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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 Helen Wheeler,  March 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807032
Scope and Contents

Hench will be in Florida and Havana for several weeks. He informs Wheeler that he will leave the yellow fever data from her library in his 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 Helen Wheeler,  August 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824007
Scope and Contents

Hench returns research material borrowed from the Welch Medical Library, correcting misinformation regarding the Camp Lazear site. He inquires about the location of the tablet commemorating Lazear at Johns Hopkins University.

Dates:  August 28, 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 Helen Wheeler,  November 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834005
Scope and Contents

Hench returns the rest of Kelly's and Peabody's research material to the Welch Medical Library. He questions Wheeler about incomplete and missing items from the collections.

Dates:  November 10, 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 Helen Wheeler,  October 21, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 03635013
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Wheeler that he will return the material he has used but would like to keep the rest longer.

Dates:  October 21, 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 Henry A. Christian,  June 18, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224016
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Christian a copy of the Hall of Fame program and informs him that the Cuban government has set aside funds to memorialize Camp Lazear.

Dates:  June 18, 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 Henry A. Christian,  June 29, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224023
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 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 Henry E. Sigerist,  January 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03801021
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Sigerist for his offer to publish his paper on yellow fever in the Johns Hopkins "Bulletin of the History of Medicine."

Dates:  January 22, 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 Henry R. Viets,  February 18 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803013
Scope and Contents

Hench describes four papers dealing with the historical research on yellow fever. He prefers to have all four published as a small monograph.

Dates:  February 18 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 Henry R. Viets,  February 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803034
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Viets for his offer to consider publishing Hench's yellow fever papers in the "Bulletin of the Medical Library Association."

Dates:  February 28, 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 Henry R. Viets,  April 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03808004
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Viets that he is unable to submit his yellow fever papers for publication at this time.

Dates:  April 28, 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 Henry Rose Carter,  February 7, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205002
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Carter, Jr. that he is writing a book about Henry Rose Carter. Hench explains his procedures in organizing collections of letters and requests Carter, Jr.'s help.

Dates:  February 7, 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 Henry Rose Carter,  February 20, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205042
Scope and Contents

Hench is delighted to have the opportunity to look over Carter's papers. He promises to let Carter, Jr., know whatever he finds of historical value.

Dates:  February 20, 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 Henry Rose Carter,  March 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212024
Scope and Contents

Hench writes to Carter, Jr., that he is delighted to hear Redd plans to send material from Carter's father.

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 Henry Schuman,  February 20, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04104001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Schuman for sending the “North Carolina Medical Journal” article on yellow fever.

Dates:  February 20, 1946
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 Henry Schuman,  January 26, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04103003
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Schuman that he is unsure when his work on Walter Reed and the yellow fever experiments will be finished. He states that his primary jobs are his practice of medicine, the publication of the “Rheumatism Review,” and his clinical research.

Dates:  January 26, 1946
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 Henry W. Woltman,  March 11, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03458001
Scope and Contents

Hench solicits Woltman's help in reviewing Andrus' medical condition.

Dates:  March 11, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench, Henry W. Woltman, and John H. Andrus

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Herman Allen, circa June 20, 1950

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2232068
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: circa June 20, 1950
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 H.H. Spangler, November 15, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04120002
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 15, 1946
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 His Excellency,  April 20, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04231002
Scope and Contents

Hench explains his discovery of the remains of Camp Lazear and his desire to honor Finlay and the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission by memorializing the site. He describes his plans for developing the site into a museum, park, and health clinic. Hench expresses appreciation for the Cuban appropriation of funds for the project, and offers $1000 for the immediate preservation of Building No. 1.

Dates:  April 20, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to [his parents],  June 9, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817007
Scope and Contents

Hench writes to [his parents] about his recent trip east; where he attended medical conventions, spoke at the unveiling of Dean Cornwell's “Conquerors of Yellow Fever” painting, and enjoyed alumni events at his alma mater.

Dates:  June 9, 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