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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 Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  July 10, 1899

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 8
Identifier: 14308001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean provides news about yellow fever.

Dates:  July 10, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  March 27, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 10
Identifier: 14310001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about family news and political intrigue in Marianao. She comments on Cuban politics.

Dates:  March 27, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  April 1, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 11
Identifier: 14311001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean mentions a mutiny on the Sedgewick and a reception for Senators at the governor's palace. Either Jefferson Randolph Kean or Gorgas will be named Chief Surgeon of the Department.

Dates:  April 1, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  April 8, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 12
Identifier: 14312001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes to her mother about consultations to secure Jefferson Randolph Kean's position as Chief Surgeon of General Lee's Province.

Dates:  April 8, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  April 26, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 13
Identifier: 14313001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about quarantine and sanitation rules for yellow fever in Cuba, Jefferson Randolph Kean's work in Havana, and her plans to leave Cuba.

Dates:  April 26, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  June 13, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 14
Identifier: 14314001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about daily life in Cuba and cases of yellow fever in Havana and on the Post.

Dates:  June 13, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  November 9, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 25
Identifier: 14325001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean discusses her decision to stay in Cuba and her life at the post. In a postscript she mentions the excitement surrounding the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  November 9, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  November 25, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 28
Identifier: 14328001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about cases of yellow fever and news of the family.

Dates:  November 25, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  December 9, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 29
Identifier: 14329001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes that Jefferson Randolph Kean's stepmother is coming to Cuba. She describes the excitement over the first case of experimental yellow fever at Camp Lazear.

Dates:  December 9, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  December 14, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 30
Identifier: 14330001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about the success of Reed's yellow fever experiments with infected mosquitoes and clothing.

Dates:  December 14, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  February 3, 1901

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 40
Identifier: 14340001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes that Jefferson Randolph Kean is in Washington, D.C. for his promotion exam. She mentions that Ames has contracted yellow fever and that she attended a memorial service for Queen Victoria.

Dates:  February 3, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  April 16, 1901

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 42
Identifier: 14342001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about the use of fumigation against yellow fever, the quarantine in New Orleans, and Jefferson Randolph Kean being placed in charge of the finances for the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  April 16, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  December 7, 1901

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 45
Identifier: 14345001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about the Keans' travels, her daughter's ear infections, and a case of experimental yellow fever.

Dates:  December 7, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young with clipping,  August 28, 1901

 File — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 44
Identifier: uva-lib:2231850
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 28, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Lucian Smith to Henry Rose Carter,  September 29, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01212019
Scope and Contents

Smith explains that there was typing error made in the prior report concerning the first appearance of yellow fever in Ceara, Brazil.

Dates:  September 29, 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 Lucius W. Johnson to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 9, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906043
Scope and Contents

Johnson thanks Hench for the copy of his article.

Dates:  January 9, 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 Lucius W. Johnson to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 26, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04303011
Scope and Contents

Johnson requests permission to use a reproduction of Cornwell's painting “Conquerors of Yellow Fever” for an article he is writing on yellow fever.

Dates:  February 26, 1949
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 Lucius W. Johnson to Philip Showalter Hench, January 19, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04324003
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 19, 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 Lucy Roberts and [?] Roberts to Philip Showalter Hench and Mary Hench with annotations,  October 22, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634022
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:  October 22, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Lucy T. Howard to Mabel Colcord,  January 20, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906069
Scope and Contents

Howard informs Colcord that Hench may see her father's correspondence.

Dates:  January 20, 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