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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 Laura Wood,  March 13, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115084
Scope and Contents

Hench comments on details in Wood's manuscript of her book on Reed. He reflects on the difficulties in planning his own book.

Dates:  March 13, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Laura Wood,  March 20, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115110
Scope and Contents

Hench is glad to have Wood's reference to the Ashburn history of the Army Medical Corps. He comments on an illustration that has been prepared for her book.

Dates:  March 20, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Laura Wood,  May 6, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115123
Scope and Contents

Hench is forwarding Blossom Reed's manuscript, which includes some Walter Reed letters. He comments that Walter Reed would be dismayed if he knew that Blossom was attempting to sell his personal letters.

Dates:  May 6, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Laura Wood,  June 5, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115128
Scope and Contents

Hench comments on Wood's manuscript. He hopes that she will acknowledge the Reeds in her foreword.

Dates:  June 5, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Laura Wood,  July 24, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115134
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses the controversy between Kissinger and Moran, which centers on who first volunteered for the yellow fever experiments. He feels the truth will never be known, and advises Wood not to reopen the matter.

Dates:  July 24, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Laura Wood,  June 29, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04003017
Scope and Contents

Hench tells Wood that he will send Heilbron part of Wood's manuscript. He also discusses his upcoming military duty.

Dates:  June 29, 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 Lawrence Reed,  November 16, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 81
Identifier: 04381001
Scope and Contents

Hench requests to use a certain caption for photographs from his Reed collection.

Dates:  November 16, 1951
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 Lawrence Reed,  August 12, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 04339001
Scope and Contents

Hench expresses regret that he was unable to attend Emilie Lawrence Reed's funeral.

Dates:  August 12, 1950
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 Lawrence Reed,  September 28, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04344001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Lawrence Reed for informing him about Blossom Reed's illness, and notes that her last letter to him suggested that she was under a strain.

Dates:  September 28, 1950
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 Lawrence Reed,  March 13, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 26
Identifier: 04326001
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Lawrence Reed about Wallach's involvement in the passage of a bill honoring Walter Reed. Hench questions Wallach's motivations for such action. He requests Reed's opinion in the matter.

Dates:  March 13, 1950
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence Reed,  March 27, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 26
Identifier: 04326002
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his upcoming travel plans.

Dates:  March 27, 1950
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence Reed and Blossom Reed,  November 2, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 78
Identifier: 04378001
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Lawrence and Blossom Reed that he is receiving numerous requests for his Reed materials. He notes that he would like to develop a policy regarding photographs and proper credit; in this matter he requests Lawrence Reed's opinion.

Dates:  November 2, 1951
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 Lawrence Reed and Blossom Reed

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence Reed and Blossom Reed,  April 14, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04213001
Scope and Contents

Hench suggests several ways to write the courtesy line for items loaned by Emilie Lawrence Reed for the Hall of Fame program. He inquires about Lawrence Reed's time at Pinar del Rio.

Dates:  April 14, 1948
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 and the Reed family

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence T. Royster,  December 10, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 04143004
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Royster that his collection includes all of the remaining letters of Reed to his wife, including the famous "New Year's" letter.

Dates:  December 10, 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

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed,  July 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03819001
Scope and Contents

Hench asks Reed's permission to show Laura Wood Roper copies of Walter Reed's letters.

Dates:  July 1, 1941
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed,  July 29, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 21
Identifier: 03821001
Scope and Contents

Hench mentions the possible publication of his recent paper. He would like to know what to do about showing his copies of Walter Reed's letters to Laura Wood Roper. Hench, along with Kean and Ireland, are trying to memorialize the true site of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  July 29, 1941
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed, September 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: uva-lib:2226755
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 10, 1941
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed, March 20, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 18
Identifier: uva-lib:2228318
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 20, 1952
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed, April 15, 1946

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 28
Identifier: uva-lib:2231737
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 15, 1946
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 Lawrence [Walter L.] Reed, May 18, 1946

 Item — Box 142: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 34
Identifier: uva-lib:2231743
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 18, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions