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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter [in Spanish] from Maria Teresa Rojas to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 17, 1945

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 58
Identifier: 04058002
Scope and Contents

Rojas expresses her admiration to Hench for his persistent efforts to memorialize the site of Camp Lazear. She talks about her visit to Building No. 1. She was surprised to see it intact since a cyclone just had struck the area and caused considerable damage.

Dates:  March 17, 1945
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Maria Teresa Rojas and Philip Showalter Hench

Letter Laura Wood to Philip Showalter Hench, December 8, 1941

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 15
Identifier: 06115063
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VI. Alphabetical files primarily consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1860 to around 1966 with the bulk of the items dating from 1940 to 1956. All of these items have been arranged thematically into biographical files. Each file contains materials created by or relating to people who were either involved with the yellow fever experiments or aided Philip Showalter...
Dates: December 8, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Laura Wood Roper

Letter of Recognition from P. del Barrio, et al., to Henry Rose Carter, August 9, 1909

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00744001
Scope and Contents

The Junta Administradora del Hospital Santo Tomas (Administrative Board) recognizes the work done by Carter in the fight against yellow fever.

Dates: August 9, 1909
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter of recommendation for John J. Moran written by Walter Reed, February 20, 1901

 Item — Box 137: Series uva-lib:2231435, Folder: 44
Identifier: uva-lib:2231479
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions consists of materials that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1901 to around 1966. These materials were originally a part of the Philip S. Hench papers in the John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center at the Texas Medical Center Library, but they were transferred to the University of Virginia in 1991. These...
Dates: February 20, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions

Letter Philip Showalter Hench to Gilbert Grosvenor, December 19, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 04122011
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: December 19, 1946
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 Philip Showalter Hench to James F. McDonald, December 24, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 04122013
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: December 24, 1946
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 soliciting donations for the Walter Reed Memorial Association,  February 1, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02831004
Scope and Contents

This document solicits contributions to the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and also provide list of existing members and contributions.

Dates:  February 1, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Walter Reed Memorial Association regarding the construction of a Walter Reed memorial

Letter soliciting donations for the Walter Reed Memorial Association,  February 1, 1906

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02831007
Scope and Contents

This document solicits contributions to the Walter Reed Memorial Association, and also provide list of existing members and contributions.

Dates:  February 1, 1906
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the Walter Reed Memorial Association regarding the construction of a Walter Reed memorial

Letter to Aristides Agramonte from the Assistant Surgeon General,  December 29, 1899

 Item — Box 19: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 46
Identifier: 01946001
Scope and Contents

Agramonte is informed that his contract as contract surgeon with the U.S. Army will be annulled on January 15, 1900. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  December 29, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter to Carolyn H. Booth from [Caroline Latimer?],  December 6, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 21
Identifier: 02921001
Scope and Contents

The writer acknowledges the receipt of a letter concerning Kissinger's pension increase. Kelly awaits instructions for further assistance.

Dates:  December 6, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter to Daniel Witwer Weaver,  August 14, 1915

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 25
Identifier: 03025001
Scope and Contents

Weaver is informed of Kelly's biography of Walter Reed. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  August 14, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Records of the Surgeon General's Office relating to the military career of Walter Reed

Letter to Dear Doctor Ferrell, January 9, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925013
Scope and Contents

[Carter] comments extensively on a public health film on malaria.

Dates: January 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 to Dear Doctor Ferrell, January 10, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00925018
Scope and Contents

The firm of Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton informs Carter about its pricing policies for reprints of medical journals.

Dates: January 10, 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 to Emilie Lawrence Reed, November 14, 1922

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 63
Identifier: 03063024
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 14, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Miscellaneous correspondence of Howard A. Kelly with related materials

Letter to Florence M. Read,  February 25, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 26
Identifier: 00926023
Scope and Contents

The writer recommends Connor for yellow fever work in Africa.

Dates:  February 25, 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 to from Catherine E. Seth to William Houston Lazear, January 29, 1922

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 54
Identifier: 00454001
Scope and Contents

Catherine Lazear provides family news and recalls the day of William Lazear's birth.

Dates: January 29, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letter from Catherine E. Lazear to William Houston Lazear with clipping and pamphlet

Letter to Henry Hanson,  March 28, 1921

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 59
Identifier: 03059006
Scope and Contents

The writer acknowledges Hanson's cable describing yellow fever outbreaks in Peru.

Dates:  March 28, 1921
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence of Wickliffe Rose, Henry Rose Carter, and Henry Hanson

Letter to Henry M. Robinson,  January 7, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906031
Scope and Contents

The writer sends Hench's article on yellow fever for consideration by "Reader's Digest."

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 to Henry Rose Carter, February 17, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764017
Scope and Contents

The writer discusses fish stocks in local reservoirs.

Dates: February 17, 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 to Henry Rose Carter,  May 29, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931024
Scope and Contents

The writer, from the treasury department of the U.S. Public Health Service, expresses a desire to discuss with Carter a plan to put European ports under the general direction of U.S. Quarantine Station, on Staten Island, New York.

Dates:  May 29, 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