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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 Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 24, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433038
Scope and Contents

Carey appreciated Hench's tip regarding the Camp Lazear dedication and has written a story for the Associated Press, which he encloses. He asks that Hench inform him about any new developments in cortisone and ACTH.

Dates:  November 24, 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 relating the dedicatory ceremonies for the memorial park at the site of Camp Lazear

Letter from Frank Carey to Philip Showalter Hench, August 17, 1949

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 13
Identifier: 04313001
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: August 17, 1949
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 Frank Edmundson to Philip Showalter Hench,  July 7, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 03822004
Scope and Contents

Edmundson informs Hench that he enjoyed the Cornwell painting unveiling and that he hopes Kissinger will recover.

Dates:  July 7, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 9, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906272
Scope and Contents

Law is glad that Hench likes the two oil sketches of the "Cuban version" of Cornwell's yellow fever painting.

Dates:  December 9, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 17, 1943

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 42
Identifier: 04042001
Scope and Contents

Law informs Hench that Cornwell's latest painting will be unveiled soon and that he will receive an invitation to attend the ceremony.

Dates:  September 17, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 30, 1944

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 44
Identifier: 04044004
Scope and Contents

Law informs Hench about his meeting with Ramos and describes his ideas for exploiting the yellow fever painting in Cuba. Law requests that Hench contact Ramos to find out about the progress on this project.

Dates:  November 30, 1944
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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  December 31, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 43
Identifier: 04143028
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:  December 31, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 2, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212002
Scope and Contents

Law reports that the Wyeth company is cooperating with the Hall of Fame. He inquires about the possibility of a residency position at the Mayo Clinic for a young doctor whom he has sponsored.

Dates:  March 2, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 9, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906041
Scope and Contents

Law informs Hench that the Wyeth Company was glad to have been associated with the yellow fever exhibit at the Mayo Clinic Library.

Dates:  January 9, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 20, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 2
Identifier: 04002008
Scope and Contents

Law discusses the upcoming unveiling ceremony of Cornwell's new painting, entitled "The Dawn of Abdominal Surgery." Hench and his wife are expected to sit at the head table.

Dates:  May 20, 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 Frank F. Law to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 19, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212030
Scope and Contents

Law informs Hench that he has offered to loan the Cornwell painting for the Fourth International Congress on Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  March 19, 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 [Frank F. Law] to Raymond O. Dart,  March 19, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212029
Scope and Contents

[Law] offers to send Cornwell's painting, “Conquerors of Yellow Fever” to the Fourth International Congress on Tropical Medicine.

Dates:  March 19, 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 Frank R. McCoy to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  March 31, 1928

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 72
Identifier: 06272016
Scope and Contents

McCoy comments on Gen. Summerall's statements about the roles of Sternberg and Wood with regard to the Yellow Fever Commission.

Dates:  March 31, 1928
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 Frank R. McCoy to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205026
Scope and Contents

McCoy questions Hench about his book on Reed and yellow fever. He is looking forward to meeting with Hench.

Dates:  February 16, 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 Frank R. McCoy to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 11, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 23
Identifier: 04223016
Scope and Contents

McCoy thanks Hench for detailing his latest trip to Cuba. He informs Hench that Wood's daughter will not allow him to study her father's papers until she has had time to arrange them. He confirms the account of the Sternberg-Wood incidents as described in Hagedorn's biography of Leonard Wood.

Dates:  May 11, 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 Frank Standley to Philip Showalter Hench,  June 8, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04224007
Scope and Contents

Standley informs Hench that there were no additional photographs taken during the International Tropical Medicine Congress. He compliments Hench for his address on Reed.

Dates:  June 8, 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 Frank Standley to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 4, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 28
Identifier: 04228001
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:  October 4, 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 Fred L. Soper to J.F. Siler,  February 23, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 25
Identifier: 04325005
Scope and Contents

Soper suggests wording for the proposed Reed plaque.

Dates:  February 23, 1950
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 Fred L. Soper to Philip Showalter Hench, March 27, 1953

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 2
Identifier: uva-lib:2232170
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 27, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from Fred L. Soper to Philip Showalter Hench, December 7, 1953

 Item — Box 147: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 15
Identifier: uva-lib:2232183
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: December 7, 1953
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions