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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 Dorothy Campbell to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122008
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:  June 1, 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 Dorothy Fishback to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122036
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:  June 1, 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 Dorothy M. Lake to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 3, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634004
Scope and Contents

Lake sends a copy of the bibliography Hench requested.

Dates:  October 3, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous correspondence received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Douglas J. Whittington to Philip Showalter Hench with attached letter from Whittington to Dan Crozier, May 12, 1964-May 14, 1964

 Item — Box 66: Series uva-lib:2230196, Folder: 48
Identifier: uva-lib:2230240
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: May 12, 1964-May 14, 1964
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VIII. Miscellany

Letter from Douglas R. Dodge to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 10, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906047
Scope and Contents

Dodge, George Carroll's cousin, will ask Carroll to see Hench. He discusses George Carroll's personality.

Dates:  January 10, 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 D.S. Lamb to Jefferson Randolph Kean, October 19, 1927

 Item — Box 65: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 13
Identifier: 06513001
Scope and Contents

The letter concerns Lamb's recollection of Walter Reed's last days.

Dates: October 19, 1927
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench

Letter from Dumont Clark to Philip Showalter Hench, January 8, 1954

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 25
Identifier: uva-lib:2232193
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: January 8, 1954
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from E. J. Scannell to Henry Rose Carter,  May 20, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 31
Identifier: 00931009
Scope and Contents

Scannell reminisces about times he and Carter spent in Panama. He reports on yellow fever field work in Mexico and claims to have created a “no man's land” between Mexico and Guatemala.

Dates:  May 20, 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 E. L. Hamilton to Elihu Root,  October 25, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 1
Identifier: 02401030
Scope and Contents

Hamilton requests that Root detail Walter Reed to attend a medical conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in order to present a paper on his yellow fever research. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 25, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military orders for Walter Reed

Letter from E.A. Sweet to Henry Rose Carter,  May 3, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102002
Scope and Contents

Sweet discusses the introduction of mosquitoes to Hawaii in 1829 and the prevalence of fever there.

Dates:  May 3, 1923
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 E.A. Sweet to Henry Rose Carter,  June 1, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 9
Identifier: 01109004
Scope and Contents

Sweet provides a detailed account of the vessels traveling between the Pacific Coast of the Americas and Asia.

Dates:  June 1, 1923
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 Earl I. Brown to Henry Rose Carter, March 23, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764038
Scope and Contents

Brown grants Carter permission to conduct a sanitary survey around the Coosa River.

Dates: March 23, 1915
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 Earl Spielmacher to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 1, 1940

 Item — Box 37: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 03705001
Scope and Contents

Spielmacher explains that the pictures of the Dean Memorial Bridge plaque sent to Hench are of poor quality because the plaque has deteriorated.

Dates:  November 1, 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 E.B. Hamlin to [Howard A. Kelly],  July 29, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931013
Scope and Contents

Hamlin refers to the Outlook article on the Kissingers.

Dates:  July 29, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence relating to contributions for the support of John R. Kissinger

Letter from E.C. Houle to Henry Rose Carter,  May 9, 1923

 Item — Box 11: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 2
Identifier: 01102017
Scope and Contents

Houle writes that he has little information about trans-Pacific shipping from Mexican ports, but suggests where Carter can obtain an itinerary of all vessels.

Dates:  May 9, 1923
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 Eckman Effendi Kildare Klink to Philip Showalter Hench, June 20, 1950

 Item — Box 146: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2232067
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: June 20, 1950
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 25, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 18
Identifier: 04018001
Scope and Contents

Mayer invites Hench to serve on the Medical Advisory Board. He wants to support the memorial in Cuba.

Dates:  January 25, 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 Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 8, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 19
Identifier: 04019001
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 8, 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 Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 15, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04028001
Scope and Contents

Mayer assures Hench that he wants him on the scientific board of the Finlay Institute. He inquires if Hench would be interested in accompanying a group of military doctors on a training mission to Cuba.

Dates:  June 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

Letter from Edgar Mayer to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 29, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 29
Identifier: 04029002
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:  July 29, 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