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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 Melvin D. Brewer to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 13, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710010
Scope and Contents

Brewer promises to send Hench photographs taken at the Lazear memorial event. He claims that he never received the autographed photographs of Moran and Kissinger.

Dates:  December 13, 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?],  January 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03801024
Scope and Contents

Brewer requests that [Hench?] complete the biographical questionnaire for the Washington and Jefferson Alumni catalogue.

Dates:  January 24, 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

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Albert E. Truby,  December 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 37
Identifier: 03837001
Scope and Contents

Ireland discusses Lazear's laboratory notebook, which is at the New York Academy of Medicine library. He is convinced that Hench will retrieve valuable information from it.

Dates:  December 10, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Albert E. Truby,  August 20, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03258001
Scope and Contents

Ireland mentions Agramonte's death and requests that Truby and Kean write an accurate depiction of Agramonte's and Ames' work with the Yellow Fever Commission. He also describes a trip to France.

Dates:  August 20, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to E.L. Ruffner,  June 18, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01204010
Scope and Contents

Ireland reviews the military career of Jefferson Randolph Kean. He discusses Reed's yellow fever work and the reorganization of the Army Medical Corps.

Dates:  June 18, 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 Merritte W. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 23, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03203001
Scope and Contents

Ireland expresses admiration for Emilie Lawrence Reed and Walter Reed.

Dates:  July 23, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  December 2, 1929

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03219001
Scope and Contents

Ireland sends Emilie Lawrence Reed a map of the Fort Robinson Station, near a butte which has been named for Walter Reed.

Dates:  December 2, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Howard A. Kelly,  April 2, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: 02927001
Scope and Contents

Ireland writes that the New York Merchants' Association will offer assistance to Mabel H. Lazear. Ireland also discusses Kissinger.

Dates:  April 2, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to attempts to secure a pension for John R. Kissinger

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to James E. Peabody, November 16, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 64
Identifier: uva-lib:2225675
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: November 16, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807004
Scope and Contents

Ireland thanks Hench for his manuscript, which he promises to review carefully. He hopes to meet Hench in Washington soon.

Dates:  March 11, 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

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 19, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03808010
Scope and Contents

Ireland informs Hench of his upcoming travel plans.

Dates:  May 19, 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

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 17, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 03820002
Scope and Contents

Ireland thanks Hench for the photographs and copy of his speech. He feels Kissinger should be sent to a Veterans Bureau Hospital, not to Walter Reed Hospital. He refers Hench to a friend, in Washington, who has a suggestion about locating Camp Lazear. He informs Hench that Blossom Reed has recovered well from her illness.

Dates:  July 17, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Merritte W. Ireland

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 8, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03830002
Scope and Contents

Ireland informs Hench that Truby's yellow fever article will be published in the Medical Department Bulletin.

Dates:  October 8, 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

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: 03830004
Scope and Contents

Ireland requests twelve reprints of Hench's article on yellow fever. He reports that Truby has almost finished writing his manuscript, and agrees with Hench that it could be better published by someone other than the Surgeon General's Office.

Dates:  October 22, 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

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 26, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834033
Scope and Contents

Ireland thanks Hench for the reprints of his yellow fever article and reports that Truby's manuscript should be ready to publish soon.

Dates:  November 26, 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

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 24, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04007005
Scope and Contents

Ireland thanks Hench for the book on the Mayos and explains how much he has enjoyed his association with Hench.

Dates:  August 24, 1945
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 Merritte W. Ireland to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 31, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906096
Scope and Contents

Ireland enjoyed Hench's Washington party at the Willard and tells Hench about a visit to Kean.

Dates:  January 31, 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 Merritte W. Ireland to S.C. Mead, June 21, 1922

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 55
Identifier: 00455012
Scope and Contents

Ireland agrees with Mead regarding the annuities of Mabel Lazear and Jennie Carroll.

Dates: June 21, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Correspondence relating Jesse W. Lazear's family

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to S.S. Goldwater,  April 11, 1935

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 32
Identifier: 03332005
Scope and Contents

Ireland recommends Truby for a hospital position, describing his character and experience.

Dates:  April 11, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of S.S. Goldwater

Letter from Merritte W. Ireland to William R. Smith, December 12, 1930

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: uva-lib:2225761
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: December 12, 1930
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed