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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 Currier McEwen to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 10, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 77
Identifier: 04377006
Scope and Contents

McEwen comments on Hench's telegram message for the New York University College of Medicine ceremony honoring Walter Reed.

Dates:  October 10, 1951
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 Currier McEwen to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 25, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 77
Identifier: 04377012
Scope and Contents

McEwen would like to have a copy of Reed's New York University-Bellevue medical Center diploma. He provides replies to the questions Hench had posed concerning Reed's medical education and experience in New York.

Dates:  October 25, 1951
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 Currier McEwen to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 14, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04412013
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:  January 14, 1952
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 D. S. Fairchild, Jr. to Henry Rose Carter, May 10, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 7
Identifier: 00907019
Scope and Contents

Fairchild informs Carter that Beverly of Medical Corps is at Langley Field, Virginia.

Dates: May 10, 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 Daniel L. Borden to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 27, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906085
Scope and Contents

Borden sends Hench information on Reed's appendix operation, performed by Borden's father.

Dates:  January 27, 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 Daniel Quayle to Henry Rose Carter,  August 16, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01208007
Scope and Contents

Quayle congratulates Carter on his return to the Isthmus.

Dates:  August 16, 1924
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 Daniel R. Anthony, Jr., to Mabel H. Lazear, June 19, 1922

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 55
Identifier: 00455003
Scope and Contents

Anthony informs Mabel Lazear that the item covering her annuity has passed the House and the Senate.

Dates: June 19, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Correspondence relating Jesse W. Lazear's family

Letter from Daniel R. Anthony, Jr., to S.C. Mead, June 21, 1922

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 55
Identifier: 00455011
Scope and Contents

Anthony thanks Mead for bringing to his attention the annuities of Mabel Lazear and Jennie Carroll.

Dates: June 21, 1922
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Correspondence relating Jesse W. Lazear's family

Letter from Darrell C. Crain to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 30, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 03909036
Scope and Contents

Crain writes that he has received the enlargements sent by Hench and the framed Cornwell painting reproduction from Kellogg. He describes a meeting with Emilie Lawrence and Blossom Reed.

Dates:  March 30, 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 Dave Leavitt to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 25, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04131004
Scope and Contents

Leavitt sends Hench a sanitary report, by Reed, from Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

Dates:  April 25, 1947
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 David Hepburn to Jesse W. Lazear, July 12, 1890

 Item — Box 1: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 43
Identifier: 00143001
Scope and Contents

Hepburn requests that Lazear appear for his final examination.

Dates: July 12, 1890
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from David L. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 2, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 53
Identifier: 03453004
Scope and Contents

Dr. David Andrus gives his assessment of the medical condition and history of John Andrus, his father.

Dates:  March 2, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letter from John H. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench, Letter from David L. Andrus to Philip Showalter Hench and aLayman's History of John H. Andrus

Letter from David L. Edsall to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  December 9, 1924

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269001
Scope and Contents

Edsall requests Kissinger's address. A fund has been established in his name, Harvard University Medical School, which would provide a pension to Ida Kissinger upon John Kissinger's death.

Dates:  December 9, 1924
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from David L. Edsall to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  January 12, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269007
Scope and Contents

Edsall thanks Kean for identifying Kissinger.

Dates:  January 12, 1925
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Correspondence of Jefferson Randolph Kean

Letter from D.E. Leavitt to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 31, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122029
Scope and Contents

This letter, written by a student of Edith R. Force, thanks Emilie Lawrence Reed for the life and work of Walter Reed.

Dates:  May 31, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from the students of Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Dean Cornwell to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 10, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906081
Scope and Contents

Cornwell thanks Hench for the data on foods affecting migraines, and for his interest in the yellow fever painting.

Dates:  May 10, 1941
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to George A. Kellogg

Letter from Delia A. Lynch to Dan B. Butler,  April, 13, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06102006
Scope and Contents

Lynch requests that Butler meet with Hench to discuss Pinto's recognition for his service in the yellow fever experiments. Lynch adds a note to Hench stating that Butler wishes to meet with him.

Dates:  April, 13, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Alva Sherman Pinto

Letter from Delia A. Lynch to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 13, 1942

 Item — Box 61: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 2
Identifier: 06102007
Scope and Contents

Lynch sends Hench a photograph of Pinto.

Dates:  April 13, 1942
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VI. Alphabetical files / Materials relating to Alva Sherman Pinto

Letter from D.J. Withington to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 9, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 1
Identifier: 03801012
Scope and Contents

Withington mentions the publication of a third series of paintings entitled "Pioneers of American Medicine." Withington suggests a meeting in order to discuss this series. He requests information on Walter Reed.

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 D.J. Withington to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 21, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 31
Identifier: 04031003
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:  September 21, 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 with related notes