letters (correspondence)
Found in 6940 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to T. James Ennis, November 24, 1952
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Tecla Boffil viuda de Dominguez, July 16, 1942
Hench writes to Dominguez that he is sorry to hear of her husband's death, and hopes that Dominguez' manuscript on Finlay will be published in English.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Acting Ambassador to Cuba, November 19, 1952
Hench describes the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication and encourages the ambassador to attend, in support of Cuban-American friendship. He sends him background information explaining the delicacy of the situation and refers to the Finlay-Reed controversy.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Alabama Photo Studios, November 21, 1941
Hench makes arrangements to have photostats made of the book on Military Hospital No. 1.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief Librarian, July 2, 1941
Hench inquires about a book concerning Military Hospital No. 1, in Havana.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief Librarian, July 18, 1941
Hench requests permission to borrow and copy a book on the history of Military Hospital No. 1.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief of the Forestry Department, August 28, 1940
Hench requests help in assessing the age of framboyant trees.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief of the Photographic Department, December 30, 1941
Hench requests permission to examine the photographs that the Signal Corps of the Army took at Columbia Barracks, the Post Hospital and Camp Lazear from 1899 to 1901.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief of the War Department's Map Collection, May 23, 1941
Hench seeks assistance in locating maps of Camp Columbia and summarizes his discovery of the lost Camp Lazear.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Chief of the War Department's Map Collection, June 23, 1941
Hench requests copies of Camp Columbia maps for himself and for the Cuban Chief of Engineers of Military City. He explains his research on the yellow fever experiments and Camp Lazear.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Commanding General of the Army and Navy General Hospital, June 9, 1945
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Commanding Officer, June 25, 1940
Hench requests photographs of a model of Camp Columbia, which is now at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, and other information about Camp Lazear.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Committee on Trips, November 4, 1952
Hench requests permission from the Mayo Clinic Committee on Trips to attend the dedication of Camp Lazear, explaining his involvement with the preservation efforts. He has been invited by the Cuban government to speak at the ceremony.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to The [Cuban] Academy of Sciences, August 29, 1955
Hench requests from the Academy of Sciences the microfilm of Finlay's daybooks written during the yellow fever investigation. He indicates that he would not be able to complete his book without knowing the contents of these daybooks.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Curator of the Army Medical Museum, June 4, 1940
Hench offers copies of his yellow fever research material to the Army Medical Museum.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Department of Agriculture, August 13, 1940
Hench seeks permission from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bring pieces of wood from the framboyant tree on the supposed site of Camp Lazear into the United States.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Department of Public Education at the American Museum of Natural History, August 26, 1940
Hench requests copies of pamphlets and slides to use in the dedication of the Lazear Memorial.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Director of Finance of the Veterans' Administration, August 26, 1940
Hench requests help obtaining the addresses of Mabel Lazear and the family of James Carroll.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Editor of the Army Register, September 22, 1937
Hench requests a copy of the 1937 Army Roll of Honor and the addresses of surviving participants in the yellow fever experiments.
Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to the Filing Department, September 13, 1940
Hench inquires about obtaining photos of William H. Dean from a newspaper article.