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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:

Letters of George A. Kellogg, February 28, 1941

 File — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: uva-lib:2226559
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 28, 1941

Letters of Philip Showalter Hench, November 6, 1940

 File — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2226435
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: November 6, 1940

Letters of recommendation for Walter Reed,  April 12, 1875

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 74
Identifier: 01674006
Scope and Contents

This series of endorsements by various members of the political and military community supports Reed's desire to join the Surgeon General's staff. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  April 12, 1875

Letters of recommendation for Walter Reed,  April 13, 1875

 Item — Box 16: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 74
Identifier: 01674014
Scope and Contents

This series of endorsements by the Surgeon General and Secretary of War requests that Reed be assigned to a military post on the Atlantic Coast. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  April 13, 1875

Letters Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran, 1942

 File — Box 137: Series uva-lib:2231435, Folder: 9
Identifier: uva-lib:2231444
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: 1942

Letters related to Dr. Jesse W. Lazear and his part in the yellow fever experiment, 1900-1901

 File — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 85
Identifier: uva-lib:2222245
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: 1900-1901

Letters sent by John H. Andrus, October 1940

 File — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 27
Identifier: uva-lib:2226335
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: October 1940

Letters supporting appointment of Walter Reed as surgeon general, May 1902

 File — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 13
Identifier: uva-lib:2224864
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: May 1902

Letters to and from Francis L. Berkeley, Curator of Manuscripts, University of Virginia Library, 1941-1951

 File — Box 154: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 40
Identifier: uva-lib:2230409
Scope and Contents

The letters relate to Walter Reed and Reed family members including Nellie Reed Elliot, Mrs. Douglas T. Elam, Lila Reed, and Alice Reed.

Dates: 1941-1951

Maurice Lévy papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15822
Scope and Contents Note The Maurice Lévy papers (1952-2012; 3.25 cubic feet) document the research, professional career, and personal life of Maurice Lévy. The bulk of the collection consists of research papers and publications, with subjects ranging from gothic literature to William Faulkner to H.P. Lovecraft. The collection also contains conference talks given by Lévy, correspondence with universities and grant agencies, publications from Lévy's organization CERLI (Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur les...
Dates: 1952 - 2012

George Washington Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16413
Content Description

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1805-1906, 1966

Private Nathaniel Lewis letters

 Collection — Box BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589220]
Identifier: MSS 16025
Scope and Contents

Private Nathaniel Lewis letters to his brother-in-law Petter [sic?] Bailey and sister Jane Bailey, 0.03 cubic feet, about a skirmish at Hurricane Bridge, West Virginia in 1863 April 1. Mention of John Moore and General Albert G. Jenkins. Also included is a letter from Hannah Lewis to Jane Bailey.

Dates: 1863 April

List of microfilm in the National Archives pertaining to Columbia Barracks Post Hospital,  circa 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03822020
Scope and Contents

Hench's list records microfilmed documents from the National Archives, including official reports and correspondence concerning Columbia Barracks Post Hospital, from 1899 to 1901.

Dates:  circa 1941

List of sources on microfilm selected from the National Archives by Philip Showalter for his yellow fever research with photographs, notes, and maps showing the site of Camp Lazear and the Columbia Barracks, 1941

 File — Box 63: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 8
Identifier: uva-lib:2229949
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates: 1941

List of the representatives paying tribute at the Camp Lazear dedication ceremony,  December 3, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04503005
Scope and Contents

This list includes the names of the representatives from various universities and institutions present at the Camp Lazear dedication ceremony. It also indicates where the floral tributes were placed and whom they honored.

Dates:  December 3, 1952

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter

 Collection — Box BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589222]
Identifier: MSS 16039
Scope and Contents

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter (1853; 0.03 cubic feet) to his English friend Miss Emma.

Dates: 1953 October 3

Sir Fitzroy Maclean papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 11487
Scope and Contents Note This Fitzroy Maclean papers consist (1827-1996; 44 cubic feet) of the professional and personal papers of Scottish soldier, diplomat, politician, author, and traveler, Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean (1911-1996) of Dunconnel. It includes correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, lectures, speeches, photographs, memorabilia, and research material pertaining to his military, diplomatic, political and literary career as well as family and...
Dates: 1827-1996

Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16411
Scope and Contents Note

The Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection (1880-1937; 3 cubic feet) contains minute books, financial records, correspondence, event programs, proceedings, a cemetary plot, a framed faternal collar, a fraternal apron, and a flag. Loose manuscripts, meeting minutes, and notes make up the remainder of the collection.

Dates: 1880-1937

Mailing tubes sent to Walter Reed, circa 1902

 Item — Box 71: Series uva-lib:2230196; Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 5 [oversize]
Identifier: uva-lib:2230320
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VIII. Miscellany consists of oversize and miscellaneous materials in the Philip S. Hench Walter Reed yellow fever collection that were, for various reasons, not included in any of the other series in the collection. Items in this series date from around 1849 to 1982 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1885 to 1974. These materials include, but are not limited to the following: informed...
Dates: circa 1902

Major James Carroll of the United States Army,  1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 02954005
Scope and Contents

Hemmeter gives a chronological account of all the work done by Carroll with regard to yellow fever, and includes a series of letters written by Carroll to his wife, to Walter Reed, and to several others. Hemmeter attempts to rectify what he sees as a lack of proper recognition or reward to Carroll and his family for the part he played in determining the cause of yellow fever.

Dates:  1908