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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

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
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,  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
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 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
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.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
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,  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
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.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
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.E. Thomason to William M. Brumby, May 7, 1946

 Item — Box 144: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2231908
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following: ...
Dates: May 7, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from R.F. Cowley to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 6, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 47
Identifier: 03547001
Scope and Contents

Cowley indicates that Hench's letter of April 30, [1940] to Recio has been forwarded to him.

Dates:  May 6, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from R.G. Bradshaw to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 18, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: 04136004
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 18, 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.H. Brooke to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 1, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906001
Scope and Contents

Brooke informs Hench that the historical records pertaining to Reed were moved from Fort Myer to the National Archives.

Dates:  January 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 R.H. Brooke to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 03817015
Scope and Contents

Brooke informs Hench that records related to Reed and the yellow fever experiments are available for his use.

Dates:  June 11, 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 R.H. Brooke to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 29, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824009
Scope and Contents

Brooke informs Hench that the records he has requested are warehoused, and that Brooke will examine them as soon as he is able.

Dates:  August 29, 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 R.H. Creel to Henry Rose Carter,  December 24, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 17
Identifier: 01217030
Scope and Contents

Creel writes that he has never encountered an epidemic of plague on board ship.

Dates:  December 24, 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.H. Creel to Henry Rose Carter,  April 30, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025038
Scope and Contents

Creel lists vessels sailing between the west coast of South America and Asia.

Dates:  April 30, 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.H. Freyberg to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 11, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839028
Scope and Contents

Freyberg thanks Hench for a reprint of "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  December 11, 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 Rhett Milligan to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122010
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Richard A. Strong to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 24, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269018
Scope and Contents

Strong congratulates Kean for his review of the Gorgas biography.

Dates:  March 24, 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 Richard B. Ritchey to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 26, 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03275010
Scope and Contents

Ritchey sends Emilie Lawrence Reed a copy of Whittaker's article on Reed and yellow fever.

Dates:  June 26, 1932
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Richard B. Ritchey to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Richard B. Russell to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 24, 1956

 Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04906025
Scope and Contents

Russell appreciates Hench's letter regarding Lambert's inclusion in the Roll of Honor. He is unable to predict when the bill will be up for consideration.

Dates:  April 24, 1956
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 Richard M. Hewitt to Philip Showalter Hench, November 27, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04120003
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: November 27, 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