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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Tom D. Spies,  November 4, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619004
Scope and Contents

DeCoursey has heard that Hench is writing a book on Reed and that he owns Building No. 1, in Cuba. He informs Hench that Reed was Curator of the Medical Museum from 1893 to 1902.

Dates:  November 4, 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 Tom D. Spies,  November 7, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619009
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Spies that he has heard that he, Hench, has been nominated for the decoration of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes.

Dates:  November 7, 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 Tom D. Spies,  November 13, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619017
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Spies that he was presented the Finlay Medal in a small ceremony. He comments on the possibility of receiving the Cespedes Medal. It pleases him because he believes one is for his work in cortisone and the other because of his interest in yellow fever.

Dates:  November 13, 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 Tom D. Spies,  November 23, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04619023
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 23, 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 Tom D. Spies,  January 3, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04412002
Scope and Contents

Hench is concerned about his responsibilities connected with the Congress on Nutrition and Vitaminology in Havana. He has received conflicting information regarding dates and paper submissions.

Dates:  January 3, 1952
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 Tom D. Spies,  February 20, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04417007
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Spies that Hench's paper from the recent Havana conference has been revised and edited. He thanks Spies for the hospitality shown him in Havana, expresses his pride in receiving the Finlay medal, and asks Spies' help in acquiring a translation of Andreu's remarks made at the medal ceremony.

Dates:  February 20, 1952
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 Tom D. Spies, May 14, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04423003
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: May 14, 1952
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 Tom D. Spies,  November 8, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04505012
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Spies that the dedication of Camp Lazear will be held on Finlay's birthday and “Physicians' Day” in Cuba. He has made his concerns known to Nogueira that Finlay will dominate the affair and that Camp Lazear will be renamed “Parque Finlay.” He suggests Spies visit Camp Lazear when in Cuba to see how the work is progressing.

Dates:  November 8, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Confidential report and correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench concerning the preservation of Building Number One at Camp Lazear

Letter from Philip Showalter Hench to Tom E. Keys,  June 11, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04612003
Scope and Contents

Hench requests as good a price as possible for the books that Blossom Reed is trying to sell. He discusses Blossom Reed's financial problems.

Dates:  June 11, 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 Tom Magath,  May 30, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 62
Identifier: 04362004
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:  May 30, 1951
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 Underwood and Underwood,  April 18, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 59
Identifier: 04359014
Scope and Contents

Hench requests photographs of Walter Reed and the people and places associated with the yellow fever experiments. He also seeks photographs of the Nobel Prize ceremonies.

Dates:  April 18, 1951
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 Underwood and Underwood,  April 18, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 59
Identifier: 04359015
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:  April 18, 1951
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 unidentified person,  circa 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839056
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:  circa 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 unidentified person,  circa January 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04701025
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:  circa January 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 Vernon McKenzie,  September 22, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04911015
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires if the army has any information about Hanberry's desertion from the army.

Dates:  September 22, 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 Vernon W. Lippard,  January 17, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603037
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Lippard that Crain was the representative of the University of Virginia at the Camp Lazear dedication. He requests that he send the enclosed information about the ceremony to someone at the University of Virginia since Lippard has just become dean at the Yale Medical School. He requests reimbursement for the wreath.

Dates:  January 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 Vernon W. Lippard,  November 19, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433013
Scope and Contents

Hench inquires whether a representative of the Medical School of the University of Virginia would like to place a wreath under Reed's medallion during the dedication of Camp Lazear. Reed graduated from the University of Virginia Medical School in 1869.

Dates:  November 19, 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 Vernon W. Lippard,  November 28, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433057
Scope and Contents

Hench apologizes to Lippard, of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, that he forgot that Cooke also graduated from Virginia. He will add Cooke's name to the wreath for the Camp Lazear dedication.

Dates:  November 28, 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 Victor Johnson and Kendell Corbin,  January 16, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603034
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 16, 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 W. Branks Stewart,  February 26, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908058
Scope and Contents

Hench thanks Stewart for the photographs of the memorial panel at the Agramonte Memorial Library.

Dates:  February 26, 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