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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 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from R.J. Hinton to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 26, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17
Identifier: 04417017
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:  February 26, 1952
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.M. O'Reilly to Surgeon General, April 5, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: uva-lib:2224713
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: April 5, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Robert C. Gooch to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 20, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807021
Scope and Contents

Gooch responds to Hench's questions concerning Gooch's yellow fever research.

Dates:  March 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 Robert C. Gooch to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 6, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03810001
Scope and Contents

Gooch informs Hench that the information he requested is available at the Library of Congress.

Dates:  May 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

Letter from Robert E. Bitner to Philip Showalter Hench, November 5, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04727011
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 5, 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 Robert F. Nelson to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 20, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03125001
Scope and Contents

Nelson sends a photograph of Walter Reed's birthplace and text on its dedication as a national shrine.

Dates:  July 20, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence between Robert F. Nelson and Jefferson Randolph Kean with related materials

Letter from Robert F. Woodward to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 8, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 21
Identifier: 04721001
Scope and Contents

Woodward writes about a French delegation preparing a resolution to propose that a French doctor originally theorized that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever. In the interest of Cuban and American relations, Woodward wants Hench to provide details on Finlay's contributions.

Dates:  September 8, 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 Robert F. Woodward to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 26, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724010
Scope and Contents

Woodward informs Hench that the Cubans successfully passed a resolution giving Finlay the sole credit for discovering the transmitting agent of yellow fever. He also states it is unfortunate that no credit was given to those who were able to prove Finlay's theory. He encloses a letter from Harold M. Randall.

Dates:  October 26, 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 Robert H. Kean to Philip Showalter Hench, January 31, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04324005
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 31, 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 Robert H. Kean to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 31, 1950

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06501167
Scope and Contents

Robert Kean writes that his father, Jefferson Randolph Kean, is a patient at Walter Reed Hospital.

Dates:  August 31, 1950
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 Robert H. Kean to Philip Showalter Hench with an enclosed newspaper clipping, 1951

 Item — Box 137: Series uva-lib:2231435, Folder: 22
Identifier: uva-lib:2231457
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: 1951
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 Robert H. Kirk to Henry Rose Carter, February 26, 1917

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811012
Scope and Contents

Kirk, on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation, reimburses Carter for his expenses in 1916.

Dates: February 26, 1917
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 Robert H. Kirk to Henry Rose Carter,  December 26, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004046
Scope and Contents

Kirk explains the amount of the reimbursement check sent to Carter.

Dates:  December 26, 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 Robert H. Mann to Philip Showalter Hench, May 10, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 99
Identifier: uva-lib:2232035
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 10, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Robert J. Usher to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834021
Scope and Contents

Usher thanks Hench for the reprint of his yellow fever article and informs Hench that he will check for references to yellow fever in New Orleans.

Dates:  November 21, 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 Robert J. Usher to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 16, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839030
Scope and Contents

Usher sends Hench a list of references dealing with the human rather than the scientific side of the yellow fever epidemics in New Orleans.

Dates:  December 16, 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 Robert L. Dickinson to Howard A. Kelly,  November 23, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 02858001
Scope and Contents

Dickinson proposes an alteration to the text of Kelly's book concerning Brooklyn Hospital. Dickinson provides a quotation from the hospital minutes of 1871 regarding Walter Reed's appointment.

Dates:  November 23, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Robert M. O'Reilly to Roger Post Ames, May 19, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 70
Identifier: uva-lib:2224728
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates: May 19, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Robert M. O'Reilly to S. C. Meade,  March 13, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 81
Identifier: 02881001
Scope and Contents

O'Reilly informs Meade that the Walter Reed Memorial Fund has increased Emilie Lawrence Reed's pension, that James Carroll has been promoted to Major, and that Mabel H. Lazear has been minimally compensated for her husband's work. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  March 13, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Robert M. O'Reilly to the Adjutant General,  November 1, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628009
Scope and Contents

O'Reilly requests that Reed be ordered to Fisher's Island, New York, to investigate an outbreak of typhoid fever among the troops. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  November 1, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records relating to Walter Reed