie.
1929-09-10 [03209001] :
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Letter from William G. Harrison to Emilie Laurence Reed, September 10, 1929
Harrison thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the gift of a Bible.
1929-09-14 [03210001] :
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Letter from Landon Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed, September 14, 1929
Landon Reed writes about her husband Lawrence Reed's promotion to post inspector.
1929-09-00 [03210002] :
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Letter from Landon Reed to Blossom Reed, [September 1929]
Landon Reed writes to Blossom Reed about the family cats.
1929-09-30 [03211001] :
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Letter from W.S. Leathers to Emilie Lawrence Reed, September 30, 1929
Leathers thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the donation of Walter Reed's letter and Bible to the Vanderbilt University Museum of Medical History.
1929-09-17 [03212001] :
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Letter from Richard M. Hewitt to the Editor, New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal, September 17, 1929
Hewitt writes about the 1878 New Orleans yellow fever outbreak and Carter's work on the transmission of yellow fever.
1929-10-22 [03213001] :
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Letter from S.F. Blake to Emilie Lawrence Reed, October 22, 1929
Blake identifies Emilie Lawrence Reed's botanical specimen.
1929-10-22 [03214001] :
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Interview with Merritte W. Ireland, by [Jessie Daniel Ames], October 22, 1929
Ireland refuses to include Ames among the yellow fever heroes. He minimizes Ames' role in the yellow fever work, and advises [Jessie Daniel Ames] to give up in her attempt to have him honored.
1929-11-18 [03217001] :
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Letter from [James E. Peabody] to Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, November 18, 1929
[Peabody] thanks Wainwright for his support of the bill to honor the yellow fever experiment participants. Peabody is delighted that Agramonte was included, and glad that Marie Gorgas was not.
1929-11-19 [03218001] :
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Letter from C.H. Bridges to Jessie Daniel Ames, November 19, 1929
Bridges provides the official military record of Roger Ames' work in Cuba.
1929-12-02 [03219001] :
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Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed, December 2, 1929
Ireland sends Emilie Lawrence Reed a map of the Fort Robinson Station, near a butte which has been named for Walter Reed.
1929-12-16 [03220001] :
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Letter fragment from [Laura Armistead Carter] to Frederick F. Russell, December 16, 1929
[Laura Carter] writes to Russell concerning her planned completion of her father's unfinished history of yellow fever.
1929-12-18 [03221001] :
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Letter from [James E. Peabody] to George Kellogg, December 18, 1929
[Peabody] reports on the status of the Congressional campaign to honor the yellow fever heroes, and enlists Kellogg's help in the effort.
1929-12-29 [03222001] :
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Letter from [James E. Peabody] to Clara, Richard, and George [Peabody?], December 29, 1929
[Peabody] describes his trips related to his campaign to honor the yellow fever heroes through an Act of Congress.
1929-00-00 [03224001] :
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Report: National Honors for the Yellow Fever Heroes, by [Robert M. O'Reilly], [1929]
This report chronicles the path to recognition for the members of the Yellow Fever Board, beginning with a 1906 letter from Theodore Roosevelt.
1930-01-13 [03229001] :
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Letter from Dorothy Blondel to John J. Moran, January 13, 1930
Blondel, on behalf of the New York Association of Biology Teachers, congratulates Moran for his yellow fever work.
1930-01-29 [03230001] :
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Letter from Patrick J. Hurley to Morris Sheppard, January 29, 1930
Secretary of War Hurley summarizes Ames' service record, concluding that Ames does not merit inclusion in the yellow fever roll of honor. He suggests that Sheppard turn over any additional official papers to the War Department.
1930-01-31 [03231001] :
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Letter from [Morris Sheppard] to Patrick J. Hurley, January 31, 1930
[Sheppard] clarifies his statements regarding Ames' service with the Yellow Fever Board, in Cuba.
1930-01-31 [03232001] :
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Letter from Morris Sheppard to Jessie Daniel Ames, January 31, 1930
Sheppard informs Jessie Ames of the results of his correspondence with Secretary of War Hurley concerning her husband.
1930-02-08 [03233001] :
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Letter from Patrick J. Hurley to Morris Sheppard, February 8, 1930
Hurley confirms that Ames contracted yellow fever in Cuba, but reiterates that Ames did not take part in the actual experiments of the Yellow Fever Board.
1930-02-11 [03234001] :
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Letter from Morris Sheppard to Jessie Daniel Ames, February 11, 1930
Sheppard forwards a letter from Patrick J. Hurley, Secretary of War, to Jessie Ames, which confirms that her husband contracted yellow fever in Cuba. Sheppard writes that he will continue to work for a bill recognizing Ames' service.
1930-03-05 [03235001] :
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Letter from C.H. Bridges to Emilie Lawrence Reed, March 5, 1930
Bridges informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that Walter Reed is listed on the Roll of Honor, published in the 1930 Army Register.
1930-04-08 [03240001] :
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Letter from Margaret H. Lower to Emilie L. Reed, April 8, 1930
Lower thanks Emilie Reed for her promised gift of a cross and vases for the nearly completed chapel at Walter Reed Hospital.
1930-05-27 [03241001] :
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Answers to questions propounded by Jessie Daniel Ames, by Aristides Agramonte, May 27, 1930
Agramonte answers Mrs. Ames' questions concerning her husband's actions and responsibilities with the yellow fever board in Cuba.
1930-05-27 [03241002] :
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Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Jessie Daniel Ames, May 27, 1930
Agramonte informs Mrs. Ames about her husband's actions and responsibilities with the yellow fever board in Cuba, enclosing answers to questions she has posed.
0000-00-00 [03241004] :
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Transcript of letter fragment from John H. Andrus, [n.d.]
Andrus answers questions about Ames and mentions the kindness of Lambert.
1930-08-24 [03243001] :
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Memorandum for Wade Hampton Frost, August 24, 1930
This document lists acknowledgments to be included in Carter's "History of Yellow Fever."
1930-08-24 [03243003] :
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Memorandum to Wade Hampton Frost, August 24, 1930
This document lists illustrative material to be included in Carter's "History of Yellow Fever," for which permissions to reproduce will be required.
1930-11-15 [03244001] :
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Letter from Lawrence T. Royster to Emilie Lawrence Reed, November 15, 1930
Royster thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the copy of Gorgas' book and the letter to Walter Reed. He enjoyed her visit.
1930-12-11 [03245001] :
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Letter from Margaret H. Lower to Emilie Lawrence Reed, December 11, 1930
Lower informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Chapel has been completed.
1930-12-24 [03247001] :
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Letter from Lawrence T. Royster to Emilie Lawrence Reed, December 24, 1930
Royster informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that he has spoken with President Alderman, of the University of Virginia, about obtaining either a portrait or a bust of Walter Reed.
19**-00-00 [03249001] :
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Memorandum from L.O. Howard, [19--]
Howard reflects on his lifetime of work with mosquitoes. He includes a transcript of a January 13, 1901 letter from Walter Reed describing the success of Reed's experiments. A transcript of a February 20, 1902 letter from Ronald Ross discusses Ross' work in Africa.
1930-00-00 [03250001] :
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Report Excerpt: A History of Applied Entomology, by L.O. Howard, 1930
Howard discusses his work on mosquito theory.
1931-02-14 [03252001] :
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Letter from Helen Crone Nolte to Emilie Lawrence Reed, February 14, 1931
Nolte requests permission to name a son after Walter Reed.
1931-02-18 [03253001] :
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Letter from Edwin Anderson Alderman to Emilie Lawrence Reed, February 18, 1931
Alderman thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for her gift of a replica of a Walter Reed bust by Schuler.
1931-03-07 [03254001] :
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Letter from Gertrude B. Updegraff to Emilie Lawrence Reed, March 7, 1931
Updegraff enjoyed meeting Emilie Lawrence Reed in Washington, D.C. She describes trips to Detroit, Albany, and home to Trenton, N.J.
1931-03-09 [03255001] :
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Letter from Wilburt C. Davison to Emilie Lawrence Reed, March 9, 1931
Davison invites Emilie Lawrence Reed to attend the dedication of Duke University Hospital. He lists the wards named for distinguished physicians, including one named for Walter Reed.
1931-03-16 [03255002] :
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Letter from Wilburt C. Davison to Emilie Lawrence Reed, March 16, 1931
Davison is disappointed that Emilie Lawrence Reed cannot attend the dedication of Duke University Hospital.
1931-08-20 [03258001] :
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Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Albert E. Truby, August 20, 1931
Ireland mentions Agramonte's death and requests that Truby and Kean write an accurate depiction of Agramonte's and Ames' work with the Yellow Fever Commission. He also describes a trip to France.
1931-09-00 [03262001] :
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Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to Herbert S. Hollander, September 1931
Emilie Lawrence Reed expresses her appreciation for Hollander's newspaper article on Walter Reed.
1931-09-23 [03262003] :
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Letter from Herbert S. Hollander to Emilie Lawrence Reed, September 23, 1931
Hollander gratefully acknowledges Emilie Lawrence Reed's letter.
1931-10-06 [03263001] :
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Letter from Oren Britt Brown to Emilie Lawrence Reed, October 6, 1931
Brown sends Emilie Lawrence Reed an article on the Congressional gold medal awarded to Walter Reed. He has heard of the progress on Blossom's new house.
1931-12-07 [03264001] :
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Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to Albert E. Truby, December 7, 1931
Howard requests an interview with Truby to learn about Reed's character and personality for a play he is writing about the Yellow Fever Commission.
1931-12-19 [03264002] :
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Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to Albert E. Truby, December 19, 1931
Howard confirms his appointment with Truby.
1931-12-22 [03265001] :
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Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran, December 22, 1931
Howard requests an interview with Moran in order to inquire about the yellow fever experiments. Howard is writing a play about the work of the Yellow Fever Commission entitled "Yellow Jack."
1932-01-12 [03269001] :
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Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran, January 12, 1932
Howard requests an interview with Moran.
1932-01-18 [03270001] :
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Telegram from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran, January 18, 1932
Howard thanks Moran for his letter and cable.
1932-01-22 [03270002] :
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Telegram from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran, January 22, 1932
Howard writes that he will meet Moran in Havana.
1932-02-04 [03271001] :
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Letter from Sidney Coe Howard to John J. Moran, February 4, 1932
Howard thanks Moran for his visit.
1932-03-09 [03272001] :
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Memorandum from Albert E. Truby to the Surgeon General, March 9, 1932
Truby states his opinion, with Kean's concurrence, regarding qualifications for inclusion in the yellow fever roll of honor. He refers to the paper written by Walter Reed et al., "The Etiology of Yellow Fever - A Preliminary Note," and he recommends A.S. Pinto not be included in the roll of honor.
1932-03-18 [03273001] :
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Draft of letter from the Secretary of War to David A. Reed, March 18, 1932
The Secretary of War recommends denying the claim of A.S. Pinto, as presented in Senate Bill No. 206.
1932-00-00 [03275003] :
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Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to Ralph Rohrer Whittaker, [1932]
Emilie Lawrence Reed thanks Whittaker for the sentiments expressed in his address "Unsung Heroes," and inquires if he knows the location of a church window dedicated to Christ, Florence Nightingale, and Walter Reed.
1932-06-26 [03275010] :
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Letter from Richard B. Ritchey to Emilie Lawrence Reed, June 26, 1932
Ritchey sends Emilie Lawrence Reed a copy of Whittaker's article on Reed and yellow fever.
1932-00-00 [03275011] :
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Article: Unsung Heroes, by Ralph Rohrer Whittaker, [1932]
Whittaker describes the yellow fever experiments and praises Reed and the volunteers.
1932-10-06 [03276001] :
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Letter from P.R. Hawley to Emilie Lawrence Reed, October 6, 1932
Hawley invites Emilie Lawrence Reed to be the guest of honor at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting.
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