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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 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

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  January 3, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603002
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Recio for his courtesies, including paying Hench's hotel bill, when Hench was in Cuba for the Camp Lazear dedication. He requests a copy of Recio's speech given at the ceremony. Hench suggests enclosing Building No. 1 and using part of the structure as a pubic health center.

Dates:  January 3, 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 Alberto Recio,  December 23, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839043
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires whether the true site of Camp Lazear was ever surveyed. He wonders whether Ramos is still Minister of Defense and is still interested in the memorialization of Camp Lazear, since Hench heard that the entire Cuban cabinet resigned.

Dates:  December 23, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  May 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03841003
Scope and Contents

Hench hopes that the sites affiliated with the conquest of yellow fever will be memorialized. Hench solicits Recio' help in obtaining a statement from the Cuban government as evidence that it accepted Hench's report on the actual site of Camp Lazear. He offers to write an abstract of the report for a Cuban medical journal, and hopes that the Cuban media will also be informed of the discovery.

Dates:  May 1, 1941
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 Alberto Recio

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  June 24, 1940

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03841004
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Recio that he found some interesting material about Camp Columbia at the U.S. Army Medical Museum.

Dates:  June 24, 1940
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 Alberto Recio

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  July 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03841005
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires if Recio will help him locate a copy of "Memoria del Hospital Numero Uno Correspondiente al ano de 1902." He would like to give a copy to the Surgeon General's Library.

Dates:  July 11, 1941
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 Alberto Recio

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alberto Recio,  August 16, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03841009
Scope and Contents

Hench requests permission to borrow "Memoria del Hospital Numero Uno." He hopes that an accurate survey of Camp Lazear can be made. Hench heard that the entire Cuban government resigned and is wondering whether Ramos is still Minister of National of Defense, and still able to help him.

Dates:  August 16, 1941
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 Alberto Recio

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alfons Dampf,  February 3, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908010
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Dampf a reprint and wants to know if any of Dampf's colleagues would be interested in helping preserve Camp Lazear.

Dates:  February 3, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alfred Danziger,  January 8, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906035
Scope and Contents

Hench congratulates the Danzigers on their marriage.

Dates:  January 8, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alfredo Nunez Pascual,  January 20, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603046
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:  January 20, 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 Alice Forbes,  January 6, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906015
Scope and Contents

Hench would like to meet with Alice Forbes, Wallace Forbes' mother.

Dates:  January 6, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alice M. Davis,  December 6, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047006
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 6, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  August 24, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 03433001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Tisdel for his assistance in acquiring a copy of the Yellow Fever Commission report.

Dates:  August 24, 1937
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  August 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 81
Identifier: 03581001
Scope and Contents

Hench requests copies of various United States government documents, all marked exhausted.

Dates:  August 14, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  February 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803025
Scope and Contents

Hench requests a large number of U.S. government publications published between 1898 and 1902. These documents are necessary for the preparation of a report to the Cuban government.

Dates:  February 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  February 26, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803030
Scope and Contents

Hench orders publications from the U.S. Government Printing Office and encloses a check to cover the charges.

Dates:  February 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  March 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807031
Scope and Contents

Hench requests Report No. 841, 71st Congress from the Government Printing Office.

Dates:  March 21, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Alton P. Tisdel,  August 29, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824010
Scope and Contents

Hench requests that Tisdel send him a copy of a Congressional report.

Dates:  August 29, 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 Philip Showalter Hench to Angel Suarez-Solis,  August 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 86
Identifier: 03586001
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires whether Suarez-Solis would make an official statement that the address of number 102 Real Street is the same as in 1900.

Dates:  August 14, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Angel Vieta Barahona,  February 22, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04417010
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:  February 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