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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 P.M. Hamer,  March 19, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909024
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Hamer and the National Archives staff for their help and inquires about two missing volumes of records. He also requests records on Godfrey.

Dates:  March 19, 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 P.M. Hamer,  April 18, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03912008
Scope and Contents

Hench requests photostats of the records on Reed and Godfrey.

Dates:  April 18, 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 P.M. Hamer,  June 2, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817001
Scope and Contents

Hench orders photocopies of yellow fever material from the Library of Congress.

Dates:  June 2, 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.M. Hamer,  June 25, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817025
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Hamer that he never received the material he requested from the National Archives.

Dates:  June 25, 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.S. O'Shaugnessy,  January 14, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04701019
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 14, 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 R. Elwood Logan,  September 12, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03617009
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Logan for loaning him Peabody's pamphlet on yellow fever.

Dates:  September 12, 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 R. Elwood Logan,  September 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03617022
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Logan for lending him Peabody's pamphlet, "The Conquest of Yellow Fever," and requests a copy of Peabody's bibliography.

Dates:  September 26, 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 R. G. Bradshaw,  October 30, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04136010
Scope and Contents

Hench suggests a title for his upcoming lecture on Reed at the University of Virginia, and notes the key roles played by three University of Virginia alumni in the experiments.

Dates:  October 30, 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 R. Hart Phillips,  November 5, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04510001
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Phillips about his interest in the fight against yellow fever, his discovery of the original site of Camp Lazear, and the Cuban government's plan to make Camp Lazear into a memorial park to honor all of those connected with the conquest of yellow fever. Hench requests that she make discreet inquiries to learn whether Camp Lazear will retain its name or will be called “Parque Finlay”.

Dates:  November 5, 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 R. Hart Phillips concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to R. Hart Phillips,  November 21, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04510005
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that he is anxious to find the service of a Cuban photographer to document the dedication of Camp Lazear.

Dates:  November 21, 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 R. Hart Phillips concerning the memorialization of Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to R. Hart Phillips,  January 20, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603040
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Phillips for her cooperation in regards to the articles about the Camp Lazear dedication in the "Havana Post."

Dates:  January 20, 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 R. Hart Phillips,  March 19, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04707017
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 19, 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 R. Hart Phillips,  April 22, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214063
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Phillips for helping him to acquire copies of aerial photographs, and requests the name and address of the man who took the original photographs.

Dates:  April 22, 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 R. Hart Phillips,  August 28, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04112013
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 28, 1946
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 R. Hart Phillips,  April 25, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 03538001
Scope and Contents

Hench does not understand why he received a registered mail receipt and requests clarification.

Dates:  April 25, 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 R. Hart Phillips

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to R. Hart Phillips,  October 1, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 03635001
Scope and Contents

Hench requests that Phillips send him the statements by Rojas and Leon.

Dates:  October 1, 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 R. S. Galbreath,  July 2, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302156
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires into the health of Kissinger who suffered a debilitating stroke.

Dates:  July 2, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Ralph Cooper Hutchison,  February 22, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03409001
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Hutchison for the Rovensky letter. Hench would like to meet Kissinger and question him about the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  February 22, 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 to Ralph Cooper Hutchison,  November 3, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 42
Identifier: 03442001
Scope and Contents

Hench reports that Kissinger is in Florida until May, so an article will not be possible until after he returns.

Dates:  November 3, 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 to Ralph Cooper Hutchison,  January 8, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03525001
Scope and Contents

Hench provides information about the Founder's Day speakers. He plans to see Moran in March and suggests inviting him to the ceremony. Hench will visit and film Moran and Camp Lazear.

Dates:  January 8, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench