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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 6940 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 4, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710008
Scope and Contents

McClain will follow Hench's suggestion of making still photographs from the film produced during the dedication ceremony of the Lazear Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  December 4, 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 A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 20, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 10
Identifier: 03710013
Scope and Contents

McClain has sent Hench copies of the Lazear Memorial Building dedication booklet.

Dates:  December 20, 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 A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 9, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03801002
Scope and Contents

McClain informs Hench that he is sending him copies of the Alumni Bulletin, from Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  January 9, 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 A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 30, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03801010
Scope and Contents

McClain writes that he will send Hench a package of "A Mile Post" brochures. He reports that there are no additional copies of Alumni Bulletins. The film made during Founders' Day celebration at the college turned out well.

Dates:  January 30, 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 A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 15, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803007
Scope and Contents

McClain encloses a receipt for the amounts given to Washington and Jefferson College as gifts during the year 1940.

Dates:  February 15, 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 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 A.V. McClain to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 21, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03705021
Scope and Contents

McClain requests to borrow the film that Hench had made for the Washington and Jefferson College event.

Dates:  November 21, 1940
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,  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 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 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,  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