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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 R.H. Brooke,  June 17, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817016
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Brooke for locating the Walter Reed records and writes that he hopes to come to Washington in the fall.

Dates:  June 17, 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 R.H. Brooke,  July 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03822005
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires if it would be possible to have the Sternberg correspondence copied or microfilmed, if it is not very extensive.

Dates:  July 10, 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 R.H. Brooke,  August 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824006
Scope and Contents

Hench requests a reply to his inquiry.

Dates:  August 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 R.H. Brooke,  September 2, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827001
Scope and Contents

Hench wants to know when the documents he requested will be ready for his viewing.

Dates:  September 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 Richard B. Russell,  April 16, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04906013
Scope and Contents

Hench wants to testify before the Committee on Armed Services regarding Lambert's inclusion on the Roll of Honor. He asserts Lambert deserves honor, but it should be distinct from the Roll of Honor.

Dates:  April 16, 1956
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 Richard B. Russell,  June 13, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04908005
Scope and Contents

Hench submits propositions to the Senate Committee on Armed Services regarding how to recognize the contributions of Lazear, Lambert, and Ames.

Dates:  June 13, 1956
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 Richard M. Hewitt and the Committee on Medical Education and Research,  June 20, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906118
Scope and Contents

Hench discusses the ethics of having his yellow fever talk reprinted and distributed by the Wyeth Company. A note by Hewitt on the second page states that he sees no ethical problems with publication.

Dates:  June 20, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Richard Roley,  March 27, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212046
Scope and Contents

Hench writes that it is very kind of Roley and Law to offer Cornwell's painting “The Conquerors of Yellow Fever” for the Fourth International Congress on Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  March 27, 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 Robert C. Gooch,  February 16, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908042
Scope and Contents

Hench requests information on Cuban medical bulletins that were missing when Hench visited the Library of Congress.

Dates:  February 16, 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 Robert C. Gooch,  March 11, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909014
Scope and Contents

Hench returns the journals he borrowed and will return the remaining one soon.

Dates:  March 11, 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 Robert C. Gooch,  February 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803020
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Gooch for a copy of published reports by the Military Governor of Cuba for the years 1899 to 1901. He requests similar reports for the years 1898 and 1902. Hench is also looking for official documents referring to the "Cuban War" and the American intervention thereafter.

Dates:  February 24, 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 Robert E. Bitner,  October 13, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724008
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:  October 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 Robert E. Bitner,  October 15, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724009
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:  October 15, 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 Robert E. Bitner, November 5, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04727008
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: November 5, 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 Robert F. Woodward,  October 5, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724002
Scope and Contents

Hench states that Finlay and Reed were the two men who made the greatest contribution to mankind in the conquest of yellow fever. Other men only published interesting ideas.

Dates:  October 5, 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 Robert J. Usher,  December 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839042
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Usher for providing him additional references concerning the yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans.

Dates:  December 22, 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 Robert Livingston,  November 27, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619026
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:  November 27, 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 Robert P. Cooke,  December 1, 1944

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11
Identifier: 05811019
Scope and Contents

Hench asks Cooke to identify people in a photograph taken at Camp Lazear. He includes a letter from Truby to Hench in which Truby identifies the people.

Dates:  December 1, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Robert Page Cooke

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Robert P. Cooke,  December 11, 1947

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11
Identifier: 05811032
Scope and Contents

Hench requests Cooke's help in identifying photographs taken at Pinar del Rio. Hench is interested because Haskins, a prisoner at Pinar del Rio, died of yellow fever, but his cell-mates escaped the disease. This impressed Reed with the possibilities of the mosquito theory.

Dates:  December 11, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Robert Page Cooke

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Robert P. Cooke,  January 24, 1948

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 11
Identifier: 05811106
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...
Dates:  January 24, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Robert Page Cooke