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letters (correspondence)

 Subject
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 Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench, March 1940

 File — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 30
Identifier: uva-lib:2226041
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 1940

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 6, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603009
Scope and Contents

Hutchison appreciates the message from Batista as well as the Cuban cigar from Hench.

Dates:  January 6, 1953

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 4, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 03411001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison informs Hench that Lord Dawson cannot attend the Founders' Day ceremonies. He is considering postponing the event until commencement and again inviting Dawson, as this would also give them more time to prepare the “Yellow Jack” performance.

Dates:  March 4, 1937

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 8, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 03411002
Scope and Contents

Hutchison writes to Hench about postponing the ceremonies to honor Lazear until commencement.

Dates:  March 8, 1937

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909038

Letter from Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Robert P. Cooke,  October 3, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 03619002
Scope and Contents

Hutchison hopes Cooke will attend the upcoming ceremony honoring Lazear at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  October 3, 1940

Letter from Ralph Hutchison Cooper to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 6, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906023
Scope and Contents

Hutchison informs Hench of his upcoming travel plans and activities.

Dates:  January 6, 1942

Letter from Ralph Nading Hill to Mrs. [Landon] Reed, January 9, 1957

 Item — Box 137: Series uva-lib:2231435, Folder: 31
Identifier: uva-lib:2231466
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1901 to around 1966. These materials were originally a part of the Philip S. Hench papers in the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Texas Medical Center Library, but they were transferred to the University of Virginia in 1991. These...
Dates: January 9, 1957

Letter from Ralph Nading Hill to Philip Showalter Hench, March 29, 1957

 Item — Box 66: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 32
Identifier: uva-lib:2230224
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: informed...
Dates: March 29, 1957

Letter from Raul de Cardenas to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 23, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04231011
Scope and Contents

Cardenas informs Hench that he and others visited the public works department, and that they believe the work to preserve Camp Lazear will begin soon. It will not be necessary to accept Hench's offer of $1000 for immediate preservation efforts on Building No. 1.

Dates:  June 23, 1948

Letter from Raul R. de Amaral to the Military Governor of Cuba,  August 8, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518018
Scope and Contents

Amaral thanks the Military Governor of Cuba for his courtesy towards Caldas and Bellingaghi.

Dates:  August 8, 1901

Letter from Raymond O. Dart to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 9, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212012
Scope and Contents

Dart understands that Hench is interested in loaning items from his Walter Reed materials for use in the Walter Reed Exhibit that will form a part of the Fourth International Congress of Tropical Diseases Exhibition. He is particularly interested in items relating directly to the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  March 9, 1948

Letter from Raymond O. Dart to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 30, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212048
Scope and Contents

Dart informs Hench which items from his collection they would like for the exhibit at the Fourth International Congress of Tropical Diseases. The central panel of the exhibit will be Cornwell's painting, “The Conquerors of Yellow Fever.” A search has been instituted in the Surgeon General's Library for translations of Finlay's papers.

Dates:  March 30, 1948

Letter from Raymond O. Dart to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 30, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212051
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 30, 1948

Letter from Raymond O. Dart to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 22, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214057
Scope and Contents

Dart informs Hench that a Reed exhibit will be prepared for the International Congress of Tropical Diseases using items from the Army Medical Library and Museum. Hench may then add items of his own when he arrives in Washington. Dart has been unable to find an English translation of Carlos J. Finlay's works.

Dates:  April 22, 1948

Letter from Raymond O. Dart to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 4, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223004
Scope and Contents

Dart sends Hench a copy of the exhibit folder and tentative program of the International Congress of Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  May 4, 1948

Letter from Raymond P. Flynn to Paul L. Tate,  October 1, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724001
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:  October 1, 1954

Letter from R.B. Maury to Howard A. Kelly,  November 13, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 33
Identifier: 02733001
Scope and Contents

Maury forwards Kelly a book on the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, as well as journal references. Maury contacts Lena Warner, a yellow fever survivor, for her recollections.

Dates:  November 13, 1904

Letter from R.C. Derivaux to Henry Rose Carter,  April 12, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00929010
Scope and Contents

Derivaux tells Carter of his activities over the past three years. He is now in private practice and teaching at Vanderbilt Medical School.

Dates:  April 12, 1922

Letter from R.D. Cruikshank to Philip Showalter Hench, January 12, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04324002
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 12, 1950