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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 Francisco Dominguez,  November 27, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834040
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Dominguez a reprint of his yellow fever article, and hopes that he will see it as the beginning of efforts to publicize the work of Finlay among Americans.

Dates:  November 27, 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 Francisco Dominguez Roldan,  August 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 85
Identifier: 03585001
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires whether Roldan has an English translation of a book on Finlay which was originally written in French. Roldan had loaned the French version to him.

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 Francisco Dominguez [Roldan],  January 6, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906019
Scope and Contents

Hench asks if [Roldan] has a copy of an speech given by Carlos J. Finlay.

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 Francisco Dominguez Roldan,  February 3, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908009
Scope and Contents

Hench requests a copy of Finlay's speech.

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 Frank C. Burnett,  October 6, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03439001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Burnett for the Roll of Honor.

Dates:  October 6, 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 Frank Carey, July 21, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 04338001
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: July 21, 1950
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 Frank Carey, July 26, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 04338007
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: July 26, 1950
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 Frank Carey, September 28, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 49
Identifier: 04349006
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 28, 1950
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 memorialization of Camp Lazear and preservation of Building Number One

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frank Carey,  November 19, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433022
Scope and Contents

Hench describes the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication. He suggests that Carey, of the Associated Press, notify his Havana correspondent to obtain preliminary information for press coverage.

Dates:  November 19, 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 relating the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frank Carey,  June 6, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04333002
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Carey reprints of his articles on the yellow fever story. He provides a detailed account of his involvement in researching the story and his attempts to preserve Camp Lazear.

Dates:  June 6, 1950
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 Frank [Edmundson],  June 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03822007
Scope and Contents

Hench informs [Edmundson] of Kissinger's stroke.

Dates:  June 11, 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 Frank F. Law,  December 3, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906267
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Law for the two oil sketches of the “Cuban version” of the yellow fever painting.

Dates:  December 3, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frank F. Law,  December 31, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906286
Scope and Contents

Hench describes the display of the Cornwell paintings at the Mayo Clinic. He would be pleased to attend future unveilings of other paintings in the series. Hench mentions the publication of his yellow fever article in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Dates:  December 31, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frank F. Law,  June 11, 1941

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03903039
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Law for courtesies shown him during the Cornwell portrait unveiling. He informs Law that Kissinger has had a stroke and is not expected to live.

Dates:  June 11, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Remarks to be Given at the Unveiling of Dean Cornwell's Painting<emph render="italic">Conquerors of Yellow Fever</emph> and related materials

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Frank F. Law,  May 30, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04002012
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 30, 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 Frank F. Law,  March 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212025
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Law for providing the inserts of Cornwell's painting for the Hall of Fame celebration. He says the Mayo Foundation has 600 fellows - rather than the normal 350 fellows - due to men returning from the war, and thus fellowships are very competitive.

Dates:  March 16, 1948
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 Frank F. Law,  March 29, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212047
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Law for allowing the exhibition of Cornwell's painting at the Fourth International Congress of Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  March 29, 1948
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 Frank F. Law,  November 23, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04044001
Scope and Contents

Hench describes his encounter with Ramos. Ramos plans to commission a painting by Cornwell along the lines of the preliminary sketches for the Yellow Fever painting. However, this version would give Finlay the dominant position.

Dates:  November 23, 1944
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 Frank F. Law,  December 6, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 04047004
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that he is interested in attending a meeting in Cuba. However, he is unsure if the Cuban plans will come to fruition.

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 Frank Law,  March 17, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212027
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 17, 1948
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