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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 J.B. Harper to Mabel H. Lazear, December 1, 1930

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 69
Identifier: 00469001
Scope and Contents

Harper informs Mabel Lazear that her annuity will now be paid by the Veterans' Bureau.

Dates: December 1, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from J.C. Geiger to Henry Rose Carter, February 26, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818007
Scope and Contents

Geiger writes that he was awarded a Doctor of Public Health degree from Tulane University.

Dates: February 26, 1919
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 J.C. Perry to Henry Rose Carter, April 30, 1918

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00813011
Scope and Contents

Perry sends Carter to Camp Merritt, New Jersey, for anti-malaria work

Dates: April 30, 1918
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 J.C. Perry to Henry Rose Carter, May 25, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 00822028
Scope and Contents

Perry grants Carter a leave of absence.

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 J.E. Harper to Henry Rose Carter, February 11, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803013
Scope and Contents

Harper grants Carter a leave of absence.

Dates: February 11, 1916
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 Jeanne Deinum to Philip Showalter Hench with enclosed speech,Sleuths in Medicine, March 8, 1955

 File — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: uva-lib:2229065
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: March 8, 1955
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Jedediah Tingle to Mabel H. Lazear, June 4, 1927

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 59
Identifier: 00459001
Scope and Contents

"Tingle" decries the lack of recognition of Lazear's heroism and sends some money to Mabel Lazear. The stationery is imprinted with the story of Tingle, a pseudonym used by philanthropists who wish to remain anonymous.

Dates: June 4, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean from Philip Showalter Hench,  March 14, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302027
Scope and Contents

Kean disagrees with Hench's proposal for the yellow fever painting. He also describes Finlay as an honest man but lacking a truly scientific mind.

Dates:  March 14, 1941
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  April 20, 1936

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 79
Identifier: 06279001
Scope and Contents

Kean inquires about Truby's recollections of the circumstances of Lazear's contraction of yellow fever. He informs Truby that the Cubans intended to memorialize the room at Las Animas where Lazear was said to have been bitten. Kean informed them that this was not true.

Dates:  April 20, 1936
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  April 25, 1936

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 79
Identifier: 06279007
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the unjustified claims in the Gorgas biography by Burton Hendrick and Marie Gorgas, relates news of an old acquaintance and of his health, and expresses his sympathy for Cuban sensitivity about Finlay.

Dates:  April 25, 1936
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  May 22, 1936

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 79
Identifier: 06279023
Scope and Contents

Kean thanks Truby for his kind words, and for supporting the "true" story of the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  May 22, 1936
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  November 18, 1936

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 79
Identifier: 06279031
Scope and Contents

Kean describes the centennial celebration of the Army Medical Library and his award of the Order of Finlay from the Cuban Government.

Dates:  November 18, 1936
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  October 21, 1937

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 80
Identifier: 06280003
Scope and Contents

Kean's writes about his surgery for cataracts and provides news of friends and acquaintances.

Dates:  October 21, 1937
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 and Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  August 8, 1940

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 84
Identifier: 06284029
Scope and Contents

Kean promises that he will assist Hench in his research. He suggests that Hench contact Truby for more information.

Dates:  August 8, 1940
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  September 6, 1940

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 84
Identifier: 06284043
Scope and Contents

Kean comments on Truby's manuscript about the yellow fever experiments. He complains that some "rank candidates" are lobbying to be included in the Roll of Honor.

Dates:  September 6, 1940
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  September 30, 1940

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 84
Identifier: 06284075
Scope and Contents

Kean describes answering Hench's questions about the yellow fever experiments. Kean mentions that his wife is upset about his diary being sent through mail for Hench's research, and is afraid it might get lost. He reminisces about his stay in Cuba.

Dates:  September 30, 1940
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  April 10, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302061
Scope and Contents

In evaluating the Reed versus Finlay debate, Kean states that Reed converted a discredited hypothesis into an established doctrine.

Dates:  April 10, 1941
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  August 19, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302071
Scope and Contents

Kean informs Truby that the inscription on the Reed bust has been removed due to objections by the Cubans. Kean offers his opinion of Dominguez' biography of Finlay.

Dates:  August 19, 1941
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 Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  September 19, 1923

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 49
Identifier: 06249001
Scope and Contents

Kean seeks information on J.F. Binnie, an old acquaintance and a patient in Truby's hospital.

Dates:  September 19, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Jefferson Randolph Kean to Albert E. Truby,  circa September 18, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306087
Scope and Contents

Kean discusses the publication of Truby's memoirs.

Dates:  circa September 18, 1941
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