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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 John R. Bullard to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839002
Scope and Contents

Bullard thanks Hench for the copies of his yellow fever article from "Hygeia."

Dates:  December 1, 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 R. Kissinger to Caroline Latimer,  October 1, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: 02905001
Scope and Contents

Kissinger expresses gratitude for the letters supporting him.

Dates:  October 1, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  November 18, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03106001
Scope and Contents

Kissinger relates his story and political difficulties in obtaining financial support.

Dates:  November 18, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly,  March 8, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02926001
Scope and Contents

Kissinger requests an article on yellow fever experimentation from Kelly.

Dates:  March 8, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from John R. Kissinger and Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly,  March 20, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02926003
Scope and Contents

Kissinger writes about his improved finances, his ill health, and his gratitude for the many contributions.

Dates:  March 20, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from John R. Kissinger and Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly,  April 1, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 02926008
Scope and Contents

Kissinger thanks Kelly for his financial support.

Dates:  April 1, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from John R. Kissinger and Ida E. Kissinger to Howard A. Kelly

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Jennie Wilson,  January 30, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02928002
Scope and Contents

Kissinger provides Wilson with his address and relates his circumstances.

Dates:  January 30, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Jennie Wilson on behalf of John R. Kissinger

Letter from John R. Kissinger to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 15, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 9
Identifier: 05909112
Scope and Contents

Kissinger complains about the conflicting stories concerning the yellow fever experiments. He discusses his willingness to participate in the human experiments.

Dates:  March 15, 1941
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

Letter from John R. Paul to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 26, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04331007
Scope and Contents

Paul provides the names and addresses of Filiberto Ramirez Corria and Carlos Ramirez Corria.

Dates:  April 26, 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 John R. Taylor to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 3, 1928

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 72
Identifier: 06272033
Scope and Contents

Taylor sends Kean a booklet on Reed.

Dates:  July 3, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839009
Scope and Contents

Taylor thanks Hench for his letter. He is surprised to hear that Hench is studying the conquest of yellow fever. Taylor informs Hench that he took an active part in the experiments in Cuba.

Dates:  December 1, 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 R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 5, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 03836001
Scope and Contents

Taylor enjoyed Hench's “Conquest of Yellow Fever” and sees nothing in it to correct. He claims that Finlay wrote about the Aedes aegypti mosquito as a means of yellow fever transmission in 1881 and gave the method and technique for experimentation. He details his own involvement as a yellow fever volunteer.

Dates:  December 5, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 6, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839016
Scope and Contents

Taylor thanks Hench for arranging for the Wyeth Company to send him reprints of the yellow fever paintings.

Dates:  December 6, 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 R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 1, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906002
Scope and Contents

Taylor informs Hench that he is the only living American who volunteered, was bitten by an infected mosquito, and nearly died in the Gorgas-Guiteras experiments.

Dates:  January 1, 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 John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 11, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906048
Scope and Contents

Taylor will search his collection for Cuban photographs for Hench.

Dates:  January 11, 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 John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 22, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906073
Scope and Contents

Taylor inquires if Hench has received the photographs he sent.

Dates:  January 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 John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 5, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908011
Scope and Contents

Taylor comments on Sternberg's yellow fever work.

Dates:  February 5, 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 John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 15, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908038
Scope and Contents

Taylor asserts that he was an American citizen at the time of the yellow fever experiments, but has been misidentified in records as an Englishman.

Dates:  February 15, 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 John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 19, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908049
Scope and Contents

Taylor refers Hench to a paper by Sternberg.

Dates:  February 19, 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 John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 2, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909003
Scope and Contents

Taylor discusses the Rockefeller Foundation's strategy of immunization against disease.

Dates:  March 2, 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