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letters (correspondence)

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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 Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 13, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 39
Identifier: 00339001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that United States Army troops have been withdrawn from Guanajay and Pinar del Rio, although the United States will remain in Cuba for several years until a stable government is established. Lazear hopes to have work in Washington after the Cuban research is finished.

Dates: August 13, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 20, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 40
Identifier: 00340001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes about family plans. He is now working on malaria, and says yellow fever is decreasing in Havana.

Dates: August 20, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, August 27, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 42
Identifier: 00342001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes that he received a telegram announcing his daughter's birth. He hopes for a vacation in the United States in October.

Dates: August 27, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, September 3, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 43
Identifier: 00343001
Scope and Contents

Lazear reports that Mabel Lazear and the baby are well.

Dates: September 3, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, September 10, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 45
Identifier: 00345001
Scope and Contents

Lazear details his plan to return to the United States for a visit. He also discusses improvements to his quarters.

Dates: September 10, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, September 18, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 46
Identifier: 00346001
Scope and Contents

Lazear thanks her for the magazines she sent. He describes his average day.

Dates: September 18, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to George Miller Sternberg, January 13, 1913

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 1
Identifier: uva-lib:2222140
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: January 13, 1913
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse W. Lazear to George Miller Sternberg, January 21, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 2
Identifier: uva-lib:2222141
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: January 21, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jesse William W. to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, May 15, 1890

 Item — Box 1: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 26
Identifier: 00126001
Scope and Contents

Lazear writes to his mother that he has finished packing.

Dates: May 15, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Pedro Nogueira,  November 13, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04509032
Scope and Contents

Jessie Ames writes that she is planning to attend the dedication ceremony at Camp Lazear. She provides Nogueira with a list of names of her three children so that they can receive invitations for the event.

Dates:  November 13, 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 Pedro Nogueira concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 26, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04907029
Scope and Contents

Ames mentions Lambert's devotion to her husband and would like to see Proposition 1 and Proposition 4 passed.

Dates:  May 26, 1956
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 Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 12, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804004
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Ames will send Hench the data concerning her husband. She includes a list of pamphlets in her possession regarding yellow fever.

Dates:  February 12, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa February 12, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804005
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Ames lists pamphlets in her possession regarding yellow fever.

Dates:  circa February 12, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 5, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804009
Scope and Contents

Jessie Ames will send Hench some of her husband's papers. She thinks the success of the yellow fever experiments depended on her husband and that he was not immune while he was nursing the volunteers. She was hurt by Kean and Ireland's lack of support for her husband being honored.

Dates:  March 5, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 2, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804025
Scope and Contents

Ames answers Hench's questions concerning her husband's role at Camp Lazear.

Dates:  April 2, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 6, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804032
Scope and Contents

Jessie Ames informs Hench that she plans to send more documents to Hench.

Dates:  July 6, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 12, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804033
Scope and Contents

Jessie Ames answers Hench's questions concerning her husband's role in the yellow fever experiments. She suggests that Hench contact her sister-in-law for further information on Ames. She states that it is difficult for her to examine the past, but feels that she should as a duty to her children.

Dates:  July 12, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 24, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804042
Scope and Contents

Jessie Ames writes that Hench may keep the fever charts as soon as she gets them back and can send them to him. She thinks the War Department does not have a complete dossier on her husband, and attributes this to carelessness.

Dates:  July 24, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from Jessie Daniel Ames to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 20, 1950

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 05804060
Scope and Contents

Ames comments on the recent deaths of Emilie Lawrence Reed and Kean. She thinks it would be better to exhibit the yellow fever materials at the Mayo Clinic rather than in Charlottesville.

Dates:  September 20, 1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Roger Post Ames

Letter from J.F. Kealy to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 1, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04227001
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, 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