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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 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 14, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807011
Scope and Contents

McClain returns photographs to Hench, which had been believed lost.

Dates:  March 14, 1941
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 from Avery S. Hoyt to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 30, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 50
Identifier: 04050017
Scope and Contents

Hoyt provides information on how to protect Building No. 1 from the effects of weathering and the attack of termites.

Dates:  December 30, 1944
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence and other materials relating to the preservation of the surviving building at Camp Lazear

Letter from Azel Ames to James Carroll,  October 3, 1904

 Item — Box 27: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 29
Identifier: 02729001
Scope and Contents

Ames objects to the inadequate recognition given to Carroll, Lazear, and Agramonte for their yellow fever work.

Dates:  October 3, 1904
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Barbara Cornwell to Albert G. Love,  June 18, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 15
Identifier: 04615006
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:  June 18, 1953
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 from Barbara L. LaGarde to "Mother and E",  April 30, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04713005
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:  April 30, 1954
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 from Barratt O'Hara to Paul L. Tate,  July 11, 1955

 Item — Box 48: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04811009
Scope and Contents

O'Hara asks Tate for a notarized statement that proves that Lambert participated in the yellow fever experiment with Reed.

Dates:  July 11, 1955
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 from Bayard T. Horton to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 31, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710004
Scope and Contents

Horton agrees to facilitate an invitation for Hench to give his lecture on the yellow fever experiments at the University of Virginia..

Dates:  December 31, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence and notes of Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 7, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: 03115001
Scope and Contents

Gruenberg asks to call on Reed so he can update her on the Kissinger relief fund.

Dates:  May 7, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Emilie Lawrence Reed with business card

Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Emilie Lawrence Reed with business card,  May 1927

 File — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2225555
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 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Howard A. Kelly,  March 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112004
Scope and Contents

Gruenberg informs Kelly of the campaign to raise funds for the Kissingers and asks to borrow photographs.

Dates:  March 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to a pension for John R. Kissinger

Letter from Benjamin C. Gruenberg to Howard A. Kelly,  September 9, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 4
Identifier: 03104001
Scope and Contents

Gruenberg seeks Kelly's advice on establishing an additional pension for Kissinger.

Dates:  September 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  April 6, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00929005
Scope and Contents

Caldwell asks Carter about the possibility of human yellow fever “carriers”, as he has had an inexplicable case of yellow fever in his district.

Dates:  April 6, 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 from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  June 12, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 33
Identifier: 00933007
Scope and Contents

Caldwell agrees with Carter that there are no human carriers of yellow fever. He discusses, in detail, his field work in Mexico.

Dates:  June 12, 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 from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  August 5, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937001
Scope and Contents

Caldwell asks Carter to review a report on the yellow fever campaign in Mexico. He discusses the current situation in the field.

Dates:  August 5, 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 from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  August 29, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 37
Identifier: 00937027
Scope and Contents

Caldwell replies to questions raised by Carter concerning yellow fever outbreaks in Mexico and Africa.

Dates:  August 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

Letter from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter, October 6, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00916001
Scope and Contents

Caldwell thanks Carter for his informative and invaluable lecture. He reports on field work, problems with local customs, and migrant workers' susceptibility to yellow fever.

Dates: October 6, 1921
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 from Bert W. Caldwell to Henry Rose Carter,  December 23, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004045
Scope and Contents

Caldwell comments on the Mexican Yellow Fever Commission report.

Dates:  December 23, 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 from Bertha L. Heilbron to Louis B. Wilson,  June 1, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 04003002
Scope and Contents

Heilbron informs Wilson that she is publishing an article concerning Reed's period of military medical service in Minnesota, and requests permission to quote from Wilson's article on Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 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 from Bertha L. Heilbron to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 12, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04033007
Scope and Contents

Heilbron sends Hench an article about Walter Reed, published by the Minnesota Historical Society.

Dates:  October 12, 1943
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 from Bertha L. Heilbron to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 15, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04033008
Scope and Contents

Heilbron comments on Hench's article, entitled "Conquerors of Yellow Fever." She informs him that he will receive a number of copies of her article on Reed.

Dates:  October 15, 1943
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