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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 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

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Luis Espinosa y G. Caceres,  February 26, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 54
Identifier: 04054002
Scope and Contents

Hench accepts the appointment to become the Director of the Division of Medical Relations and Pan-American Sanitation of the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  February 26, 1945
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Luis Espinosa y G. Caceres,  March 31, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 55
Identifier: 04055002
Scope and Contents

Hench attempts to explain how he came to misunderstand Espinosa's letter. Espinosa's letter, in Spanish, was not translated correctly. Hench assures him that he will cooperate with him and his work in the Finlay Institute.

Dates:  March 31, 1945
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 J. Iglesias,  April 30, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03808007
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Iglesias for his hospitality during his visit to the Military Hospital. He informs him that he will receive a copy of the "Proceedings of the Mayo Clinic Staff Meetings" on a regular basis.

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 Luis Rudolf Miranda,  August 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 82
Identifier: 03582001
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires if the house at “20 General Lee Street” is the same as in 1900.

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 Luther Ely Smith,  January 8, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906034
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Smith reprints of his yellow fever article and a print of the Cornwell painting.

Dates:  January 8, 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 Luther M. Cornwall Books,  November 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834017
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires about used copies of government documents, and encloses a list of them for Cornwall.

Dates:  November 21, 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 Lydia Cabrera,  November 6, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619007
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Rojas and Cabrera for helping him to receive another honor in Cuba.

Dates:  November 6, 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 Lydia Cabrera, November 6, 1953

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 6
Identifier: uva-lib:2232174
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 6, 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 Mabel H. Lazear, November 4, 1940

 Item — Box 5: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2222418
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: November 4, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Mabel L. Conat,  September 5, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03617001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Conat for the information on William Dean.

Dates:  September 5, 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 Manuel,  June 1, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 04716001
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:  June 1, 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 Manuel Perez Beato,  August 26, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 98
Identifier: 03598001
Scope and Contents

Hench poses questions concerning the site of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  August 26, 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, John J. Moran, and Manual Perez Beato

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Margaret Lazear Briggs,  November 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834042
Scope and Contents

Hench describes meeting some of Briggs' relatives at the Lazear memorial event at Washington and Jefferson College, and describes the Cornwell portrait unveiling.

Dates:  November 28, 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 Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas,  April 29, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 40
Identifier: 03540001
Scope and Contents

Hench refers to his visit to Cuba and the presumed site of Camp Lazear on Rojas' family's farm. He comments on her recollections of Camp Lazear and the yellow fever work.

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 Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas,  November 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03842022
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Rojas copies of his yellow fever article and of a letter he has sent to Adrian Macia concerning the purchase of the Camp Lazear site. He describes his plans for the proposed memorial, and informs her that the San Jose farm was evidently the site of Carlos J. Finlay's yellow fever experiments, in 1883.

Dates:  November 22, 1941
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 with Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Maria Teresa Loma viuda de Rojas,  December 18, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04144032
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses his upcoming visit to Cuba. He sends her a photograph of an old check concerning rental of the Rojas land by the American government, which he received from Kean. Hench hopes that she will carefully preserve the Rojas daybook, which is so important in certifying the site of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  December 18, 1947
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 a memorial at Camp Lazear