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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 Walter Reed to Albert E. Truby, December 10, 1900

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2231626
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: December 10, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Albert E. Truby, December 10, 1900

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 17
Identifier: uva-lib:2231627
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: December 10, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Albert E. Truby, December 10, 1900

 Item — Box 141: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 18
Identifier: uva-lib:2231628
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: December 10, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Albert E. Truby, December 10, 1900

 Item — Box 22: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 32
Identifier: uva-lib:2224477
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: December 10, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Albert Robin, December 21, 1901

 Item — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: uva-lib:2224804
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: December 21, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Aristides Agramonte, May 2, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 65
Identifier: uva-lib:2224723
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 2, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Aristides Agramonte, August 25, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 33
Identifier: uva-lib:2224224
Scope and Contents

2 pages with pencilled corrections

Dates: August 25, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Aristides Agramonte, May 24, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: uva-lib:2224287
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 24, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Aristides Agramonte with enclosed list of yellow fever cases,  November 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 39
Identifier: uva-lib:2224230
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:  November 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed,  July 25, 1900

 Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 68
Identifier: 02068001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases his daughter Blossom Reed. He expects to leave Cuba on August 1 or 2.

Dates:  July 25, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to C. H. Crane,  February 18, 1875

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 74
Identifier: 01674005
Scope and Contents

Reed declines an appointment as Acting Assistant Surgeon, United States Army. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  February 18, 1875
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Certification of Walter Reed's passing of army examinations and his appointment as assistant surgeon

Letter from Walter Reed to C. H. Crane,  November 10, 1882

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 79
Identifier: 01779006
Scope and Contents

Reed requests that his orders be ready for him by November 14, 1882. A note from the Surgeon General encourages speedy processing of the request. The resulting orders re-assign Reed from the Department of the East to the Department of the Platte.

Dates:  November 10, 1882
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

Letter from Walter Reed to [C.B. Byrne],  March 7, 1893

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5
Identifier: 01805001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about studies leading to a paper on cholera vaccination. He also gives instructions for staining tubercle bacilli.

Dates:  March 7, 1893
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Christopher Reed,  circa August 30, 1900

 Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 16
Identifier: 14016001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes that Christopher Reed's son does not have tuberculosis. Reed has been in Cuba studying yellow fever but has returned to finish the typhoid fever report.

Dates:  circa August 30, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIII. Reed family additions

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  September 6, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 51
Identifier: 01751001
Scope and Contents

Reed agrees to send McPherson supplies.

Dates:  September 6, 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  September 29, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 53
Identifier: 01753001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes that he has heard rumors that [McPherson] wishes to have his commission annulled. Reed disapproves of this.

Dates:  September 29, 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to [Dorsey M. McPherson],  October 1, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 01754001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases McPherson concerning military reports and life in the field.

Dates:  October 1, 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  October 7, 1879

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 01755001
Scope and Contents

Reed teases McPherson, and writes about debts, pay, and military assignments.

Dates:  October 7, 1879
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  January 13, 1880

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 67
Identifier: 01767001
Scope and Contents

Reed writes about military companies and scouting duty. He states he does not want his wife at the post if he must go out on scouting duty.

Dates:  January 13, 1880
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Walter Reed to Dorsey M. McPherson,  January 28, 1880

 Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 68
Identifier: 01768001
Scope and Contents

Reed forwards mail to McPherson. Reed contemplates having his wife and son return west.

Dates:  January 28, 1880
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed