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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 Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 15, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115024
Scope and Contents

Wood is delighted with the material Hench has sent her for her book on Reed. She comments on the differences between the stories of Kissinger and Moran. She is trying to piece together Reed's early career. She is grateful for his offer to review her manuscript.

Dates:  September 15, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 19, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115051
Scope and Contents

Wood describes the notebook she examined at the New York Academy of Medicine, which is alleged to be Reed's. She thinks it is not Reed's notebook, but does find it interesting that the writer caught mosquitoes near a yellow fever outbreak in Havana and dissected them in the lab. She wonders if it is Lazear's.

Dates:  November 19, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115053
Scope and Contents

Wood thinks the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine may be a disappointment to Hench. She describes how Malloch acquired the notebook.

Dates:  November 24, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 16, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115066
Scope and Contents

Wood tells Hench where Reed was located in the early to mid-1870's. If she returns to New York, she will examine the Lazear notebook and asks if there is anything he would like her to ask Malloch.

Dates:  December 16, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 8, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115075
Scope and Contents

Wood comments on Kelly's implication that Reed had difficulty getting Army approval to go to Johns Hopkins. She has been told that a medical officer in the Navy is also writing about Reed.

Dates:  February 8, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 8, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115083
Scope and Contents

Wood is sending Hench the last third of her manuscript and asks for his comments. She questions why Reed would have needed information about the insect host theory from both Carter and Lazear. She comments on meeting Blossom Reed.

Dates:  March 8, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 16, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115108
Scope and Contents

Wood thanks Hench for comments on her manuscript - responding to some of them - and discusses her work. She used Ashburn's history of the Army Medical Corps for some statistics. Wood insists that Hench write his book on Reed because she feels it will be definitive.

Dates:  March 16, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 23, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115111
Scope and Contents

Wood returns material, which Hench had loaned to her, and discusses her manuscript. The publication delay permits her to do more research on Lazear. Wood comments on a Reed family legend that is almost certainly apocryphal.

Dates:  March 23, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 26, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115113
Scope and Contents

Wood has received oral permission from Blossom Reed to examine copies of Walter Reed's letters, which are in Hench's possession.

Dates:  March 26, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 14, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115119
Scope and Contents

Wood is pleased that Hench has found the Lazear materials. She agrees that she should obtain Blossom Reed's written permission in order to examine copies of Walter Reed's letters.

Dates:  April 14, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 11, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115124
Scope and Contents

Wood comments on Walter Reed's letters and on Blossom Reed's attempts to sell them. She will send Hench a completed manuscript of her book to examine if he has time.

Dates:  May 11, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 20, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115133
Scope and Contents

Wood discusses the upcoming publication of her book. Truby visited recently and gave her more information on the yellow fever experiments. She inquires if Hench knows who first volunteered for the experiments.

Dates:  July 20, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench, circa 1941

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906108
Scope and Contents

Wood provides Wormley's address and informs Hench that Howard is still alive.

Dates: circa 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 Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 23, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04003012
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 23, 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 Lavonne Crissman (secretary of Philip Showalter Hench) to Albert G. Love, August 18, 1952

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 98
Identifier: uva-lib:2232150
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: August 18, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from [Lavonne Crissman] secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, August 22, 1952

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 103
Identifier: uva-lib:2232155
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: August 22, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from [Lavonne Crissman] secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Cornelia Knox Kean, August 22, 1952

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 105
Identifier: uva-lib:2232157
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: August 22, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from [Lavonne Crissman] secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to J.F. Siler, January 20, 1954

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 34
Identifier: uva-lib:2232202
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: January 20, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from [Lavonne Crissman] secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed, August 22, 1952

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 104
Identifier: uva-lib:2232156
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: August 22, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from LaVonne Crissman [secretary to Philip Showalter Hench] to J.F. Siler,  November 2, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: 042230001
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:  November 2, 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