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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 6939 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to Philip Showalter Hench, January 12, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2227297
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 12, 1944

Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to Ralph Rohrer Whittaker, Jr., 1932

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03275003
Scope and Contents

Emilie Lawrence Reed thanks Whittaker for the sentiments expressed in his address "Unsung Heroes," and inquires if he knows the location of a church window dedicated to Christ, Florence Nightingale, and Walter Reed.

Dates: 1932

Letter from Emilie Lawrence Reed to the Adjutant General,  December 27, 1902

 Item — Box 26: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 28
Identifier: 02628057
Scope and Contents

Reed requests that her husband's letters about his laudatory character be sent to her. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  December 27, 1902

Letter from Emma G. Kane to Charlotte C. Sweitzer, circa 1914

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 48
Identifier: 00448005
Scope and Contents

Kane thanks Sweitzer for a photograph of Lazear and describes the new Jesse Lazear School.

Dates: circa 1914

Letter from Emma G. Kane to the President of Johns Hopkins Hospital, January 14, 1914

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 48
Identifier: 00448002
Scope and Contents

Kane requests a photograph of Jesse Lazear.

Dates: January 14, 1914

Letter from Emmett I. Vaughn to Michael E. Connor,  December 6, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 01216001
Scope and Contents

Vaughn discusses possible yellow fever cases in British Honduras. He encloses a copy of his report.

Dates:  December 6, 1924

Letter from Emmett I. Vaughn to Michael E. Connor, December 6, 1924

 File — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: uva-lib:2223627
Scope and Contents From the Series: 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: December 6, 1924

Letter from Emmy L. Christensen to Howard A. Kelly,  June 29, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931004

Letter from Enrique Cervantes to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 20, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 39
Identifier: 03839038
Scope and Contents

Cervantes informs Hench that he will be sending him several copies of the last issue of "Medicas." This issue contains a reproduction of the mural "The Conquerors of Yellow Fever."

Dates:  December 20, 1941

Letter from Enrique Cervantes to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 2, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906003
Scope and Contents

Cervantes comments on Hench's articles on the yellow fever experiments.

Dates:  January 2, 1942

Letter from E.R. Dean to Howard A. Kelly,  April 2, 1907

 Item — Box 28: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 84
Identifier: 02884001
Scope and Contents

Dean writes about the financial and physical condition of Kissinger (a yellow fever experiment patient) and discusses a pension bill for him in Congress.

Dates:  April 2, 1907

Letter from Ernest Lundeen to Philip Showalter Hench,  August 22, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 91
Identifier: 03591002
Scope and Contents

Lundeen acknowledges Hench's letter and promises careful consideration with reference to adding Lambert's name to the Yellow Fever Roll of Honor.

Dates:  August 22, 1940

Letter from E.S. Adams to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616019
Scope and Contents

Adams has forwarded Hench's letter requesting copies of maps.

Dates:  September 26, 1940

Letter from E.S. Pillsbury to George S. Perkins, April 17, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444012
Scope and Contents

Pillsbury writes to Senator Perkins in support of a pension increase for Mabel Lazear.

Dates: April 17, 1908

Letter from E.S. Pillsbury to Mabel H. Lazear, April 17, 1908

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 44
Identifier: 00444011
Scope and Contents

Pillsbury informs Mabel Lazear that he supports her pension and encloses a copy of the letter he sent to Senators Perkins and Flint.

Dates: April 17, 1908

Letter from Estaban Valderrama y Pena to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223020
Scope and Contents

Valderrama y Pena promises to copy items related to Cuban and American yellow fever experiments for Hench. He asserts that in June of 1900 nobody except Finlay and his assistant Delgado believed that mosquitoes transmitted yellow fever.

Dates:  May 16, 1948

Letter from Esteban Valderrama y Pena to Philip Showalter Hench, May 16, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 110
Identifier: uva-lib:2232046
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: May 16, 1948

Letter from Esteban Valderrama y Pena to Philip Showalter Hench, May 30, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 115
Identifier: uva-lib:2232051
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: May 30, 1948

Letter from Esteban Valderrama y Pena to Philip Showalter Hench [English translation], May 16, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 111
Identifier: uva-lib:2232047
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: May 16, 1948

Letter from Esteban Valderrama y Pena to Philip Showalter Hench [English translation], May 30, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 116
Identifier: uva-lib:2232052
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: May 30, 1948