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letters (correspondence)

 Subject

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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Ronald Ross,  August 9, 1906

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 4
Identifier: 06104001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas suggests that Finlay and Carter be nominated for the Nobel Prize. In the postscript, Gorgas writes an autograph note for Carter.

Dates:  August 9, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Ronald Ross

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Ronald Ross,  August 9, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 19
Identifier: 02819001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas reports on conditions in Panama regarding yellow fever and malaria. He recommends that the Nobel Prize be given to America.

Dates:  August 9, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to the Adjutant General,  January 12, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: 02415001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas encloses and explains a map of the cases of yellow fever in the City of Havana for the year 1900. Two endorsements are included, January 14 and January 22, 1901. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  January 12, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to the Surgeon General,  May 8, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 02612001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas informs [Sternberg] that Agramonte will be relieved of duty May 15, 1902.

Dates:  May 8, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to Walter Reed,  February 6, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 02604001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas discusses Reed's success with Carlos Finlay's mosquito theory. Gorgas would like a post in Panama after Cuba.

Dates:  February 6, 1902
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William Crawford Gorgas to William Howard Taft,  April 1, 1905

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 02802001
Scope and Contents

Gorgas responds to criticisms of Charles A. Reed. He presents an analysis of the Canal Zone Commission organization.

Dates:  April 1, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William D. Kelly to John J. Moran,  March 8, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 56
Identifier: 03456001
Scope and Contents

Kelly requests permission to display Moran's name in the credits of the M.G.M. motion picture “Yellow Jack.”

Dates:  March 8, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of John J. Moran

Letter from William D. Postell to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 29, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834043
Scope and Contents

Postell thanks Hench for furthering the interests of the library with Agramonte's daughter, and promises to see about having a photograph made of the memorial bas-relief.

Dates:  November 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 William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter,  March 25, 1924

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 40
Identifier: 01140007
Scope and Contents

Deeks invites Carter to attend a conference in Kingston, Jamaica.

Dates:  March 25, 1924
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 William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter,  October 29, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01213022
Scope and Contents

Deeks writes that he expects to attend the meeting of the National Malaria Committee and make a presentation.

Dates:  October 29, 1924
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 William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter,  October 30, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 01213023
Scope and Contents

Deeks sends Carter galley proofs of three papers.

Dates:  October 30, 1924
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 William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter,  January 6, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: 01219001
Scope and Contents

Deeks solicits comments on his manuscript, which is intended to educate the public about malaria.

Dates:  January 6, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Letter from William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter and notes by Henry Rose Carter on Deeks's manuscript

Letter from William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter,  August 22, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 14
Identifier: 01114003
Scope and Contents

Deeks writes that he may attempt community sterilization of malaria carriers by quinine in one of the United Fruit Company's tropical divisions. He seeks Carter's advice on this process.

Dates:  August 22, 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 William E. Deeks to Henry Rose Carter and notes by Henry Rose Carter on Deeks's manuscript, January 6, 1925

 File — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 19
Identifier: uva-lib:2223653
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series II. Henry Rose Carter consists of materials relating to Henry Rose Carter that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1880 to 1932 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1883 to 1932. The series is particularly rich in materials that document Henry Rose Carter's professional activities in the last eleven years of his life (1914-1925). These materials include, but are not limited to the...
Dates: January 6, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from William Easton Hutchison to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 52
Identifier: 04052002
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:  January 12, 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 William F. King to John J. Moran,  June 22, 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03306001
Scope and Contents

King invites Moran to participate in a meeting of the American Public Health Association commemorating the anniversary of Walter Reed's paper, presented in 1900.

Dates:  June 22, 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William F. King to John J. Moran,  August 10, 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03307001
Scope and Contents

King informs Moran that the date of the memorial session has been changed and urges Moran to attend.

Dates:  August 10, 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William F. King to John J. Moran,  October 17, 1933

 Item — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03310001
Scope and Contents

King sends Moran a program of the memorial session of the American Public Health Association

Dates:  October 17, 1933
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from William F. King to John J. Moran with enclosed program and related note

Letter from William F. King to John J. Moran with enclosed program and related note, circa 1933-1966

 File — Box 33: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 10
Identifier: uva-lib:2225827
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: circa 1933-1966
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from William F. Smith to Henry Rose Carter, June 21, 1905

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 41
Identifier: 00741001
Scope and Contents

Smith congratulates Carter for his promotion.

Dates: June 21, 1905
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter