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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 Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 15, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807012
Scope and Contents

Hutchison discusses an issue of "True Comics," which featured the story about Lazear. He writes that he has subscribed to the publication and has ordered additional copies for local schoolchildren.

Dates:  March 15, 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 Philip Showalter Hench,  circa 1942

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

Hutchison discusses Hench's visit.

Dates:  circa 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 Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 1, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03404001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison thanks Hench for writing to Lord Dawson.

Dates:  February 1, 1937
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 Philip Showalter Hench,  February 16, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03408001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison sends Hench a copy of a letter from Rovensky to Hutchison regarding Lord Dawson.

Dates:  February 16, 1937
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 Philip Showalter Hench,  October 23, 1937

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03441001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison informs Hench that he is interested in highlighting the yellow fever experiments during the upcoming commencement exercises.

Dates:  October 23, 1937
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 Philip Showalter Hench,  January 21, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 03447001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison suggests Paul de Kruif as an alternative speaker for the Lazear celebration if Lord Dawson is not available.

Dates:  January 21, 1938
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 Philip Showalter Hench,  November 20, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834015
Scope and Contents

Hutchison thanks Hench for the print of the Cornwell painting for Lazear Hall.

Dates:  November 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 Ralph Cooper Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 25, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834032
Scope and Contents

Hutchison reports on his mother-in-law's ill health and requests an autographed reprint of his yellow fever article for Culley. Hutchison admires the Cornwell painting.

Dates:  November 25, 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 Philip Showalter Hench,  October 28, 1939

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: 03515001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison informs Hench that his plans for a yellow fever speech have been postponed from commencement to November 1940 (Founder's Day), to dedicate the Lazear Chemistry Building. An autograph note by Hench lists possible speakers.

Dates:  October 28, 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 Philip Showalter Hench,  February 5, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 26
Identifier: 03526001
Scope and Contents

Hutchison congratulates Hench on receiving a honorary degree from their alma mater, Lafayette College.

Dates:  February 5, 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 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
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 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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Robert P. Cooke

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
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 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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions

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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VIII. Miscellany

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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

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
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters and military orders relating to Philippi Caldas and his yellow fever serus

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
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 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
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 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
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