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letters (correspondence)

 Subject

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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter fragments from Henry Rose Carter to his family, circa 1880-1900

 File — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: uva-lib:2223841
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: circa 1880-1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from A. B. Darragh to Elihu Root,  October 26, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 02401037
Scope and Contents

Darragh requests that Root detail Walter Reed to attend a medical conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan in order to present a paper about his yellow fever research. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 26, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military orders for Walter Reed

Letter from a biology class of Johnson High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 8, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 03118001
Scope and Contents

The students thank Emilie Lawrence Reed for Walter Reed's work and sacrifice.

Dates:  June 8, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from a biology class of Johnson High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from A. Connal to Frederick F. Russell,  September 27, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021067
Scope and Contents

Connal sends pathological specimens from another possible African yellow fever case. He thanks Russell for consulting with Noguchi and Darling concerning the previous case.

Dates:  September 27, 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 A. Connal to Wickliffe Rose,  January 17, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 01018014
Scope and Contents

Connal will send information on yellow fever cases to Noguchi.

Dates:  January 17, 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 A. Connal to Wickliffe Rose,  June 7, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021063
Scope and Contents

Connal discusses the pathological reports of a possible yellow fever case in Lagos.

Dates:  June 7, 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 A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 6, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908015
Scope and Contents

Albertini provides Hench with information on Hoffman and Carbonell.

Dates:  February 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 A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 18, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807019
Scope and Contents

Albertini thanks Hench for his letter and interesting items concerning yellow fever. He hopes to meet Hench after his arrival in Havana.

Dates:  March 18, 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 A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 9, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03824013
Scope and Contents

Albertini identifies men in the photograph which Hench sent him. He informs Hench that the book on Military Hospital No. 1 cannot be lent to him, but can be copied.

Dates:  August 9, 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 A. Diaz Albertini to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 15, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 03827010
Scope and Contents

Albertini informs Hench that Malaret will convey to Hench the cost of copying the book on Military Hospital No. 1.

Dates:  September 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 A. E. Bates to Aristides Agramonte, January 13, 1903

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 48
Identifier: uva-lib:2231856
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: January 13, 1903
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from A. Edward Stunts to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa December 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 84
Identifier: 04384016
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:  circa December 1951
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 A. F. Xavier to Hugh L. Scott,  August 9, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: 02518016
Scope and Contents

Xavier informs Scott that Caldas, inventor of a yellow fever serum, wants to conduct experiments in Havana. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 9, 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 A. Fujinami to Howard A. Kelly, October 10, 1923

 Item — Box 53: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2229233
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 10, 1923
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from A. H. Glennan to the Adjutant General,  June 25, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 11
Identifier: 02511001
Scope and Contents

Glennan reveals the costs of the new disinfecting building for the Shore Plant for the upcoming six months. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  June 25, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from A. Hawkins to Howard A. Kelly,  July 4, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931021
Scope and Contents

Hawkins sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 4, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from [A. Morejos?] to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  February 20, 1908

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 23
Identifier: 06223001
Scope and Contents

[Morejos?] writes about mosquito eradication and other sanitary measures in various Cuban locations.

Dates:  February 20, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from A. S. Pinto to Albert E. Truby,  September 7, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306079
Scope and Contents

Pinto informs Truby that his manuscript is well written and compatible with the facts.

Dates:  September 7, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from A. S. Pinto to Albert E. Truby,  September 19, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306080
Scope and Contents

Pinto remarks that Truby's manuscript is a nice contribution to yellow fever history. He congratulations Truby on becoming a grandpa and discusses his own family.

Dates:  September 19, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from A. T. Gilhus to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 20, 1946

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 5
Identifier: 06405214
Scope and Contents

Gilhus relates his experiences at Camp Columbia and describes the camp in detail.

Dates:  November 20, 1946
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Albert E. Truby, Jefferson Randolph Kean, and Philip Showalter Hench