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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
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 Mabel H. Lazear to Philip Showalter Hench, August 6, 1942

 Item — Box 5: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 7
Identifier: uva-lib:2222421
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: August 6, 1942

Letter from [Mabel H. Lazear] to Ralph Cooper Hutchison,  July 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 72
Identifier: 03572001
Scope and Contents

[Mabel Lazear] writes that she will be unable to attend the dedication ceremony at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  July 1940

Letter from Mabel H. Lazear to S.C. Mead, June 26, 1922

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 55
Identifier: 00455017
Scope and Contents

Mabel Lazear expresses gratitude for what the Merchants' Association of New York has done for her.

Dates: June 26, 1922

Letter from Mabel Houston Lazear to James Carroll, November 10, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 76
Identifier: 00376001
Scope and Contents

Mabel H. Lazear asks Carroll for information on the circumstances of Jesse Lazear's death.

Dates: November 10, 1900

Letter from Mabel L. Conat to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 3, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616001
Scope and Contents

Conat informs Hench that William Dean died in Grand Rapids, and that there is no reference to a Dean Bridge in Detroit.

Dates:  September 3, 1940

Letter from Mahlon Ashford to Albert E. Truby,  January 2, 1942

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 10
Identifier: 06310001
Scope and Contents

Ashford, editor of the "Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine," expresses an interest in publishing Truby's book on the yellow fever experiments and informs him that Lazear's missing notebook is not to be found at the Academy library.

Dates:  January 2, 1942

Letter from Manuel Avila to Joseph H. White,  January 18, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022020
Scope and Contents

Avila describes a possible yellow fever case in Mexico.

Dates:  January 18, 1923

Letter from Margaret Deland to James E. Peabody,  June 8, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03119001
Scope and Contents

Deland thanks Peabody for his work for Kissinger. She offers to lobby Congress and sends a check to Ida Kissinger.

Dates:  June 8, 1927

Letter from Margaret H. Lower to Emilie L. Reed,  April 8, 1930

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 40
Identifier: 03240001
Scope and Contents

Lower thanks Emilie Reed for her promised gift of a cross and vases for the nearly completed chapel at Walter Reed Hospital.

Dates:  April 8, 1930

Letter from Margaret H. Lower to Emilie L. Reed with enclosed program,  April 8, 1930

 File — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 40
Identifier: uva-lib:2225747
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:  April 8, 1930

Letter from Margaret H. Lower to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 11, 1930

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 45
Identifier: 03245001
Scope and Contents

Lower informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Chapel has been completed.

Dates:  December 11, 1930

Letter from Margaret Lazear Briggs to Philip Showalter Hench, February 1, 1947

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 7
Identifier: uva-lib:2231943
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: February 1, 1947

Letter from Margaret Lazear Briggs to Philip Showalter Hench, April 23, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 74
Identifier: uva-lib:2232010
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: April 23, 1948

Letter from Margaret Lazear Briggs to Philip Showalter Hench, May 8, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 98
Identifier: uva-lib:2232034
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: May 8, 1948

Letter from Margaret Lazear Briggs to Philip Showalter Hench, July 28, 1948

 Item — Box 66: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 21
Identifier: uva-lib:2230213
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, 1948

Letter from Margaret [?] to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 3, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04717001
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:  July 3, 1954

Letter from Margarita La Rosa to Raymond C. Moore, October 1, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 77
Identifier: 04377001
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 1, 1951

Letter from Margarita La Rosa to Raymond C. Moore, circa October 1, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 77
Identifier: 04377002
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: circa October 1, 1951

Letter from Margeris Hogue to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122020
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 1927

Letter from Maria Q. De Armador to Laura Armistead Carter, January 13, 1913

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 53
Identifier: uva-lib:2222497
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: January 13, 1913