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 to Jack [s.n.] with a business card, September 1927
File — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2225625
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:
September 1927
Letter to Laura Carter, September 30, 1925
Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228042
Scope and Contents
The writer expresses condolences on the death of Henry Carter.
Dates:
September 30, 1925
Letter to L.D. Fricks, October 25, 1921
Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00916012
Scope and Contents
The writer informs Fricks that Carter is not willing to accept financial aid to attend a meeting.
Dates:
October 25, 1921
Letter to M.A. Barber, February 23, 1923
Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 21
Identifier: 01021060
Scope and Contents
The writer describes experiments involving the winter breeding of mosquitoes.
Dates:
February 23, 1923
Letter to Mary and Philip Showalter Hench from one of their children, October 26, 1940
Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634043
Scope and Contents
[One of Hench's children] sends love to his/her parents.
Dates:
October 26, 1940
Letter to Mrs. John J. Moran from Harry Clemons, October 3, 1951
Item — Box 154: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 44
Identifier: uva-lib:2230413
Scope and Contents
Clemons informs Mrs. Moran that her husband's Medal of Honor arrived safely to the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia.
Dates:
October 3, 1951
Letter to Philip Showalter Hench, circa March 31, 1941
Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03901222
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:
circa March 31, 1941
Letter to the Board of Directors, Rockefeller Foundation, circa 1920
Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 00825001
Scope and Contents
The writer reports the progress of the yellow fever work in South America, Mexico and West Africa and includes data tables.
Dates:
circa 1920
Letter to the Directeur General du Bureau Sanitaire International de la Fondation Rockefeller, June 6, 1923
Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01124035
Scope and Contents
The writer thanks the Director for the serum shipments already received and requests more to be sent to him in Africa.
Dates:
June 6, 1923
Letter to Wenceslao Pareja, May 18, 1921
Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 12
Identifier: 00912009
Scope and Contents
The writer discusses the yellow fever situation and the economic ramifications of quarantines. Enclosed is a copy of a telegram to Hanson.
Dates:
May 18, 1921
Letter to Wickliffe Rose, July 22, 1922
Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 34
Identifier: 00934024
Scope and Contents
The writer makes recommendations concerning how the International Health Board should handle inquiries concerning the status of yellow fever in various South American countries.
Dates:
July 22, 1922
Letter to Wickliffe Rose, August 17, 1922
Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937005
Scope and Contents
The writer discusses White's paper on yellow fever, and believes it would be useful to local doctors in Mexico.
Dates:
August 17, 1922
Letter to William Crawford Gorgas, May 22, 1917
Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 11
Identifier: 00811031
Scope and Contents
The writer is interested in continuing yellow fever work, but cannot be of assistance at the moment.
Dates:
May 22, 1917
Letter William Crawford Gorgas to Howard A. Kelly, December 24, 1907
Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02929011
Scope and Contents
Gorgas writes to Kelly that Ross, not Guiteras, was the director of Las Animas Hospital.
Dates:
December 24, 1907
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
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Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection
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Series III. Walter Reed
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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 with memorandum from William Crawford Gorgas to Charles A.L. Reed, February 17, 1905
Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 48
Identifier: 02748001
Scope and Contents
Gorgas writes to Reed concerning the organization of the Canal Zone Sanitary Department, and details problems in its function. Memorandum details the problems in the Panama Canal.
Dates:
February 17, 1905
Letterbook of James and G. T. Lambert
Collection
Identifier: MSS-84-9
Abstract
Bound volume with handwritten outgoing correspondence of English solicitors James and G. T. Lambert.
Dates:
1823-1828
Letters and a list of pictures relating to Philip Showalter Hench's acquisition of images from the Bettman Archive, 1947
File — Box 73: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2230363
Scope and Contents
The file at one time contained 34 photographs.
Dates:
1947
Letters and documents relating to a pension for Mabel H. Lazear, 1908
File — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: uva-lib:2222314
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
1908
Letters and military orders relating to Philippi Caldas and his yellow fever serus, July 1901-August 1901
File — Box 25: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 18
Identifier: uva-lib:2224756
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:
July 1901-August 1901
Letters endeavoring to increase Mabel H. Lazear's pension, 1907
File — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 36
Identifier: uva-lib:2222296
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear consists of materials relating to Lazear that Philip Showalter Hench collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1800 to 1956 with the bulk of the items dating from 1863 to 1943. Much of the series consists of the correspondence of Jesse W. Lazear and his wife Mabel H. Lazear. Jesse's correspondence dates from his time as a student at Johns Hopkins University to his death in 1900. Researchers can learn a great deal...
Dates:
1907