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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 Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 12, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03603005
Scope and Contents

Truby requests that Hench keep the information he provided on Agramonte confidential.

Dates:  September 12, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 3, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03622002
Scope and Contents

Truby will send Hench his manuscript and asks for Cooke's address so he may send him a copy. He comments on and sketches the Camp [Columbia?] model, noting inaccuracies.

Dates:  October 3, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 10, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03622004
Scope and Contents

Truby offers observations on Lazear, Moran, and Kissinger.

Dates:  October 10, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 24, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03622012
Scope and Contents

Truby comments on the validity of Agramonte's statements regarding Lazear's work.

Dates:  October 24, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 6, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03708001
Scope and Contents

Truby thanks Hench for the clippings and program from the Lazear memorial event. He would like to have his manuscript returned soon so that he may make revisions. He reveals new information about the buildings of the yellow fever hospital and believes Lazear died in one of them.

Dates:  December 6, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 23, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03708004
Scope and Contents

Truby hopes to have Hench's comments on his manuscript by January 15, 1941. He would like to hear about the Washington and Jefferson College memorial events.

Dates:  December 23, 1940

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06301020
Scope and Contents

Truby suggests several corrections for Hench's article. He maintains that Kissinger volunteered before Moran and mentions his plans to work on his own paper. He invites Hench to visit him.

Dates:  January 12, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 16, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06301026
Scope and Contents

Truby informs Hench that he will send photographs under a separate cover. He appreciated Hench's comments on his manuscript, but he doesn't agree with all of his views about what happened in Cuba.

Dates:  January 16, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 27, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06301121
Scope and Contents

Truby provides detailed replies to the questions Hench posed about Truby's manuscript on the yellow fever experiments. He doubts the accuracy of Agramonte's accounts of the experiments.

Dates:  January 27, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa March 10, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302024
Scope and Contents

Truby acknowledges his error in saying “northwest” instead of “southwest” in regard to the location of the yellow fever grounds.

Dates:  circa March 10, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 21, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302040
Scope and Contents

Truby confirms that Agramonte did not visit Lazear when he was sick nor did he attend the funeral.

Dates:  March 21, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa March 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302056
Scope and Contents

Truby discusses the plan to commission a painting of the Yellow Fever Board, including Finlay. He will ask Andrus and England for verification of locations and hopes his letter to Ramos was sufficient.

Dates:  circa March 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 14, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06302092
Scope and Contents

Truby finds Agramonte's statements greatly exaggerated. He also faults the sketch proposed for the yellow fever painting.

Dates:  April 14, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  circa August 20, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306034
Scope and Contents

Truby agrees that Cooke, Ames, and Jernegan should be included in the yellow fever painting.

Dates:  circa August 20, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 26, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306050
Scope and Contents

Truby points out historical inaccuracies found in the yellow fever painting.

Dates:  August 26, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 3, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306061
Scope and Contents

Truby comments on Dean, Ames, Carroll and Agramonte. He feels his memory is sound, though he knows Hench has some skepticism. He offers his recollections of Carroll's infection and his attitude towards the mosquito theory.

Dates:  September 3, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 3, 1941

 Item — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 6
Identifier: 06306065
Scope and Contents

Truby describes the interior of the living quarters at Camp Lazear and the problems they had with toads entering through the roof.

Dates:  September 3, 1941

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, circa January 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 43
Identifier: uva-lib:2231979
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: circa January 1948

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, September 21, 1951

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 52
Identifier: uva-lib:2232104
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: September 21, 1951

Letter from Albert E. Truby to Philip Showalter Hench, October 13, 1951

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 54
Identifier: uva-lib:2232106
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: October 13, 1951