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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:

Draft of letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Royal S. Webster, March 3, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03805004
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his report on the true location of Camp Lazear. He requests additional information from Webster.

Dates: March 3, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Royal S. Webster

Draft of letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Walter M. Simpson,  November 17, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834008
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Simpson a reprint of his yellow fever article in "Hygeia," and thanks Simpson for his help in its publication.

Dates:  November 17, 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

Draft of letter from the Secretary of War to David A. Reed,  March 18, 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 73
Identifier: 03273001
Scope and Contents

The Secretary of War recommends denying the claim of A.S. Pinto, as presented in Senate Bill No. 206.

Dates:  March 18, 1932
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Draft of suggested letter from Royal S. Webster to Philip Showalter Hench, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03805003
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: 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Royal S. Webster

Draft ofWalter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever,  November 17, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 37
Identifier: 04137124
Scope and Contents

This is a draft of the speech on Reed given by Hench at the University of Virginia. The text includes [Hench's?] autograph notes and corrections.

Dates:  November 17, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Drafts ofWalter Reed and the Conquest of Yellow Fever, by Philip Showalter Hench

Drafts ofLife and Letters of Walter Reed, by Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed with related correspondence, circa 1930-1942

 File — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: uva-lib:2229143
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 1930-1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

E. Warren letters from Virginia springs

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0011
Dates: 1837
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Elizabeth Stoddard letters to Ella Farman.

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2020-0020
Dates: circa 1875
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Emilie Lawrence Reed's description of Walter Reed's final illness for Howard A. Kelly,  1922

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 57
Identifier: 14157001
Scope and Contents

As requested by Kelly, [Emilie Lawrence Reed] writes a description of Walter Reed's illness, treatment, and death.

Dates:  1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Emilie Lawrence Reed's recollections of the Reed family cat and other aspects of her family life,  circa 1922

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 56
Identifier: 14156005
Scope and Contents

Emilie Lawrence Reed provides information on Walter Reed's favorite pet and her family life for Kelly.

Dates:  circa 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions / Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to Howard A. Kelly with recollections of her family life

English translation [from French] of a letter from the Governor General of French West Africa to the Director General of the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation,  June 6, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124037
Scope and Contents

The writer thanks the Director for the serum shipments already received and requests more be sent to him in Africa.

Dates:  June 6, 1923
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

English translation [from French] of letter from R. Antonetti to the Director of the Rockefeller Foundation,  November 30, 1922

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124030
Scope and Contents

Antonetti expresses his thanks for the Foundation's help regarding the recent outbreaks of yellow fever in French West Africa.

Dates:  November 30, 1922
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

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Carde to Frederick F. Russell,  October 15, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124004
Scope and Contents

Carde sends Russell copies of reports concerning the yellow fever epidemic in the Sudan, the Ivory Coast, and Dahomey.

Dates:  October 15, 1923
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

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Ferris to the Chief of the Health Service (Porto-Novo),  July 13, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124032
Scope and Contents

Ferris reports on the yellow fever situation in Ouidah (Africa).

Dates:  July 13, 1923
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

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Seguin to the Medical Inspector,  October 27, 1922

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124005
Scope and Contents

Seguin reports on possible yellow fever deaths and public health response in French West Africa.

Dates:  October 27, 1922
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

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Seguin to the Medical Inspector,  October 31, 1922

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124011
Scope and Contents

Seguin reports on possible yellow fever deaths and public health response in French West Africa.

Dates:  October 31, 1922
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

English translation [from French] of letter from [s.n.] Seguin to the Medical Inspector,  February 1, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124015
Scope and Contents

Seguin reports on the use of Noguchi serum and vaccine in French West Africa, and discusses its prophylactic value.

Dates:  February 1, 1923
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

English translation [from Spanish] of a letter from Luis Espinosa y G. Caceres to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 15, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 54
Identifier: 04054004
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:  March 15, 1945
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

English translation [from Spanish] of letter from A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa February 6, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908016
Scope and Contents

Albertini provides Hench with information on Hoffman and Carbonell.

Dates:  circa February 6, 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

English translation [from Spanish] of letter from Aristides Agramonte to Dr. Santos,  February 22, 1912

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03006001
Scope and Contents

Strategy in application and nomination for Nobel Prize. In Spanish with an English translation.

Dates:  February 22, 1912
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Aristides Agramonte to Dr. Santos with English translation