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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 Honorato Colete, May 5, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 88
Identifier: uva-lib:2232024
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 5, 1948
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 Honorato Colete, May 5, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 89
Identifier: uva-lib:2232025
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 5, 1948
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 Honorato Colete,  July 13, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04231013
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses efforts to preserve Camp Lazear.

Dates:  July 13, 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 Howard A. Kelly,  August 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 80
Identifier: 03580001
Scope and Contents

Hench seeks information about the original Camp Lazear photographs. He draws attention to the incorrect identification of the mosquito building in Kelly's book. He inquires about the source of the “Gentlemen, I salute you” legend, and tries to find the addresses for Blossom Reed, Mrs. Lazear, and Carroll's family.

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 Howard F. Polley,  September 15, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04031002
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 15, 1943
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 with related notes

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Hubert S. Bookwith,  December 11, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 84
Identifier: 04384002
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 11, 1951
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 Hugh H. Trout,  May 4, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224006
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 4, 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 Hugo Ascanio,  March 16, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909018
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Ascanio for the aerial photograph of the Military City Hospital, in Cuba.

Dates:  March 16, 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 Hugo Ascanio,  April 30, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03808006
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Ascanio for the hospitality extended to him during his visit to the Military Hospital. Copies of the "Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic Staff Meetings" will be sent to him and his friends regularly.

Dates:  April 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 Hugo Ascanio,  June 18, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817019
Scope and Contents

Hench questions Ascanio about a photograph and map he had asked Ascanio to acquire for him.

Dates:  June 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 H.V. Stirling,  September 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03617023
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Stirling for forwarding his letter to the Lazears and the Carrolls.

Dates:  September 26, 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 Ida E. Kissinger,  June 9, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302139
Scope and Contents

Hench expresses concerned about Kissinger's health.

Dates:  June 9, 1941
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 Ida E. Kissinger, March 30, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 56
Identifier: uva-lib:2231992
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: March 30, 1948
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 Ignacio Alvare,  June 24, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 59
Identifier: 03559001
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses the identification of Camp Lazear site.

Dates:  June 24, 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 Ignacio Alvare,  August 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 83
Identifier: 03583001
Scope and Contents

Hench requests the negative of Alvare's photograph of Camp Lazear.

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 Ignacio Alvare,  January 6, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906026
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Alvare for his information on the false Camp Lazear site. Hench will continue to work for a Camp Lazear memorial honoring Finlay and the Yellow Fever Commission.

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 Ignacio Alvare,  November 26, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834034
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Alvare a reprint of his yellow fever article and notes that it is the beginning of his attempts to honor Finlay's work as well as that of the yellow fever board.

Dates:  November 26, 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 Ignacio Alvare,  October 21, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 03635007
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Alvare for the photos, and will send copies of his papers on Lazear and Camp Lazear to both Ramos and Alvare.

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 Irving S. Wright,  July 31, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 29
Identifier: 04029003
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Wright for the newspaper clipping about England and he discusses England's association with the yellow experiments. Hench had planned to pose some personal questions to Wright, but the war has interfered with his yellow fever research.

Dates:  July 31, 1943
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 I.T. Haig,  September 21, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03617019
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Haig that he will write to Bevan regarding the framboyant tree.

Dates:  September 21, 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