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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 F.A. McKenna to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807036
Scope and Contents

McKenna lists room prices at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba, in Havana.

Dates:  March 24, 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 Fannie Reed to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03122022
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 F.B. Kain to Laura Armistead Carter,  December 11, 1931

 Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 8
Identifier: 01308012
Scope and Contents

Kain sends Laura Carter the biography of Henry Rose Carter as it will appear in the National Cyclopedia of Biography and asks her to consider a portrait with the entry, for a fee. He includes a description of the National Cyclopedia.

Dates:  December 11, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Federico Gomez to George A. Kellogg,  March 10, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906055
Scope and Contents

Gomez requests information that he can use to show the Cuban government the part that Wyeth Company is playing in publicizing Finlay's work.

Dates:  March 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 Federico Gomez to George A. Kellogg,  August 2, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906149
Scope and Contents

Gomez discusses the reactions of Cuban doctors to the Cornwell painting, "Conquerors of Yellow Fever".

Dates:  August 2, 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 Felipe Carbonell Ponce to Philip Showalter Hench, March 29, 1948

 Item — Box 145: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 54
Identifier: uva-lib:2231990
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: March 29, 1948
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Felipe Carbonell Ponce to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 22, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04507008
Scope and Contents

Carbonell Ponce reassures Hench that the monument will be named the “Monument of Camp Lazear” and that the caseta will remain “Building No. 1.” He has suggested to Nogueira that Hench be acknowledged as the author of the idea of the monument as well as the finder of the caseta.

Dates:  November 22, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Felipe Ponce Carbonell concerning memorialization of Camp Lazear and preservation of Building Number One

Letter from Felipe Carbonell Ponce to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906049
Scope and Contents

Ponce discusses his efforts to establish a memorial at Camp Lazear. He will be meeting with the Cuban President on this matter.

Dates:  January 12, 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 Felipe Carbonell Ponce to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 12, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906116
Scope and Contents

Ponce describes his attempts to publicize and gain Cuban government support for the proposed Camp Lazear memorial.

Dates:  January 12, 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 Felipe Carbonell to Philp Showalter Hench,  circa February 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205058
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:  circa February 1948
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 Felipe Ponce Carbonell to Philip Showalter Hench,  1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04507002
Scope and Contents

Carbonell informs Hench that, largely through the efforts of Colete, the Cuban government has approved $50,000 for the preservation of Camp Lazear. However, he is unsure how the money will be used.

Dates:  1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Felipe Ponce Carbonell concerning memorialization of Camp Lazear and preservation of Building Number One

Letter from Felipe Ponce Carbonell to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 10, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 04507006
Scope and Contents

Carbonell responds to Hench's letter expressing apprehension that the Cuban government will name the Camp Lazear monument after Finlay.

Dates:  November 10, 1952
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence of Philip Showalter Hench with Felipe Ponce Carbonell concerning memorialization of Camp Lazear and preservation of Building Number One

Letter from Felix E. Fernandez to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 11, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616009
Scope and Contents

Fernandez sends Hench the address of John R. Taylor.

Dates:  September 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Fermin Peraza to Thomas E. Keys,  May 28, 1946

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04109002
Scope and Contents

Peraza sends Keys copies of a book by Finlay. He encloses a list of Spanish language books and pamphlets about yellow fever, including prices.

Dates:  May 28, 1946
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 materials

Letter from F.F. Randolph to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 11, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616010
Scope and Contents

Randolph informs Hench that the book on Finlay he ordered is now available.

Dates:  September 11, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Miscellaneous letters received by Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from F.H. Getman to Howard A. Kelly,  July 1, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931010
Scope and Contents

Getman sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 1, 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 F.H. Morris to Mabel H. Lazear, November 26, 1900

 Item — Box 3: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 77
Identifier: 00377001
Scope and Contents

Morris reports that he will investigate what money may be due Mabel Lazear for Lazear's army services.

Dates: November 26, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Fitzhugh Lee to Walter Reed,  September 27, 1898

 Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 41
Identifier: 01841001
Scope and Contents

Lee presents Reed with a corps badge for sanitary inspection services.

Dates:  September 27, 1898
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Fletcher Hodges to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 12, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224013
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 12, 1948
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 Flora Warren Seymor to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  February 28, 1927

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03112009
Scope and Contents

She referred Emilie Reed to Rand McNally publishers for assistance with her book.

Dates:  February 28, 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