Skip to main content

letters (correspondence)

 Subject
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 Lloyd D. LeMan,  February 10, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908026
Scope and Contents

Hench reports that he is still searching for photographs of Columbia Barracks and Camp Lazear.

Dates:  February 10, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Lloyd D. LeMan,  February 10, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908028
Scope and Contents

Hench reports that he is still searching for photographs of Columbia Barracks and Camp Lazear.

Dates:  February 10, 1942

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to L.M. Tocantins,  February 7, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04605024
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 7, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to L.M. Tocantins,  May 2, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04610001
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 2, 1953

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to L.M. Tocantins,  May 12, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04610004
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 12, 1953

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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