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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 Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby,  July 24, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 64
Identifier: 03564005
Scope and Contents

Hench assures Truby that he will not use his material without permission and asks for background notes.

Dates:  July 24, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby,  August 3, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03575001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Truby for his recollections of Jesse Lazear and the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  August 3, 1940
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 Albert E. Truby

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby,  August 26, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03575002
Scope and Contents

Hench encloses a draft of his manuscript with specific questions for Truby to answer.

Dates:  August 26, 1940
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 Albert E. Truby

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby,  September 5, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03603001
Scope and Contents

Hench seeks the source of Truby's information about Lazear's illness. He informs Truby about the upcoming Lazear memorial event.

Dates:  September 5, 1940
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 Albert E. Truby

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby,  October 1, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03622001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Truby for his map notations.

Dates:  October 1, 1940
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 Albert E. Truby

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby,  October 16, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03622006
Scope and Contents

Hench describes valuable details on the yellow fever experiments he found in Agramonte's papers. Hench believes, along with Kean, that Agramonte has been treated unjustly.

Dates:  October 16, 1940
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 Albert E. Truby

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 18, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302034
Scope and Contents

Hench wonders if Agramonte was with Lazear at his death because Carroll claimed that Agramonte had left three days earlier.

Dates:  March 18, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean,  December 23, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 7
Identifier: 06307117
Scope and Contents

Hench has received microfilm of the notebook found at the New York Academy of Medicine and has recognized Lazear's and Reed's handwriting. The contents include case reports of sick soldiers, electrozone experiment notes, observations of non-experimental and experimental yellow fever cases, and notes about mosquitoes. The notebook shows that Lazear was working with mosquitoes even before the Yellow Fever Board was created.

Dates:  December 23, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert E. Truby [annotated by Albert E. Truby], January 9, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 40
Identifier: uva-lib:2231976
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: January 9, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  August 6, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506001
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that still has faith in Nogueira, but thinks the American Embassy in Cuba and the Surgeon General should become involved if it is discovered that the Cubans plan to dedicate Camp Lazear and Building No. 1 with new names.

Dates:  August 6, 1952
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 George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  August 12, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506002
Scope and Contents

Hench asks Love to check into the [Cuban] situation, since Siler is ill.

Dates:  August 12, 1952
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 George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  August 12, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506003
Scope and Contents

Hench stresses the importance of the final name for the Camp Lazear site. He also thinks it is important that the Army medical department and the State Department have representatives at the ceremony. Hench requests that Love contact Siler and Lawrence Reed to find out if they plan to attend the ceremony.

Dates:  August 12, 1952
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 George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  November 17, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506039
Scope and Contents

Hench regrets that he will be unable to attend the meeting of the Walter Reed Memorial Association. However, he will report to the Association on the Camp Lazear dedication.

Dates:  November 17, 1952
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 George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  September 30, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 04616003
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:  September 30, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  June 15, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 04716019
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:  June 15, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  December 7, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 84
Identifier: 04384001
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 7, 1951
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 Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  November 19, 1951

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04401013
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Love that he will not be able to attend the Walter Reed Memorial Association meeting. He writes that he is going to make one more effort [to memorialize Camp Lazear] when he returns to Cuba in several months.

Dates:  November 19, 1951
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 concerning the preservation of Building Number One at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love,  March 22, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04420017
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 22, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Albert G. Love and J.F. Siler,  November 4, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506032
Scope and Contents

Hench requests that Love and Siler contact the editors of two military journals and encourage them to cover the dedication of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  November 4, 1952
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 George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  April 30, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 03543001
Scope and Contents

Hench seeks information on a photograph taken at the presumed site of Camp Lazear or Camp Columbia.

Dates:  April 30, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench