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letters (correspondence)

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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 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Phlip Showalter Hench to the United States Government Printing Office,  February 26, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04704021
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 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 P.I. Nixon to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 14, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04136002
Scope and Contents

Nixon advises Hench against procrastination in regards to his yellow fever work.

Dates:  October 14, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03810002
Scope and Contents

Hamer replies to Hench's request for an estimate of the cost of reproduction of documents relating to Walter Reed and the study of Yellow Fever.

Dates:  May 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03810004
Scope and Contents

Hamer replies to Hench's request concerning material relating to yellow fever in Cuba.

Dates:  May 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 20, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817020
Scope and Contents

Hamer requests that Hench supply him with the titles of articles and books he has published which use substantial information from the National Archives.

Dates:  June 20, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817026
Scope and Contents

Hamer is sending copies of the requested documents, but informs Hench that most of the documents he has requested are scattered through too many files for his staff to find and copy. He invites Hench to come and examine the documents himself.

Dates:  June 28, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench, February 5, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 04038001
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 5, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and financial records of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 28, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906090
Scope and Contents

The National Archives sends Hench Cuban photographs and instructions for ordering copies.

Dates:  January 28, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 31, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906097
Scope and Contents

Hamer informs Hench that he cannot locate the maps Hench requested.

Dates:  January 31, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 20, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908052
Scope and Contents

Hamer sends Hench copies of documents requested from the National Archives.

Dates:  February 20, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 1, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03912001
Scope and Contents

Hamer lists records of Reed and Godfrey in the National Archives.

Dates:  April 1, 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 P.M. Hamer to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 13, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04002007
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 13, 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 P.M. Rixey to Howard A. Kelly,  May 20, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 60
Identifier: 02960001
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:  May 20, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Materials relating to James Carroll

Letter from P.M. Stewart to Laura Armistead Carter,  October 2, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 01231002
Scope and Contents

Stewart sends his sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.

Dates:  October 2, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from P.R. Hawley to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  October 6, 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 76
Identifier: 03276001
Scope and Contents

Hawley invites Emilie Lawrence Reed to be the guest of honor at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting.

Dates:  October 6, 1932
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Pride Thomas to Howard A. Kelly,  March 6, 1905

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: 02753001
Scope and Contents

Thomas writes about a yellow fever epidemic in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1862.

Dates:  March 6, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from P.S. O'Shaugnessy to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 23, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 04701023
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 23, 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 P.S. Rossiter to the Surgeon General,  October 1, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 36
Identifier: 01936001
Scope and Contents

Rossiter reports on the recent epidemic of yellow fever at Cabana Fortress in Havana. He describes the patients and their symptoms as well as the disinfection of clothing, bedding, and property.

Dates:  October 1, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from R. C. Derivaux to Henry Rose Carter,  July 16, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00934023
Scope and Contents

Derivaux reports on work done in the field of acidosis and diabetes. He has done no more work on malaria since going into private practice.

Dates:  July 16, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter

Letter from R. E. Noble to Henry Rose Carter,  November 6, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15
Identifier: 01215006
Scope and Contents

Noble sends Carter Moseley's bibliography of articles about tropical medicine.

Dates:  November 6, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Henry Rose Carter