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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 Grace Ritchie Crum, July 30, 1941

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 81
Identifier: uva-lib:2231694
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 30, 1941
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 Grace T. Hallock,  September 13, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03617011
Scope and Contents

Hench supplies details and references on the yellow fever experiments, correcting errors in the film strip Hallock prepared for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Dates:  September 13, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters sent by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Grace T. Hallock,  October 2, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 03635002
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Hallock for the copies and will send her his memoranda.

Dates:  October 2, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence sent by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Guiellermo Lage,  November 27, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834038
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Lage 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. He hopes the Cubans will learn more about Reed and his colleagues, as well.

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 Guillermo Garcia Lopez,  February 22, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04417012
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Lopez for the courtesies shown to the him during the recent Havana congress. Hench enjoyed the meeting very much, even though vitamins and nutrition are not his field.

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

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Gustaf E. Lambert,  April 5, 1954

 Item — Box 60: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06001084
Scope and Contents

Hench has recently found four photographs in trunks belonging to the daughter-in-law of James Carroll. He would like Lambert's help in identifying buildings and people in the photographs.

Dates:  April 5, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Gustaf E. Lambert

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Gustaf E. Lambert, May 8, 1953

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 3
Identifier: uva-lib:2232171
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: May 8, 1953
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 Gustaf E. Lambert, April 5, 1954

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 49
Identifier: uva-lib:2232217
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: April 5, 1954
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 Gustaf E. Lambert,  December 30, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839046
Scope and Contents

Hench introduces himself to Lambert. He requests to meet with him during a stop-over in Chicago in order to ask him a few questions about the yellow fever experiments in Havana.

Dates:  December 30, 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 Gustaf E. Lambert,  February 27, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04904024
Scope and Contents

Hench wants to help Lambert in securing recognition for Lambert and Ames in their yellow fever work.

Dates:  February 27, 1956
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 Gustaf E. Lambert,  December 27, 1946

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 5
Identifier: 06405247
Scope and Contents

Hench rebuts Lambert's claim that Ames was a member of the Yellow Fever Board, replacing Lazear. He explains the criteria to be eligible to receive a pension and/or medal for participation in the yellow fever project.

Dates:  December 27, 1946
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 Gustaf E. Lambert,  January 20, 1947

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13
Identifier: 06413007
Scope and Contents

Hench attempts to resolve the differences of memory between the yellow fever experiment survivors. The number of buildings in the yellow fever section is in question and the camp's exact location is unclear.

Dates:  January 20, 1947
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 Gustavo Pittaluga,  February 22, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04417011
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

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Gwen Harvey,  October 31, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04617030
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Harvey that he and his family have been watching the television program "You Are There," which presented a show on the conquest of yellow fever. He would like to borrow the film to show to others if possible.

Dates:  October 31, 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 Gwen Harvey,  November 9, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619013
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, 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 Gwen Harvey,  December 2, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04620001
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 2, 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 H. Boyd Wylie,  January 16, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603031
Scope and Contents

Hench describes the Camp Lazear dedication ceremony and informs Wylie who laid a wreath on his behalf. He requests reimbursement for the cost of the wreath.

Dates:  January 16, 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 H. Boyd Wylie,  November 19, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433019
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires if a representative of the University of Maryland Medical School would like to place a wreath under Carroll's medallion during the dedication ceremonies at Camp Lazear. Carroll graduated from the Medical School of the University of Maryland in 1891.

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 H. Boyd Wylie,  November 28, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433059
Scope and Contents

Hench was glad to hear from Wylie that the University of Maryland School of Medicine alumnus, Echeverria, will represent the school at the Camp Lazear dedication.

Dates:  November 28, 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 H. Carter Redd,  December 9, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 04143003
Scope and Contents

Hench writes to Redd about Carter's influence on Lazear and Reed in relation to the mosquito theory of yellow fever transmission. He seeks Carter correspondence to document this influence, and believes Lazear was more supportive of the mosquito theory than Reed, who intended to fully test the bacterial theory first.

Dates:  December 9, 1947
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