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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 Wilbur A. Sawyer to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 17, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224015
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:  June 17, 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

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 23, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: 04227011
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 23, 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

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 5, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 04316001
Scope and Contents

Sawyer congratulates Hench on his success in arthritis research and informs him that Gorgas may be nominated for the Hall of Fame.

Dates:  September 5, 1949
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 Wilburt C. Davison to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  March 9, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 03255001
Scope and Contents

Davison invites Emilie Lawrence Reed to attend the dedication of Duke University Hospital. He lists the wards named for distinguished physicians, including one named for Walter Reed.

Dates:  March 9, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Wilburt C. Davidson to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Wilburt C. Davison to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  March 16, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: 03255002
Scope and Contents

Davison is disappointed that Emilie Lawrence Reed cannot attend the dedication of Duke University Hospital.

Dates:  March 16, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Wilburt C. Davidson to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Willard C. Rappleye to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 3, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04605002
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 3, 1953
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 Willard D. Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 5, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 62
Identifier: 04362001
Scope and Contents

Mayer sends Hench a photograph of the Carlos J. Finlay Memorial in Panama City.

Dates:  May 5, 1951
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 Willard L. Beaulac to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 23, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04603052
Scope and Contents

Beaulac is sending Hench the seating plan of the dinner, which followed the Camp Lazear dedication, along with an extra set of photographs of the Camp Lazear ceremony.

Dates:  January 23, 1953
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 Willard L. Beaulac to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 6, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04605023
Scope and Contents

Beaulac writes that the Embassy and the U.S. government should be grateful to Hench for all that he has done.

Dates:  February 6, 1953
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 Willard L. Beaulac to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433032
Scope and Contents

Beaulac, of the American Embassy in Havana, informs Hench that he will attend the dedication of Camp Lazear. He would be pleased to host a reception as well.

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 relating the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Letter from William A. Tansey to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  March 10, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03175001
Scope and Contents

Tansey's cousins will lobby a Minnesota congressman on her behalf.

Dates:  March 10, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of William A. Tansey

Letter from William A. Tansey to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  April 30, 1929

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03175004
Scope and Contents

Tansey sends Emilie Lawrence Reed copies of letters written on her behalf.

Dates:  April 30, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of William A. Tansey

Letter from William A. Tansey to Emilie Lawrence Reed with enclosed photographs, November 4, 1929

 File — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2225721
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 4, 1929
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William A. Wood to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 15, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 04325010
Scope and Contents

Wood thanks Hench for his letter about the yellow fever survivors. He notes that it will be useful for a project to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Reed's work.

Dates:  February 15, 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 William Alden Smith to Elihu Root,  October 24, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 02401024
Scope and Contents

Smith requests that Walter Reed be detailed to attend a medical conference at Ann Arbor, Michigan in order to present a paper about his research on yellow fever. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 24, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military orders for Walter Reed

Letter from William and Martha Church to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 24, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634027
Scope and Contents

The Churches send Hench congratulations and thanks for the invitation to the Washington and Jefferson College exercises, but it is impossible for them to attend.

Dates:  October 24, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from William B. Bean to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 5, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: 04353001
Scope and Contents

Bean inquires if any plans have been made for a celebration of the centennial of Walter Reed's birth. If not, Bean will propose the idea to people at his alma mater, the University of Virginia.

Dates:  January 5, 1951
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 William B. Bean to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 23, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: 04353008
Scope and Contents

Bean informs Hench that he will discuss a commemoration of the centennial of Reed's birth with colleagues at the University of Virginia.

Dates:  January 23, 1951
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 William B. Bean to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 14, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04423002
Scope and Contents

Bean sends Hench a copy of his talk on Reed. He would like to send copies to members of the Reed family. The publication of this talk stimulated considerable correspondence, and he is happy to have helped to keep Reed's name before the public.

Dates:  May 14, 1952
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 William B. Bean to Philip Showalter Hench, May 17, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04423004
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: May 17, 1952
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