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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 [L.O.?] Howard,  February 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908030
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Howard for allowing him to visit and inquires about the location of the Howard-Reed letters, which Hench has been unable to find.

Dates:  February 12, 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 Lord Dawson,  April 5, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03412002
Scope and Contents

Hench regrets that Dawson cannot attend the ceremony and suggests postponing the event to a later date.

Dates:  April 5, 1937
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

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Louis H. Bauer,  November 19, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433021
Scope and Contents

Hench suggests to Bauer that a representative of the American Medical Association place a wreath either beneath the medallion of Finlay at Camp Lazear or on Finlay's grave during the dedication ceremonies of Camp Lazear.

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 Louis Johnson,  August 3, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04013008
Scope and Contents

Hench is excited that Johnson might be able to interest the U.S. State Department in his plan to memorialize Camp Lazear. He feels that this would be an excellent and real opportunity to foster Pan-American solidarity. Hench estimates it would cost about $25,000 to do all he has planned.

Dates:  August 3, 1942
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 concerning the preservation of a building at the Camp Lazear site

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Louis L. Williams,  May 5, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04231008
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses efforts to discover the date and circumstances of the Americans' visit to Finlay to acquire mosquitoes for research use. To this end, he requests permission to borrow Carter's book of Finlay's collected works that contains a marginal note on this subject.

Dates:  May 5, 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 Louis L. Williams, Jr.,  May 25, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223032
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 25, 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 Louis L. Williams, Jr.,  September 15, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04227007
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, 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 Louise F. Smith, November 23, 1953

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 12
Identifier: uva-lib:2232180
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: November 23, 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 Louise Fleed Smith,  January 13, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04701017
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:  January 13, 1954
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 Lucilla Schumann,  January 5, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603005
Scope and Contents

Hench appreciates the flowers Schumann prepared and the kindness she showed him while he was in Cuba. He will send her several documents concerning Camp Lazear and the Nobel Festival.

Dates:  January 5, 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 Lucius W. Johnson, March 17, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04328006
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 17, 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 Lucius W. Johnson,  February 8, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 56
Identifier: 04356002
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 8, 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 Lucius W. Johnson,  January 28, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906093
Scope and Contents

Hench requests a copy of Johnson's yellow fever article when it is published.

Dates:  January 28, 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 Lucy T. Howard,  August 17, 1946

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 3
Identifier: 05903016
Scope and Contents

Hench is trying to locate correspondence between L.O. Howard and the yellow fever investigators at various U.S. government agencies. He inquires if Lucy Howard has any of her father's papers at the family home.

Dates:  August 17, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to L.O. Howard

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lucy T. Howard,  January 17, 1947

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 3
Identifier: 05903035
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Howard that he has a large file of letters between her father and Reed and Carroll but is still searching for more, especially between Howard and Lazear.

Dates:  January 17, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to L.O. Howard

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lucy T. Howard,  February 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908031
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Lucy Howard for permitting him to visit her and her father.

Dates:  February 12, 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 Luis B. Pogolotti,  June 4, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 56
Identifier: 03556001
Scope and Contents

Hench gives advice on asthma treatment. He returns photographs.

Dates:  June 4, 1940
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 Luis B. Pogolotti

Letter from [Philip Showalter Hench] to Luis B. Pogolotti,  October 15, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 03628001
Scope and Contents

[Hench] discusses the location of Camp Lazear and Building No. 1, expressing his doubts about the site Moran has discovered.

Dates:  October 15, 1940
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 Luis B. Pogolotti

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Luis B. Pogolotti,  October 21, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 03628006
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Pogolotti for his help.

Dates:  October 21, 1940
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 Luis B. Pogolotti

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Luis B. Pogolotti,  November 6, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03704002
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his associates' interest in preserving Building No. 1. He plans to publish his data on the location of Camp Lazear in hopes that the Cubans will be interested in this information.

Dates:  November 6, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters of Philip Showalter Hench