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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 Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  June 5, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109013
Scope and Contents

Connor comments on Carter's paper on the epidemiology of yellow fever. Connor discusses his work on malaria and yellow fever in Mexico. He mentions the resignation of Guiteras.

Dates:  June 5, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  June 27, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109048
Scope and Contents

Connor writes that he is using soap as a larvacide in water, and it is proving very effective with Aedes aegypti, but not Culex larvae.

Dates:  June 27, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  July 3, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113002
Scope and Contents

Connor discusses his theories regarding the origins of yellow fever.

Dates:  July 3, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  July 20, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113025
Scope and Contents

Connor discusses his paper on yellow fever, including the use of scrubbed versus unscrubbed water barrels. He believes that the areas of North and Central America should be considered one unit because of modern transportation.

Dates:  July 20, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  August 23, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01114004
Scope and Contents

Connor seeks Carter's advice on whether or not to suspend the yellow fever campaign in Mexico after twelve disease-free months.

Dates:  August 23, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  October 22, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01119011
Scope and Contents

Connor reports to Carter that the Mexican yellow fever campaign is going well, although he has had difficulties with local officials. He agrees that Maracaibo, rather than the larger Colombian towns, is the focal point for yellow fever.

Dates:  October 22, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  July 26, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00934035
Scope and Contents

Connor discusses the campaign against yellow fever in Mexico, which he plans to finish soon. He thanks Carter for the critique of his manuscript.

Dates:  July 26, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  October 11, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003002
Scope and Contents

Connor writes to Carter about his meeting with archeologist Thompson concerning an ancient Mayan storage device. He describes the yellow fever outbreak in Mexico and the difficult working conditions there.

Dates:  October 11, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  December 14, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004026
Scope and Contents

Connor reports on yellow fever in Mexico. He suspects a Caribbean epidemic spreading from Brazil.

Dates:  December 14, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  February 4, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021027
Scope and Contents

Connor reports extensively on the yellow fever campaign in Mexico.

Dates:  February 4, 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

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Henry Rose Carter,  circa 1900-1925

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 01331001
Scope and Contents

Connor describes the progress against yellow fever in Mexico. He would like to have Carter's yellow fever articles translated into Spanish.

Dates:  circa 1900-1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Undated correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from Michael E. Connor to Laura Armistead Carter,  September 17, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228022
Scope and Contents

Connor expresses sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.

Dates:  September 17, 1925
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 Michael E. Connor to Laura Armistead Carter, October 24, 1920

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 23
Identifier: 00823032
Scope and Contents

Connor writes that he has seen Henry Carter and praises his yellow fever work in Peru. He requests two of Carter's reports.

Dates: October 24, 1920
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 Miguel Roldan to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 11, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04701014
Scope and Contents

Roldan is working on a biography of Finlay that will demonstrate Finlay's major role in the discovery of the cause of yellow fever.

Dates:  January 11, 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 Miguel Roldan to the Librarian,  December 7, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620002
Scope and Contents

Roldan requests Hench's book on yellow fever - if there is one. He would also like some biographical information on Hench.

Dates:  December 7, 1953
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 Mildred Bailey to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122006
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:  May 31, 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 Milton Hirschman of Luther M. Cornwall Co. to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 4, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839014
Scope and Contents

Hirschman of Luther M. Cornwall Co. informs Hench which books he can supply for him.

Dates:  December 4, 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 Milton Hirschman to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 12, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839029
Scope and Contents

Hirschman offers a series of reports from the Department of Sanitation of the Isthmian Canal Commission to Hench.

Dates:  December 12, 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 M.J. Rosenau to Henry Rose Carter,  September 30, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01212020
Scope and Contents

Rosenau comments on Carter's "Epidemiology of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  September 30, 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 M.J. Rosenau to Henry Rose Carter,  October 14, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01213014
Scope and Contents

Rosenau thanks Carter for sending him the historical chapter of his book on yellow fever.

Dates:  October 14, 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