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 6940 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Walter Reed relating to military service, September 23, 1885
Item — Box 17: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 80
Identifier: 01780003
Scope and Contents
Reed has requested four weeks of leave. His commanding officer has asked for an officer to replace him in his absence, but the request for replacement is denied.
Dates:
September 23, 1885
Letters from Walter Reed to the Post Adjutant at Fort Robinson, Nebraska with transcriptions, May 21, 1887-June 30, 1887
File — Box 154: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 6
Identifier: uva-lib:2230375
Scope and Contents
The letters relate to sanitation and hospital reports.
Dates:
May 21, 1887-June 30, 1887
Letters from Wilburt C. Davidson to Emilie Lawrence Reed, March 1931
File — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 55
Identifier: uva-lib:2225774
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:
March 1931
Letters from William G. Harrison to Emilie Lawrence Reed, August 1929
File — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: uva-lib:2225705
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:
August 1929
Letters from W.S. Thayer to Mabel H. Lazear, April 19, 1926-May 31, 1926
File — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 57
Identifier: uva-lib:2222383
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:
April 19, 1926-May 31, 1926
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