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letters (correspondence)

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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 Mrs. George Carroll to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 19, 1954

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 8
Identifier: 05808026
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Carroll informs Hench that unless he has the written consent from the daughters of the late James Carroll, he will not be permitted to examine any papers.

Dates:  February 19, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Mrs. George S.H. Carroll

Letter from Mrs. George Carroll to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 12, 1954

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 8
Identifier: 05808055
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Carroll describes the presentation of the Finlay medal at the Cuban Embassy. She discusses the behavior of her sisters-in-law before the ceremony. She does not want her sisters-in-law to know that Hench has examined James Carroll's papers.

Dates:  May 12, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Mrs. George S.H. Carroll

Letter from Mrs. George Carroll to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 5, 1954

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 8
Identifier: 05808069
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Carroll is unable to meet with Hench, she is ill and lives with relatives in Maryland. All of James Carroll's papers are stored for safe-keeping. She is anxious to come to an agreement about the papers with her sisters-in-laws because she claims to be fed up with the whole business.

Dates:  November 5, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Mrs. George S.H. Carroll

Letter from Mrs. George Carroll to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 2, 1956

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 8
Identifier: 05808077
Scope and Contents

Mrs. Carroll claims that Hench never returned the papers she loaned to him two years ago. She has lost all interest in the Carroll affair and does not wish to have further contact with Hench regarding the matter. She comments on the credit given to Reed.

Dates:  May 2, 1956
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Mrs. George S.H. Carroll

Letter from Mrs. J.O. Gawne to Philip Showalter Hench, May 10, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 100
Identifier: uva-lib:2232036
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 10, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Mrs. John A. Hall to [s.n.] Murphy,  July 26, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 94
Identifier: 02894001
Scope and Contents

Hall sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 26, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Mrs. John R. Hall to Howard A. Kelly,  July 4, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 88
Identifier: 02888001
Scope and Contents

Hall sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 4, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Mrs. Percival Chrystie to Howard A. Kelly,  July 2, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 87
Identifier: 02887001
Scope and Contents

Chrystie sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 2, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from M.S. Lombard to Henry Rose Carter,  November 17, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003035
Scope and Contents

Lombard requests Carter's advice on possible yellow fever cases.

Dates:  November 17, 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 M.S. Lombard to [Hugh S. Cumming],  September 18, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003017
Scope and Contents

Lombard reports on a possible yellow fever case involving the death of a Spanish seaman. He includes clinical and pathological reports and describes treatment of the vessel and crew.

Dates:  September 18, 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 M.S. Lombard to the Surgeon General of the United States,  September 18, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003023
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:  September 18, 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 Muryle Riley to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122007
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 Myron [s.n.] to Laura Armistead Carter,  May 4, 1931

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01308004
Scope and Contents

Cousin Myron writes that she is using Laura Carter's notes for a biographical sketch of Henry Carter.

Dates:  May 4, 1931
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 M.Z. Bair to Henry Rose Carter,  April 21, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00929013
Scope and Contents

Bair praises the abstracts provided by the Public Health Service. Included is an autograph note from Carter to Mendelsohn.

Dates:  April 21, 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 N. P. Macphail to P. F. Murphy,  December 21, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 38
Identifier: 01138012
Scope and Contents

Macphail gives Murphy some history on the man who died of malaria shortly after leaving a ship in Havana.

Dates:  December 21, 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 N. Paul Hudson to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  November 5, 1936

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 03350001
Scope and Contents

Hudson sends Emilie Lawrence Reed a program from the annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine. He invites her to attend the meeting, where she will be presented with the Walter Reed medal.

Dates:  November 5, 1936
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from N. Paul Hudson to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed program

Letter from N. Paul Hudson to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed program, November 1936

 File — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: uva-lib:2225884
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 1936
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Nadine Hench to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 04434010
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 1952
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 Nancy Lybarger to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 16, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047012
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:  December 16, 1944
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 Nannie Mason Barret to Laura Armistead Carter,  circa 1925-1930

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 01312010
Scope and Contents

Barret offers Laura Carter condolences on the death of Henry Carter and reminisces about him.

Dates:  circa 1925-1930
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