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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 Wayne Hopkins to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 20, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 57
Identifier: 04057004
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 20, 1945
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 W.C. Hausheer to Wickliffe Rose,  November 15, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003032
Scope and Contents

Hausheer reports that their yellow fever findings in Surinam proved negative, but yellow fever is present in Sierra Leone.

Dates:  November 15, 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 W.E. Safford to Henry Rose Carter,  April 24, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01025032
Scope and Contents

Safford describes his work and theories on the origins of cultivated plants. He believes that the banana is of Old World origin.

Dates:  April 24, 1923
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 Wenceslao Pareja to Henry Rose Carter,  July 4, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00934006
Scope and Contents

Pareja writes to Carter regarding the history of yellow fever in Ecuador. Enclosed is a table showing the annual number of yellow fever cases, from 1880-1919, in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Dates:  July 4, 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 Wenceslao Pareja to Henry Rose Carter,  September 9, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01001007
Scope and Contents

Pareja discusses the origins of yellow fever in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Dates:  September 9, 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 Wenceslao Pareja to Henry Rose Carter,  February 7, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021038
Scope and Contents

Pareja informs Carter that he has never seen a case of espiroquetosis ictero-hemorrhagica (Weil's Disease) in Guayaquil.

Dates:  February 7, 1923
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 Wenceslao Pareja to Wickliffe Rose,  May 29, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 58
Identifier: 03058001
Scope and Contents

Pareja, in this letter translated from Spanish to English, writes to Rose regarding his appointment as Director of Health. He details efforts taken to eliminate yellow fever.

Dates:  May 29, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from W.F. Arnold to Howard A. Kelly,  October 14, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02929001
Scope and Contents

Arnold defends the reputation of Ross.

Dates:  October 14, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to James Carroll's charge that John Ross and Juan Guiteras prevented him from obtaining blood necessary for yellow fever tests at Las Animas Hospital

Letter from W.F. de Niedman to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  April 4, 1928

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 72
Identifier: 06272005
Scope and Contents

De Niedman offers his recollections of yellow fever work in Cuba, including investigations of Sanarelli's bacillus and sanitary measures undertaken.

Dates:  April 4, 1928
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from W.F. Wilson to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 29, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839044
Scope and Contents

Wilson enjoyed reading Hench's "Conquerors of Yellow Fever" and suggests having it published.

Dates:  December 29, 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 W.F. Wilson to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 7, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906028
Scope and Contents

Wilson informs Hench that "Reader's Digest" might be interested in abstracting Hench's "Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  January 7, 1942
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 W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, October 15, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764079
Scope and Contents

Stimpson discusses Carter's expenses.

Dates: October 15, 1915
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 W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, November 5, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764084
Scope and Contents

Stimpson discusses reimbursement for expenses.

Dates: November 5, 1915
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 W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, January 13, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803001
Scope and Contents

Stimpson requests that Carter detail his expenses for reimbursement.

Dates: January 13, 1916
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 W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, January 22, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803005
Scope and Contents

Stimpson sends Carter a copy of a letter to St. Vincent's hospital regarding payment for Carter's treatment there.

Dates: January 22, 1916
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 W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, March 8, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803026
Scope and Contents

Stimpson reimburses Carter for his expenses.

Dates: March 8, 1916
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 W.G. Stimpson to Henry Rose Carter, September 28, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803077
Scope and Contents

Stimpson discusses Carter's request for a leave of absence.

Dates: September 28, 1916
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 W.G. Stimpson to Superintendent, St. Vincent's Hospital, January 22, 1916

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00803006
Scope and Contents

Stimpson arranges for Carter to be reimbursed for payment made to St. Vincent's Hospital.

Dates: January 22, 1916
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 W.H. Hoffman to George A. Kellogg,  February 9, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908024
Scope and Contents

Hoffmann informs Kellogg that he has not yet received the reprints.

Dates:  February 9, 1942
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 W.H. Hoffmann to George A. Kellogg,  January 15, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906056
Scope and Contents

Hoffmann requests copies of the portrait, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever," and notes his own work on yellow fever endemic infection.

Dates:  January 15, 1942
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