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letters (correspondence)

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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 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Sidney Howard to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  February 21, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 45
Identifier: 03145001
Scope and Contents

Howard inquires about Walter Reed's character for his play “Yellow Jack.“

Dates:  February 21, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Sidney Howard to Mabel H. Lazear, May 28, 1934

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 73
Identifier: 00473001
Scope and Contents

Howard writes that Agramonte has published a pamphlet on the yellow fever experiments and that a play on the subject is planned.

Dates: May 28, 1934
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Sidney R. Simon to Henry Rose Carter, June 26, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818095
Scope and Contents

Simon informs Carter that he will publish his yellow fever paper from the Atlantic City, New Jersey symposium.

Dates: June 26, 1919
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 Sidney Wallach to J. F. Siler,  September 18, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345011
Scope and Contents

Wallach sends his condolences for the death of Kean. He is dismayed at waiting until the end of November to discuss a commemorative program for Reed and offers to visit Washington to discuss the subject.

Dates:  September 18, 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 Sidney Wallach to J. F. Siler,  August 28, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345015
Scope and Contents

Wallach describes plans for a national and possibly international Walter Reed commemorative publicity campaign under the auspices of the Reed Memorial Association, and stresses the importance of the campaign in light of communism.

Dates:  August 28, 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 Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 24, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04328007
Scope and Contents

Wallach is grateful for Hench's suggestions. He feels that influential circles should exercise their power. Wallach would like to discuss Hench's proposals further.

Dates:  March 24, 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 Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 12, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04331005
Scope and Contents

Wallach requests that Hench put him in contact with policy-making officials of some of the important pharmaceutical companies.

Dates:  May 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 Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench, August 10, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 04341004
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: August 10, 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 Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 18, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345009
Scope and Contents

Wallach sends Hench correspondence between Wallach and Siler concerning a proposed commemorative program for Walter Reed. He asks Hench to use his influence with the Reed Memorial Association to arrange a meeting to discuss the project.

Dates:  September 18, 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 Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 28, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 45
Identifier: 04345014
Scope and Contents

Wallach sends Hench a copy of a letter he has written to Siler at Hench's suggestion.

Dates:  August 28, 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 Sidney Wallach to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 21, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 04325003
Scope and Contents

Wallach informs Hench about the introduction of a joint congressional resolution to honor Reed and his work. Wallach hopes to receive Hench's help in mobilizing various groups who have an interest that this resolution be passed.

Dates:  February 21, 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 Simon Flexner to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  October 1, 1901

 Item — Box 21: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02129001
Scope and Contents

Flexner reassures Emilie Lawrence Reed of her husband's safety and offers his assistance to her.

Dates:  October 1, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Simon Flexner to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 28, 1928

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 56
Identifier: 03156001
Scope and Contents

Flexner thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for a memento of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 28, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Simon Flexner to Howard A. Kelly,  January 4, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 33
Identifier: 02933001
Scope and Contents

Flexner has copied one of Walter Reed's letters for Kelly.

Dates:  January 4, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Simon Flexner to James E. Peabody,  December 10, 1941

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03304004
Scope and Contents

Flexner comments on Peabody's manuscript and corrects details about Welch and Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Dates:  December 10, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence, reports, and speeches of James E. Peabody

Letter from Simon Flexner to James E. Peabody,  December 10, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839026
Scope and Contents

Flexner praises Peabody for his account of the events leading to the Congressional recognition of the participants of the yellow fever experiments. He offers some editorial comments and suggests a few corrections of the story.

Dates:  December 10, 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 S.J. Denno to Wickliffe Rose,  December 13, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004033
Scope and Contents

Denno describes the unusual yellow fever case of seaman John Cose. Denno would like Noguchi to examine Cose in New York.

Dates:  December 13, 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 S.J. Quinn to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 14, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04508003
Scope and Contents

Quinn informs Hench that the wood from Building No. 1 may have to be fumigated for termites before shipment to the United States. He provides details about duty rate and clearing customs.

Dates:  November 14, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Walter J. Mandel and S.J. Quinn and the Miami Bureau of Customs concerning importation of lumber from Building Number One at Camp Lazear

Letter from S.J. Quinn to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04508006
Scope and Contents

Quinn instructs Hench on the best way to ship boards and lumber salvaged from the remains of Building No. 1 from Cuba to the United States.

Dates:  November 24, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Walter J. Mandel and S.J. Quinn and the Miami Bureau of Customs concerning importation of lumber from Building Number One at Camp Lazear

Letter from S.L. Jennings to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 28, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214071
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:  April 28, 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