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letters (correspondence)

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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 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from John H. Andrus to John J. Moran,  March 2, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 54
Identifier: 03454001
Scope and Contents

Andrus thanks Moran for the introduction to Hench and is curious about Hench's interest. He relates family news.

Dates:  March 2, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John H. Andrus to John J. Moran,  April 12, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 62
Identifier: 03462001
Scope and Contents

Andrus summarizes his correspondence with the Mayo Clinic physicians for Moran, and he discusses the film “Yellow Jack.” He describes Lambert's physical condition and comments on the New Deal.

Dates:  April 12, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John H. Andrus to John J. Moran,  July 1, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 67
Identifier: 03467001
Scope and Contents

Andrus requests Moran's assistance in getting a bill passed to honor Ames and Lambert.

Dates:  July 1, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 2, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: 03453001
Scope and Contents

Andrus sends Hench his medical history and wonders if his spinal condition is a result of yellow fever.

Dates:  March 2, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench, Letter from David L. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench and aLayman's History of John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 31, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 49
Identifier: 03449002
Scope and Contents

Andrus offers his cooperation in Hench's project and encloses a list of the yellow fever volunteers.

Dates:  January 31, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 23, 1941

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806011
Scope and Contents

Andrus appreciates Hench's input concerning the manuscript Andrus wrote about his own experience as a volunteer in the yellow fever experiments. He discusses the manuscript, entitled “The Tale of a Guinea Pig.” and encloses a copy.

Dates:  February 23, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 26, 1941

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806038
Scope and Contents

Andrus writes that some of the enlisted men thought it highly unlikely that Lazear would have allowed a stray mosquito to bite him. It was known that Carroll was inoculated by mosquito-bite, but not clear if that was the cause of Carroll's disease as he also had been in the epidemic zone. He looks forward to Hench's comments on his manuscript.

Dates:  April 26, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 27, 1941

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806040
Scope and Contents

Andrus informs Hench that his manuscript, which detailed his role in the yellow fever experiments, was rejected by Hearst publications.

Dates:  May 27, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 2, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806068
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...
Dates:  January 2, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 26, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806074
Scope and Contents

Andrus appreciates Hench's comments and offer to review another draft of his manuscript, which he encloses. Andrus would like to see the manuscript published before his death.

Dates:  January 26, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 22, 1942

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05806121
Scope and Contents

Andrus speculates on the location of the original yellow fever charts. He recalls that Reed was quite sick before arriving at Columbia Barracks, in November 1900.

Dates:  February 22, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench, Letter from David L. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench and aLayman's History of John H. Andrus, March 1938

 File — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: uva-lib:2225964
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 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John H. Andrus to Robert P. Cooke,  October 12, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03627003
Scope and Contents

Andrus writes to Cooke with questions regarding the yellow fever experiments and Agramonte's role. Cooke answers the questions in the spaces provided and adds a qualifying note.

Dates:  October 12, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters sent by John H. Andrus

Letter from John H. Andrus to [s.n.] Mitten,  November 3, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834002
Scope and Contents

Andrus discusses the yellow fever experiments and the role played by Lambert, whom he feels deserves more credit.

Dates:  November 3, 1941
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 John H. Andrus to [s.n.] Mitten,  November 3, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834003
Scope and Contents

Andrus discusses the yellow fever experiments and the role played by Lambert, whom he feels deserves more credit.

Dates:  November 3, 1941
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 John H. Walker to H. C. Corbin,  January 16, 1903

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 02712003
Scope and Contents

Walker requests a statement of service regarding Reed. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 16, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to military career of Walter Reed

Letter from John Hay to the Secretary of War,  May 31, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 77
Identifier: 02477001
Scope and Contents

On behalf of the Department of State, Hay requests two copies of Sternberg's circular on yellow fever for the Portuguese Minister.

Dates:  May 31, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John J. Kelly to Albert E. Truby, circa 1910-1960

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 7
Identifier: 06507064
Scope and Contents

Kelly thanks Truby for the information he sent him about Finlay because the Universidad De Villanueva wants to honor him.

Dates: circa 1910-1960
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 John J. Moran to Albert E. Truby,  April 27, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 03413001
Scope and Contents

Moran corrects identifications of individuals in a photograph and describes his military assignments.

Dates:  April 27, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John J. Moran to George A. Kellogg,  October 25, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 29
Identifier: 03829001
Scope and Contents

Moran apologizes to Kellogg for not writing and writes that he has not yet received copies of the Cornwell painting.

Dates:  October 25, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench