letters (correspondence)
Subject
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 the Bettmann Archive to Philip Showalter Hench, April 26, 1948
Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214065
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 26, 1948
Letter from The Bettmann Archive to Philip Showalter Hench, August 2, 1948
Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 26
Identifier: 04226002
Scope and Contents
The Bettmann Archive requests that Hench return original documents related to yellow fever.
Dates:
August 2, 1948
Letter from the Bettmann Archive to Philip Showalter Hench, September 14, 1948
Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04227006
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:
September 14, 1948
Letter from the Chief Clerk of the Surgeon's General's Office to N. M. Miller, circa December 4, 1915
Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03025005
Scope and Contents
Permission is sought to photograph the painting of Walter Reed recently completed by Miller. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Dates:
circa December 4, 1915
Letter from the Chief Quarantine Officer to [Rupert Blue], February 13, 1916
Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 26
Identifier: 03026001
Scope and Contents
The Chief Quarantine Officer relates information on a case of yellow fever and notes disagreement over the diagnosis.
Dates:
February 13, 1916
Letter from the Chief Sanitary Officer of Cuba to Local Sanitary Officers, July 20, 1908
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: 02946001
Scope and Contents
Finlay details actions taken to prevent yellow fever.
Dates:
July 20, 1908
Letter from the Chief Sanitary Officer to the Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, April 24, 1905
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02806002
Scope and Contents
The Chief Sanitary Officer requests that Shimer be assigned duty in the Sanitary Department.
Dates:
April 24, 1905
Letter from the Designing Engineer of the Alabama Power Company to Henry Rose Carter, January 20, 1915
Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764005
Scope and Contents
The Designing Engineer reports that he has been unable to obtain samples of fish from local ponds.
Dates:
January 20, 1915
Letter from the Director-General of Health of Australia to Henry Rose Carter, January 28, 1925
Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 20
Identifier: 01220015
Scope and Contents
The Director will send Carter a copy of the Pan-Pacific Transactions when they are ready.
Dates:
January 28, 1925
Letter from the Editors ofOutlookto Howard A. Kelly, July 24, 1907
Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 93
Identifier: 02893002
Scope and Contents
The Editors of Outlook forward a contribution for Kissinger to Kelly.
Dates:
July 24, 1907
Letter from the Executive Committee of the Walter Reed Memorial Association, January 1905
Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 57
Identifier: uva-lib:2231865
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:
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Dates:
January 1905
Letter from the Gibson Bros. to George A. Jones, April 26, 1901
Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 64
Identifier: 02464002
Scope and Contents
Gibson Bros. informs Jones that the cost for “The Etiology of Yellow Fever” pamphlets will be $46.00.
Dates:
April 26, 1901
Letter from the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone to John J. Moran, September 15, 1904
Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 27
Identifier: 02727001
Scope and Contents
Moran is appointed clerk in the Canal Zone Health Department.
Dates:
September 15, 1904
Letter from the James O. Gawne and Jane L. Gawne to Philip Showalter Hench, February 7, 1955
Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: 04804003
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 7, 1955
Letter from the Mayflower Hotel to Philip Showalter Hench, October 28, 1954
Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724022
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 28, 1954
Letter from the Office of the Surgeon General to Juan Guiteras, May 24, 1910
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 77
Identifier: 02977001
Scope and Contents
The Surgeon General requests more information from Guiteras on Taylor. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]
Dates:
May 24, 1910
Letter from the Paymaster General's Office to Aristides Agramonte, January 13, 1903
Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 61
Identifier: uva-lib:2224943
Scope and Contents
Letter relates to $45 owed by Aristides Agramonte to the War Department.
Dates:
January 13, 1903
Letter from the Rockefeller Foundation to Henry Rose Carter, December 13, 1922
Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004025
Scope and Contents
The Foundation reimburses Carter for his work-related expenses.
Dates:
December 13, 1922
Letter from the secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, May 2, 1953
Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04611001
Scope and Contents
Hench's secretary informs Blossom Reed that her father's books have safely arrived.
Dates:
May 2, 1953
Letter from the secretary of Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed, August 12, 1953
Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04614001
Scope and Contents
Hench's secretary informs Blossom Reed that Hench has made more attempts to get a good price for her father's books but has been unsuccessful. He will buy them himself for $10 per volume if he is unable to find a better offer.
Dates:
August 12, 1953