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Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 12, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345006
Scope and Contents

Siler describes Kean's medical condition up to his death and notes that there was a beautiful service followed by burial at Monticello. He discusses Blossom Reed's health and financial situation.

Dates:  September 12, 1950
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 13, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345008
Scope and Contents

Siler provides more details concerning Kean's medical condition before his death. Siler will confer with Lawrence Reed about Blossom's house in Pennsylvania, but believes it has been rented, and that she is to live with Lawrence after her discharge from the hospital.

Dates:  September 13, 1950
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 22, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345013
Scope and Contents

Siler informs Hench that members of the Reed Memorial Association will meet with Sidney Wallach to discuss his proposed publicity campaign. He regrets that Hench will be unable to attend the Association meeting, and offers to change the date to accommodate him.

Dates:  September 22, 1950
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 4, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 46
Identifier: 04346001
Scope and Contents

Siler inquires if Hench might be able to attend a meeting of the Reed Memorial Association on his return home from Europe after receiving the Nobel Prize.

Dates:  November 4, 1950
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 17, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: 04353004
Scope and Contents

Siler sends Hench photographs of the plaque placed on the building where Reed died. He congratulates Hench for being awarded the Nobel prize and hopes that he will be able to attend this year's Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting.

Dates:  January 17, 1951
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 6, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 56
Identifier: 04356001
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:  February 6, 1951
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 27, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603053
Scope and Contents

Siler enjoyed reading Hench's report on the Camp Lazear dedication. He is sorry that Streit, who has been in the hospital, could not attend the ceremony. The monthly payment to Blossom Reed has been increased to $100.

Dates:  January 27, 1953
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 J.F. Siler to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 28, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 73
Identifier: 04373019
Scope and Contents

Siler informs Hench that nothing special is coming up at the annual meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. Since Hench will be unavailable this time, he hopes to see him at next year's meeting.

Dates:  September 28, 1951
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 J.G. Woods to James E. Peabody,  February 16, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 03328001
Scope and Contents

Woods sends Peabody a transcription of a 1914 letter from Henry Cabot Lodge to Theodore Roosevelt.

Dates:  February 16, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from J.G. Woods to James E. Peabody with enclosed excerpts and transcriptions

Letter from J.G. Woods to James E. Peabody with enclosed excerpts and transcriptions, 1935

 File — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: uva-lib:2225849
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: 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from J.H. Linson to Henry Rose Carter,  December 4, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217003
Scope and Contents

Linson reports that Long has no knowledge of bubonic or pneumonic plague epidemics on ships.

Dates:  December 4, 1924
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.H.L. Cumpston to Henry Rose Carter with pamphlet, October 12, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2223754
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: October 12, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from J.J. Perlitt to Henry Rose Carter, January 21, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903006
Scope and Contents

Perlitt sends Carter a check.

Dates: January 21, 1921
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.L. Ahrendts to [Philip Showalter Hench],  May 22, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04002009
Scope and Contents

Ahrendts informs [Hench] that Pinto claims to have been the first person inoculated by Lazear.

Dates:  May 22, 1942
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 J.L. Byrd to Henry Rose Carter,  July 12, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 01111001
Scope and Contents

Byrd tells Carter that long mosquito flights did not cause a great increase in malaria in Colon. He thinks the reopening of the Canal Zone to agriculturists will result in increased malaria. He sends Carter his paper detailing anti-malarial operations.

Dates:  July 12, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter from J.L. Byrd to Henry Rose Carter with report

Letter from J.L. Byrd to Henry Rose Carter with report, June 12, 1924

 File — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: uva-lib:2223365
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: June 12, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from J.N. Armstrong to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, May 26, 1913

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 47
Identifier: 00447001
Scope and Contents

Armstrong requests biographical material on her son, Jesse Lazear, for a college reunion event.

Dates: May 26, 1913
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Jno [John] H. Smith to Henry Rose Carter,  May 10, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102019
Scope and Contents

Smith provides detailed information on the steamer traffic between South America, Asia and Australia.

Dates:  May 10, 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 J.O. Cobb to Laura Armistead Carter,  September 17, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228021
Scope and Contents

Cobb express his sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.

Dates:  September 17, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from J.O. Gawne to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 26, 1955

 Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04803015
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:  January 26, 1955
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