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:
Armstead L. Robinson papers
File
Identifier: MSS 12836
Scope and Contents
The Armstead L. Robinson papers(1848-2001; 43 cubic feet) consist of audiotapes; book reviews; census material; computer printouts; conference papers; correspondence; biographical information; instructional material; lectures and speeches; manuscripts and original writings by Robinson, his colleagues and students; maps; memorabilia; microfilm; organizational and professional files; photographs; printed items, and research and topical files. Most of the nineteenth century material is in...
Dates:
1848-2001; Majority of material found in 1967-1992
Ronald P. Sokol papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2014-01
Scope and Contents
Ronald P. Sokol's papers consist of his UVA Law student notebooks and his correspondence with Professors Daniel J. Meador and Hardy C. Dillard. The correspondence portrays his long friendship the professors and his relationship with the Law School.
Researchers should also see Prof. Dillard Papers (MSS-84-8) and Prof. Meador Papers (MSS-82-3c).
Dates:
1959 - 2014
Paul T. Ruxin collection of James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, and their Circle collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16519
Scope and Contents
An autographed signed letter from James Boswell to Andrew Gibb December 5, 1792 about receiving boxes, rent, and giving his son James Boswell money.An autographed signed 4 page letter from James Boswell to Andrew Gibb, (the overseer at his Auchinleck estate) May 31, 1793 discussing road repairs, horse breeding, and lumber sales. London. An autograph signed letter from James Boswell to Thomas Percy April 16, 1773 inviting Percy to dine at his lodgings with Joshua...
Dates:
1769-1793
Scrapbook created by Albert E. Truby that contains photographs, clippings, correspondence, reviews, and telegrams relating to Truby's book,Memoir of Walter Reed: The Yellow Fever Episode, 1942-1953
File — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 5
Identifier: uva-lib:2230164
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:
1942-1953
Series I. Jesse W. Lazear, circa 1800-1956, bulk: bulk 1863-1943
Series — Box 1-6: Series uva-lib:2221993
Identifier: uva-lib:2221993
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1800-1956; Majority of material found within 1863-1943
Series II. Henry Rose Carter, circa 1880-1932, bulk: bulk 1883-1932
Series — Box 7-15: Series uva-lib:2222441
Identifier: uva-lib:2222441
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1880-1932; Majority of material found within 1883-1932
Series III. Walter Reed, 1806-circa 1955, bulk: bulk 1874-1936
Series — Box 16-33: Series uva-lib:2223908
Identifier: uva-lib:2223908
Scope and Contents
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:
1806-circa 1955; Majority of material found within 1874-1936
Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, circa 1850-circa 1966, bulk: bulk 1937-1960
Series — Box 34-55: Series uva-lib:2225888
Identifier: uva-lib:2225888
Scope and Contents
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 1850-circa 1966; Majority of material found within 1937-1960
Series V. Maps, circa 1846-circa 1960, bulk: bulk 1899-1951
Series — Box 56-57: Series uva-lib:2229253
Identifier: uva-lib:2229253
Scope and Contents
Series V. Maps primarily consists of maps and floor plans that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1846 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1899 to 1951. The maps and floor plans often include annotations and illustrate a wide range of locations including, but not limited to the following:
...
Dates:
circa 1846-circa 1960; Majority of material found within 1899-1951
Series VI. Alphabetical files, circa 1860-circa 1966, bulk: bulk 1940-1956
Series — Box 58-61: Series uva-lib:2229293
Identifier: uva-lib:2229293
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1860-circa 1966; Majority of material found within 1940-1956
Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench, circa 1879-circa 1960, bulk: bulk 1900-1954
Series — Box 62-65: Series uva-lib:2229588
Identifier: uva-lib:2229588
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1879-circa 1960; Majority of material found within 1900-1954
Series VIII. Miscellany, circa 1849-1982, bulk: bulk 1885-1974
Series — Box 66-75, 154: Series uva-lib:2230196
Identifier: uva-lib:2230196
Scope and Contents
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 1849-1982; Majority of material found within 1885-1974
Series XII. Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center additions, circa 1901-circa 1966
Series — Box 137-138: Series uva-lib:2231435
Identifier: uva-lib:2231435
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1901-circa 1966
Series XIII. Reed family additions, circa 1850-1967, bulk: bulk 1868-1949
Series — Box 139-140: Series uva-lib:2231527
Identifier: uva-lib:2231527
Scope and Contents
Series XIII. Reed family additions consists of materials relating to the yellow fever experiments that several different donors gave to the University of Virginia. Items in the series date from around 1850 to 1967 with the bulk of the items dating from 1868 to 1949. The largest portion of the series is comprised of correspondence written by Walter Reed and his family between 1877 and 1902 that provide insights into their relationships and personal lives. In addition to the Reed...
Dates:
circa 1850-1967; Majority of material found within 1868-1949
Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions, circa 1860-1965, bulk: bulk 1898-1965
Series — Box 141-150: Series uva-lib:2231610
Identifier: uva-lib:2231610
Scope and Contents
Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions consists of original and photocopied materials that Philip Showalter Hench's son, P. Kahler Hench, donated to the University of Virginia in 1988 and 1989. Items in the series date from around 1860 to 1965 with the bulk of the materials dating from 1898 to 1965. Most of these items were collected or created by Philip Showalter Hench while researching the yellow fever experiments. These items include the following:
...
Dates:
circa 1860-1965; Majority of material found within 1898-1965
Series XV. Laura Wood, 1875-1946, bulk: bulk 1941-1946
Series — Box 151: Series uva-lib:2232332
Identifier: uva-lib:2232332
Scope and Contents
Series XV. Laura Wood primarily consists of Laura Wood's correspondence relating to her research for a Walter Reed biography that she wrote. The series also includes, but is not limited to the following materials:
photocopies of two letters written by Walter Reed;
a journal article by George Sternberg;
and a short work that Laura Wood wrote about Walter Reed...
Dates:
1875-1946; Majority of material found within 1941-1946
Series XVI. Edward Hook additions, circa 1880-circa 1998, bulk: bulk 1898-1901
Series — Box 153: Series uva-lib:2232367
Identifier: uva-lib:2232367
Scope and Contents
Series XVI. Edward Hook additions consists of copies of letters, articles, and photographs relating to the yellow fever experiments that had been collected by Edward W. Hook, Jr, a professor of medicine at the University of Virginia. The bulk of this series is comprised of copies of a small collection of James Carroll's correspondence. The original versions of Carroll's correspondence are not housed at the University of Virginia. In addition to the Carroll letters, this series also includes,...
Dates:
circa 1880-circa 1998; Majority of material found within 1898-1901
Sketches of the Virginia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, by Rev. John J. Lafferty, 1880
Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 49
Identifier: 01849003
Scope and Contents
Lafferty gives brief biographical sketches of Lemuel S. Reed and James C. Reed.
Dates:
1880