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letters (correspondence)

 Subject

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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Hugh Cunningham to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122024
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:  May 31, 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 Hugh H. Trout to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 21, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214056
Scope and Contents

Trout informs Hench that an account of Cooke's yellow fever experiences might be published.

Dates:  April 21, 1948
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 Hugh Henry Trout to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 4, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224005
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates:  June 4, 1948
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 Hugh J. Morgan to Philip Showalter Hench, September 1, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 62
Identifier: 04062001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench primarily consists of materials that Hench created or collected while researching the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in this series date from around 1850 to around 1865 with the bulk of the items dating from 1937 to 1960. Researchers who are studying the yellow fever experiments will be particularly interested in the materials (e.g. interviews, autobiographies) that document first-hand accounts of the events surrounding the experiments. Other...
Dates: September 1, 1945
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 Hugh L. Scott to Aristides A. Agramonte, September 20, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2231822
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: September 20, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Hugh L. Scott to Aristides Agramonte, September 20, 1900

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: uva-lib:2224378
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: September 20, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Hugh L. Scott to Harry Frederick Jackson,  January 21, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02426001
Scope and Contents

Scott informs Jackson that a $2 per diem allowance has been approved for Reed and for Carroll. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 21, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Hugh L. Scott to William Crawford Gorgas,  August 15, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 02524001
Scope and Contents

Scott directs Gorgas to increase the funding for Carroll's yellow fever research.

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

Letter from Hugh S. Cumming to George A. Kellogg,  August 1, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906148
Scope and Contents

Cumming approves of the finished Cornwell painting, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  August 1, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Hugh S. Cumming to Henry Rose Carter, May 18, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822023
Scope and Contents

Cumming requests that Carter undergo a physical examination.

Dates: May 18, 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 Hugh S. Cumming to Henry Rose Carter, May 25, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822029
Scope and Contents

Cumming grants Carter permission to attend the annual conference of health officers.

Dates: May 25, 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 Hugh S. Cumming to Howard A. Kelly,  December 22, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124046
Scope and Contents

Cumming thanks Kelly for the gift of his book on Walter Reed and mentions his acquaintance with Reed.

Dates:  December 22, 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 Hugh S. Cumming to Laura Armistead Carter,  October 14, 1925

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01119007
Scope and Contents

Cumming has the impression that Henry Rose Carter told Reed about his extrinsic incubation theory and asks Laura Carter if her father's work influenced Reed. An autograph note by Laura Carter attests to the influence of her father's work on Reed.

Dates:  October 14, 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 Huston Jones to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122009
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:  May 31, 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 H.V. Stirling to Mabel H. Lazear, July 29, 1937

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 77
Identifier: 00477001
Scope and Contents

Stirling informs Mabel Lazear that her pension identification number has been changed.

Dates: July 29, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from H.V. Stirling to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 19, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616014
Scope and Contents

Stirling informs Hench that he is not permitted to disclose Lazear's and Carroll's addresses, but will forward Hench's letter to them.

Dates:  September 19, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from H.W. Rogers to Mabel H. Lazear, June 19, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444031
Scope and Contents

The Paymaster General of the Army designates a payment schedule for the annuity of Mabel Lazear.

Dates: June 19, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters and documents relating to a pension for Mabel H. Lazear

Letter from Ida E. and John R. Kissinger to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 23
Identifier: 03123001
Scope and Contents

The Kissingers thank Emilie Lawrence Reed for the gift of a painting.

Dates:  July 1, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Ida E. and John R. Kissinger to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  October 17, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 37
Identifier: 03137001
Scope and Contents

The Kissingers thank Emilie Lawrence Reed for inviting them to the Belroi dedication.

Dates:  October 17, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Ida E. and John R. Kissinger to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 23, 1944

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 9
Identifier: 05909159
Scope and Contents

Ida Kissinger sends her husband's identifications of the persons in a photograph. She discusses their health problems.

Dates:  December 23, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John R. Kissinger