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letters (correspondence)

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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 F. Smith to Philip Showalter Hench, January 16, 1954

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 32
Identifier: uva-lib:2232200
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 16, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise F. Smith to Philip Showalter Hench, January 21, 1954

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2232203
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 21, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Louise F. Smith to Philip Showalter Hench, July 28, 1958

 Item — Box 66: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 37
Identifier: uva-lib:2230229
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: informed...
Dates: July 28, 1958
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VIII. Miscellany

Letter from Louise Fontaine to Henry [Rose Carter],  December 26, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217042
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates:  December 26, 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 [Louise Young Kean] and Jefferson Randolph Kean to Mrs. Mason Young,  November 18, 1900

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 27
Identifier: 14327001
Scope and Contents

The Keans discuss social events among the army personnel and a move to new quarters. The postscript mentions the reaction of the popular press and the medical journals to the mosquito theory.

Dates:  November 18, 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,  August 28, 1901

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 44
Identifier: 14344001
Scope and Contents

Louise Kean writes about yellow fever research, including the failed experiments of Caldas and Carroll's work.

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 Louise Young Kean to Mrs. Mason Young with clipping

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