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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
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 Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, December 9, 1947

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 51
Identifier: uva-lib:2231760
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: December 9, 1947

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  April 26, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04708002
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:  April 26, 1954

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  May 7, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04712007
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:  May 7, 1954

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, December 26, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 29
Identifier: 04729001
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 26, 1954

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  June 18, 1941

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 04934048
Scope and Contents

Hench gives suggestions of publishers for Reed's manuscript. He also lists errors in her manuscript.

Dates:  June 18, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  January 15, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04408001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Blossom Reed for the Christmas gift of two books owned and signed by her father. He thinks the librarian at the Mayo Clinic will want to put them on display. He informs her that he is returning to Cuba and hopes to work on the preservation of Building No. 1.

Dates:  January 15, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  January 22, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04412017
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 22, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, August 6, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04427001
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: August 6, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  November 20, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 32
Identifier: 04432008
Scope and Contents

Hench is delighted with Blossom Reed's diplomatic reply to the Cuban invitation, in which she promoted her father and mentioned Reed's high regard for Finlay. He informs her that the park will be called Camp Lazear, and that this is the first time the Cuban government has honored Reed and his associates.

Dates:  November 20, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  June 17, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: 03815001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Reed for lending her copy of her father's letters to him, and informs her of his plans for returning them to her. He also expresses the hope that she will have the letters published.

Dates:  June 17, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed and Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed, February 26, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04703001
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 26, 1954

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  February 17, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04203001
Scope and Contents

Hench apologizes for missing Emilie Lawrence Reed's birthday. He hopes that Blossom Reed will attend the Reed memorial evening at the International Congress on Tropical Medicine, as well as the unveiling of the Walter Reed bust in New York.

Dates:  February 17, 1948

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  May 4, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: 04215001
Scope and Contents

Hench hopes that Blossom Reed will attend his talk honoring Walter Reed at the International Congress of Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  May 4, 1948

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  July 7, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04310001
Scope and Contents

Hench is sorry to hear of Emilie Lawrence Reed's worsening health. He assures Blossom Reed that the Reed Memorial Association payments made to her mother will continue to be paid to her.

Dates:  July 7, 1949

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  September 6, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 42
Identifier: 04342001
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Blossom Reed that he is making inquiries about the annuity to be paid her by the Walter Reed Memorial Association and discusses the possibility of using some of the fund's principal.

Dates:  September 6, 1950

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  August 12, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 40
Identifier: 04340001
Scope and Contents

Hench expresses regret that he was unable to attend Emilie Lawrence Reed's funeral, but hopes that Blossom Reed will now have time to rest. He informs her that he would be glad to receive and preserve any material of Emilie and Walter Reed's that she might come across in housecleaning, and that the University of Virginia, the Mayo Clinic and the Library of Congress have expressed interest in being permanent guardians of the Reed materials.

Dates:  August 12, 1950

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  September 20, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 70
Identifier: 04370002
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Blossom of a celebration at the Bellevue Medical Center honoring her father. Blossom has compared Hench to her father, for which he is deeply honored.

Dates:  September 20, 1951

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  November 9, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 78
Identifier: 04378002
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 9, 1951

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed, November 10, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04320008
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 10, 1949

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Bonnie Truby,  May 17, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04713012
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:  May 17, 1954