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Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran,  March 3, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04304001
Scope and Contents

Hench is concerned that there is only one copy of Moran's yellow fever manuscript, and so urges Moran to send it to him to have copies made. Hench would like to have a copy of Moran's manuscript to compare with his notes, and as a basis to formulate questions for Moran.

Dates:  March 3, 1949
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran,  March 18, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04304002
Scope and Contents

Hench begs Moran to allow him to read his manuscript “My Date with Walter Reed and Yellow Jack” while Moran is still alive so that he can discuss it with him. He promises to keep it in confidence. Hench discusses the ongoing Camp Lazear memorialization campaign.

Dates:  March 18, 1949
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran, 1943

 Item — Box 137: Series uva-lib:2231435, Folder: 10
Identifier: uva-lib:2231445
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1901 to around 1966. These materials were originally a part of the Philip S. Hench papers in the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Texas Medical Center Library, but they were transferred to the University of Virginia in 1991. These...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran, March 25, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 50
Identifier: uva-lib:2231986
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 25, 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 John J. Moran, April 17, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 63
Identifier: uva-lib:2231999
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 17, 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 John J. Moran, circa April 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 79
Identifier: uva-lib:2232015
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 April 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 John J. Moran, May 4, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 81
Identifier: uva-lib:2232017
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 4, 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 John J. Moran, May 5, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 86
Identifier: uva-lib:2232022
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 John J. Moran,  September 9, 1939

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03508001
Scope and Contents

Hench agrees to collaborate with Kean.

Dates:  September 9, 1939
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 John J. Moran,  October 27, 1939

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 03513001
Scope and Contents

Hench plans on meeting Moran in March 1940, and intends to visit Kean soon thereafter.

Dates:  October 27, 1939
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 John J. Moran,  March 12, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 29
Identifier: 03529001
Scope and Contents

Hench provides details of a planned trip to Palm Beach, Florida and Havana, Cuba.

Dates:  March 12, 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 John J. Moran,  April 29, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03539001
Scope and Contents

Hench requests copies of Cuban newspaper articles, about the work of the Yellow Fever Commission, and for maps of the Rojas farm and the site of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  April 29, 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 John J. Moran,  June 3, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: 03553001
Scope and Contents

Hench congratulates Moran on his award of the Grand Cross of the Order of Finlay. He is very busy with professional responsibilities, but promises to return to his yellow fever notes soon.

Dates:  June 3, 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 John J. Moran,  August 16, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 90
Identifier: 03590001
Scope and Contents

[Hench] requests corrections to a manuscript and answers to specific questions.

Dates:  August 16, 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 John L. Crenshaw,  March 28, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04606018
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses the discovery and dedication of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  March 28, 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 John M. Gibson,  September 21, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 73
Identifier: 04373015
Scope and Contents

Hench provides Gibson, who is publishing a biography of Sternberg, an overview of his Reed research. Hench offers his opinion of the relationship between Sternberg and Reed. Hench lists several important parts of the yellow fever story that remain in doubt and hopes that either he or Gibson might find the answers.

Dates:  September 21, 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 John M. Willis,  February 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803010
Scope and Contents

Hench requests photographs showing the Camp Columbia model, which he wishes to copy and distribute to interested parties, including Truby and Kean.

Dates:  February 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 John M. Willis,  February 18, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803014
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Willis for the negatives of the Camp Columbia model and promises to return them as soon as they are copied.

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 John Maguire,  March 14, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04328005
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Maguire that this is the 50th anniversary of the conquest of yellow fever by Reed and his colleagues. He hopes that a suitable article might be prepared for some magazine. Since he does not have time to write an article, he inquires whether Maguire would be interested in taking up the task.

Dates:  March 14, 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 John R. and Ida E. Kissinger,  December 1, 1944

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 9
Identifier: 05909158
Scope and Contents

Hench requests Kissinger's help in identifying persons and buildings in two photographs.

Dates:  December 1, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to John R. Kissinger