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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 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

Letter from John R. Taylor to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 21, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04005014
Scope and Contents

Taylor writes that he will not be able to meet with Hench. However, he feels that his knowledge of the yellow fever experiments would have been of interest to Hench and so offers his services in the future.

Dates:  July 21, 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,  July 28, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04005016
Scope and Contents

Taylor informs Hench that he has additional documents concerning the yellow fever experiments, and that his other information comes from memories of having worked with many of the central figures.

Dates:  July 28, 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,  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 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. Vaughan to Howard A. Kelly,  January 14, 1903

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 62
Identifier: 02662001
Scope and Contents

Vaughan requests that a letter in support of the pension bill be sent to the Washington Post.

Dates:  January 14, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John Russell Mason to Philip Showalter Hench, September 12, 1940

 Item — Box 144: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 8
Identifier: uva-lib:2231881
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: September 12, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from John Russell Mason to Philip Showalter Hench, September 25, 1940

 Item — Box 144: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 12
Identifier: uva-lib:2231885
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: September 25, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from John S. Fulton to Howard A. Kelly,  February 25, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: 02878001
Scope and Contents

Fulton encloses an editorial proof from the Maryland Medical Journal in support of the Carroll pension bill.

Dates:  February 25, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from John S. Fulton to Howard A. Kelly with enclosed clipping

Letter from John S. Fulton to Howard A. Kelly with enclosed clipping, 1907

 File — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 78
Identifier: uva-lib:2225133
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: 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 24, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04609011
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:  April 24, 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 John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 17, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04612008
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:  June 17, 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 John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 2, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04003003
Scope and Contents

Hart describes a recent trip to the Cuban Army Medical Department at Columbia Barracks, and sends Hench a photograph from the trip.

Dates:  June 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

Letter from John W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 18, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04003007
Scope and Contents

Hart refers Hench to men associated with the yellow fever experiments and to publications about the experiments.

Dates:  June 18, 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 W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 30, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04010003
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses the Cornwell yellow fever painting and the response to it in the U.S. Hench wishes that she had uncovered more material from her father's papers, but he thanks her nonetheless for providing information about Agramonte's life in New Orleans and details of his death.

Dates:  November 30, 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 W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 15, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04011001
Scope and Contents

Hart describes his trip to Cuba and Mexico and his meeting with Moran.

Dates:  December 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 W. Hart to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 27, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050002
Scope and Contents

Hart informs Hench that he has become Vice President and General Manager of Winthrop Products. The article on Building No. 1 was written by the medical director of their Cuban organization, not by Hart. However, Hart does plans on writing an article about Camp Lazear.

Dates:  October 27, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear