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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 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,  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,  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. 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,  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. 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 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 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 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

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchinson to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 30, 1939

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 18
Identifier: 03518001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison thanks Hench for his monetary contribution to the college. He provides information on a bronze plaque in the lobby of the Lazear Building for large contributors. Hutchison describes further plans for Founder's Day.

Dates:  November 30, 1939
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Carlos E. Finlay,  September 30, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 03614001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison thanks Finlay for the Lazear photo and praises the work of his father, Carlos J. Finlay.

Dates:  September 30, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to George A. Kellogg,  November 20, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906255
Scope and Contents

Hutchison thanks Kellogg for the print of the Cornwell painting, which will be placed in the Lazear Building.

Dates:  November 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 Ralph Cooper Hutchison to George A. Kellogg,  December 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839010
Scope and Contents

Hutchison thanks Kellogg for a framed picture. The picture will be given to the East Washington School where the children have depicted scenes of Lazear's life in their drama class.

Dates:  December 1, 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 Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Harry R. Birmingham,  February 6, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803003a
Scope and Contents From the File:

Materials relate to the solicitation of donations for the Washington and Jefferson College 1941 Alumni Fund.

Dates:  February 6, 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 / File ofUrgent Correspondence

Letter from [Ralph Cooper Hutchison] to J. Howard Pew,  April 11, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03534001
Scope and Contents

This is [Hutchison's] draft letter, with Hench's autograph corrections, to the president of the Sun Oil Company, asking his assistance in granting Moran time off to attend the Founders' Day ceremony at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  April 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench