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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 Mrs. R. Hart Phillips,  August 28, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03601009
Scope and Contents

[Hench] seeks further help from Mrs. Phillips in acquiring detailed information on the location of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  August 28, 1940
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 Mrs. R. Hart Phillips, April 22, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 73
Identifier: uva-lib:2232009
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 22, 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 Mrs. Rita Fowler, February 19, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 48
Identifier: uva-lib:2231984
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: February 19, 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 Mrs. Robert P. Cooke,  November 6, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433005
Scope and Contents

Hench expresses his condolences to Mrs. Cooke on the death of her husband. He informs her of the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication and asks for a photograph of her husband, whose name will appear on the memorial tablet.

Dates:  November 6, 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 Mrs. Sidney Coe Howard,  March 24, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909031
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Mrs. Howard that he has been contacted by Moran concerning three Sidney Howard letters.

Dates:  March 24, 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 Mrs. Sidney Coe Howard,  April 7, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03912003
Scope and Contents

Hench sends Mrs. Howard copies of three letters from Sidney Howard to Moran.

Dates:  April 7, 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 Nan and Emerson,  February 17, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04605037
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 17, 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 Nancy Lybarger,  January 15, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 52
Identifier: 04052004
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 15, 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 Neva Pauline Hough,  August 26, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 92
Identifier: 03592002
Scope and Contents

Hench requests copies of architectural drawings of the Lazear Building and for permission to quote a statement concerning Lazear's relationship to Washington and Jefferson College.

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 Neva Pauline Hough and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Neva Pauline Hough,  October 31, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 03635017
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Hough for the Lazear family addresses.

Dates:  October 31, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence sent by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to N.W. Pyle,  May 4, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04002003
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Pyle for sending him still photographs from the film “Yellow Jack.”

Dates:  May 4, 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 Old Hickory Bookshop,  August 26, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04719008
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:  August 26, 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 Otis O. Benson,  April 23, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214062
Scope and Contents

Hench asks for aerial photographs of Havana and Quemados, Cuba.

Dates:  April 23, 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 Otto L. Bettmann,  January 12, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04201008
Scope and Contents

Hench returns the yellow fever photographs to Bettmann, along with photos of William and Charles Mayo for Bettmann's collection of well-known American doctors.

Dates:  January 12, 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 Otto L. Bettmann,  April 15, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214039
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Bettmann that he has sent Lyons at the Hall of Fame some yellow fever photographs made from material Hench purchased from Bettmann.

Dates:  April 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 Otto L. Bettmann,  August 18, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 26
Identifier: 04226006
Scope and Contents

Hench suggests that Bettmann have an assistant look over old magazines for yellow fever illustrations, for Hench has found many valuable ones in these sources.

Dates:  August 18, 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 Oxford University Press,  March 14, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807010
Scope and Contents

Hench orders two copies of Carlos E. Finlay's book about his father and yellow fever.

Dates:  March 14, 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 P. I. Nixon,  October 27, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04136008
Scope and Contents

Hench assures Nixon that he is still working on the yellow fever story, but that his rheumatology research brings many responsibilities.

Dates:  October 27, 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 Pablo Isaac Garcia,  December 30, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839050
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Garcia for a photograph of Hospital No. 1. He is looking forward to receiving a copy of "Memorias del Hospital Numero Uno."

Dates:  December 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 Paul H. Streit,  November 13, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04506036
Scope and Contents

Hench is delighted to know that Streit has accepted the Cuban invitation to come to the Camp Lazear dedication. He warns Streit that the preservation of Camp Lazear has been a politically sensitive issue. Hench thinks it is important that the Americans are appreciative, but also truthful, about what happened at Camp Lazear. He laments that Building No. 1 has been almost completely torn down in the process of repairing it.

Dates:  November 13, 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 with George E. Armstrong, Albert G. Love, Joseph F. Siler, Paul H. Streit, and Albert E. Truby concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear, preservation of Building Number One, and the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site