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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 George E. Armstrong,  August 12, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506004
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Armstrong about the Camp Lazear memorial and his concern about the park and Building No. 1 being named after Finlay. Hench believes that the Army Medical Corps and the State Department should participate in the dedication. He encloses an extensive report on the impending memorialization of Camp Lazear and the participation of the U.S. Army and State Department in the ceremony.

Dates:  August 12, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George E. Armstrong,  September 29, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506025
Scope and Contents

Hench writes to Armstrong that he has just received a cable from Nogueira informing him that the dedication of Camp Lazear has been postponed until December 3, 1952. Hench is concerned that Finlay will overshadow the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission because December 3 is Finlay's birthday and "Physicians' Day" in Cuba.

Dates:  September 29, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George E. Armstrong,  January 15, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603029
Scope and Contents

Hench writes about the Camp Lazear dedication. He hopes that the ceremony will help ease Cuban-American tensions surrounding the Reed-Finlay debate.

Dates:  January 15, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George E. Armstrong,  December 10, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620004
Scope and Contents

Hench explains why he has not yet written his book on yellow fever. The delay is the result of the discovery of the Lazear notebook and his desire to learn more about Finlay.

Dates:  December 10, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George E. Armstrong,  January 11, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04701012
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 11, 1954

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George F. Hair, August 13, 1943

 Item — Box 144: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 32
Identifier: uva-lib:2231905
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: August 13, 1943

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George K. Strode,  November 13, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 04139016
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 13, 1947

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George K. Strode,  June 17, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144015
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 17, 1947

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George K. Strode,  December 10, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144031
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 10, 1947

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George K. Strode,  November 20, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433026
Scope and Contents

Hench hopes that Strode, or one of his Rockefeller Foundation associates, will attend the Camp Lazear dedication. In his speech Hench plans to credit Finlay with the mosquito theory and Reed with its proof.

Dates:  November 20, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George P. Berry,  January 17, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603035
Scope and Contents

Hench commends Berry on his choice of Caswell to represent the Harvard Medical School at the Camp Lazear dedication. He is sending Berry some material from the ceremony and will send pictures if desired. He would like to be reimbursed for the wreath honoring Leonard Wood.

Dates:  January 17, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George P. Berry,  March 23, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04606012
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Berry that Maass was an experimental case of yellow fever, but that Ames did not have experimental yellow fever. Furthermore, it is not certain that he had yellow fever at all. Hench suggests that if Ames meets the criteria for a Walter Reed Society award, he would also favor honoring Hanberry, Kissinger, Moran, and Jernegan.

Dates:  March 23, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George P. Berry,  March 28, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04606019
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 28, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to George P. Berry,  November 19, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433011
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires whether the Medical School of Harvard University might wish to have a representative place a wreath under the medallion of Wood during the dedication ceremonies of Camp Lazear. Wood graduated from Harvard Medical School in the late 1880s.

Dates:  November 19, 1952

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Gertrude Blumenthal, January 23, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04201024
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 23, 1948

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Gordon Banks, June 11, 1953

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04424002
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 11, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Grace H. Reckert and Norma S. Bogardus, August 23, 1944

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2231725
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: August 23, 1944

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Grace Ritchie Crum, July 2, 1941

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 75
Identifier: uva-lib:2231688
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: July 2, 1941

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Grace Ritchie Crum, July 15, 1941

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 78
Identifier: uva-lib:2231691
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: July 15, 1941