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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

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

Letter from R. Elwood Logan to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 9, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616006
Scope and Contents

Logan sends Peabody's pamphlet and describes the loan policy for the slides that accompany it. He refers Hench to Peabody and gives his address.

Dates:  September 9, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from R. G. Bradshaw to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 5, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 04139008
Scope and Contents

Bradshaw provides details concerning Hench's upcoming lecture at the University of Virginia.

Dates:  November 5, 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 R. Hart Phillips to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 21, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04112010
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 21, 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 R. Hart Phillips to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 26, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 04510006
Scope and Contents

Phillips informs Hench that the park on the site of Camp Lazear will be called “Campamento Lazear.” Building No. 1 will be called “Caseta No. 1” only, with no reference to Reed. A photographer will be available to take pictures during the dedication ceremony at Camp Lazear. The President of Cuba will speak at the end of the ceremony.

Dates:  November 26, 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 R. Hart Phillips to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 5, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 03538003
Scope and Contents

Phillips explains the reason for the registered mail receipt.

Dates:  May 5, 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 R. Hart Phillips to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 6, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04707011
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 6, 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 R. Hart Phillips to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634045
Scope and Contents

Phillips settles accounts with Hench for stenography and transcription work related to Hench's research in Cuba.

Dates:  October 26, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from R. O. White to F. E. Pettman,  April 8, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01113014
Scope and Contents

White describes the use of yellow fever serum in one of his patients who subsequently died.

Dates:  April 8, 1923
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.A. Amador to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 5, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269025
Scope and Contents

Amador congratulates Kean on his review of the Gorgas biography. He discusses his own plans to write a popular history of the yellow fever story for Panama.

Dates:  April 5, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from R.A. Watson to Mabel H. Lazear, April 4, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00431001
Scope and Contents

Watson writes that the New York Merchants' Association wants to work for a pension increase for her. He believes Lazear's work has been slighted.

Dates: April 4, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from R.A. Watson to Mabel H. Lazear, May 1, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 32
Identifier: 00432001
Scope and Contents

Watson writes that he is trying to increase Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: May 1, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from R.A. Watson to Mabel H. Lazear, April 24, 1907

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 36
Identifier: 00436008
Scope and Contents

Watson writes about work to increase Mabel Lazear's pension.

Dates: April 24, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters endeavoring to increase Mabel H. Lazear's pension

Letter from Rafael H. Elizalde to Henry Rose Carter, July 2, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803047
Scope and Contents

Elizalde regretfully informs Carter that he was unable to locate any “naranjillas” in the market.

Dates: July 2, 1916
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 Ralph C. Hutchinson to Mabel H. Lazear, June 4, 1940

 Item — Box 5: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 1
Identifier: uva-lib:2222415
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates: June 4, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear