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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 Mary Standlee to Philip Showalter Hench, June 5, 1951

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 40
Identifier: uva-lib:2232092
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: June 5, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Mary Standlee to Philip Showalter Hench, August 9, 1951

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 47
Identifier: uva-lib:2232099
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 9, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Mary Standlee to Philip Showalter Hench, August 31, 1951

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 50
Identifier: uva-lib:2232102
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 31, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Mary Standlee to Philip Showalter Hench, October 5, 1951

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 53
Identifier: uva-lib:2232105
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: October 5, 1951
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Mary W. Standlee to Philip Showalter Hench, November 19, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04727014
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 19, 1954
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 Maud MacLachlan to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 20, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03120002
Scope and Contents

MacLachlan writes about a high school memorial day in honor of Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 20, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Sally Lucas Jean and Maud MacLachlan to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from May Daniel to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122037
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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Albert E. Truby,  June 29, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 66
Identifier: 03466001
Scope and Contents

Ravenel thanks Truby for the photograph. An autograph note by Truby identifies Ravenel as one of his professors at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dates:  June 29, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Hugh S. Cumming,  October 27, 1925

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01119008
Scope and Contents

Ravenel discusses the influences of Henry Rose Carter's extrinsic incubation theory and Finlay's mosquito theory on Reed's work.

Dates:  October 27, 1925
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 Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  August 3, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269042
Scope and Contents

Ravenel offers his opinions about Gorgas.

Dates:  August 3, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 23, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269046
Scope and Contents

Ravenel refers to an article by Russell concerning the sanitation campaign in Havana (1900). In an autograph note, [Kean] writes that Ravenel has misunderstood Russell.

Dates:  September 23, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 1, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269049
Scope and Contents

Ravenel informs Kean that he has written a review of a biography of Carter for "The American Journal of Public Health."

Dates:  October 1, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  October 27, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269053
Scope and Contents

Ravenel comments on factual errors in the Russell article about Gorgas' sanitation work.

Dates:  October 27, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from Mazyck P. Ravenel to William S. Thayer,  April 26, 1926

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01238003
Scope and Contents

Ravenel writes that he doubts the influence of Carter's work on Reed. He believes Reed was inspired by Finlay.

Dates:  April 26, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran,  October 9, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03624002
Scope and Contents

Brewer thanks Moran for the photograph and other information.

Dates:  October 9, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran and letter from Georgia S. Sutter to Mrs. John Moran

Letter from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran,  December 10, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710026
Scope and Contents

Brewer requests that Moran autograph a picture of himself for Hench, to replace the one that has been lost. Moran has been made an honorary alumnus of Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  December 10, 1940
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

Letter from Melvin D. Brewer to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 7, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634006
Scope and Contents

Brewer requests a photograph of Hench to help publicize the presentation of Hench's honorary degree.

Dates:  October 7, 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 Melvin D. Brewer to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 9, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634012
Scope and Contents

Brewer requests a copy of Hench's speech for publication in newspapers.

Dates:  October 9, 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 Melvin D. Brewer to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 2, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03705014
Scope and Contents

Brewer has sent Hench copies of the Washington and Jefferson College program and will send photographs, a film, and souvenir cake plates as soon as possible.

Dates:  November 2, 1940
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 Melvin D. Brewer to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 25, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03705016
Scope and Contents

Brewer will send Hench more photographs from the Lazear memorial event. He notes that he cannot find the autographed photographs of Moran and Kissinger.

Dates:  November 25, 1940
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