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letters (correspondence)

 Subject

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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 G. Glenwood Clark to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 31, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 20
Identifier: 04420019
Scope and Contents

Clark thanks Hench for attempting to locate information about Susie, the Apache girl who was a domestic servant in Reed's household.

Dates:  March 31, 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 G. Jameson Carr to Henry Rose Carter,  May 22, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 1
Identifier: 01201018
Scope and Contents

Carr reports on observations of Aedes aegypti breeding.

Dates:  May 22, 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 G. Jameson Carr to Henry Rose Carter,  June 16, 1924

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01204008
Scope and Contents

Carr describes the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitos in mud puddles in Brazil.

Dates:  June 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 G. Jameson Carr to Henry Rose Carter,  June 16, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 25
Identifier: 01225001
Scope and Contents

Carr refers to the diseases O Bicho and Schistomiasis Mansonii.

Dates:  June 16, 1925
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 G. Jameson Carr to Joseph H. White,  March 26, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 24
Identifier: 01224011
Scope and Contents

Carr sends White his clinical history and autopsy report on a Brazilian yellow fever case and describes several other cases.

Dates:  March 26, 1925
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 G. Jameson Carr to Laura Armistead Carter,  August 28, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 01227020
Scope and Contents

Carr expresses his admiration for Henry Carter.

Dates:  August 28, 1925
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 G. Meredith Brill to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 16, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214048
Scope and Contents

Brill requests a photograph of Reed to be included with the publication of Hench's lecture in the Alpha Omega Alpha magazine.

Dates:  April 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 G. Meredith Brill to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 27, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214068
Scope and Contents

Brill discusses details concerning the publication of Hench's Alpha Omega Alpha lecture by the society.

Dates:  April 27, 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 G.E. Morgan to Howard A. Kelly,  circa June 30, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931005
Scope and Contents

Morgan sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  circa June 30, 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 G.E.L. to Howard A. Kelly, circa 1920-1943

 Item — Box 53: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: uva-lib:2229243
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 1920-1943
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from George A. Bennett to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 5, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04605020
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 5, 1953
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 George A. Bennett to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 25, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433041
Scope and Contents

Bennett informs Hench that a representative of Jefferson Medical College will lay a wreath in memory of Finlay at the Camp Lazear dedication. Jefferson Medical College, Finlay's alma mater, is planning a celebration of the centennial of Finlay's graduation, in 1855.

Dates:  November 25, 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 George A. Jones to the Gibson Bros.,  April 26, 1901

 Item — Box 24: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 64
Identifier: 02464001
Scope and Contents

The Surgeon General accepts the estimate the Gibson Bros. will charge for publishing 300 copies of the pamphlet, “The Etiology of Yellow Fever.”

Dates:  April 26, 1901
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Correspondence between George Jones and Gibson Brothers

Letter from [George A. Kellogg] to Albert E. Truby,  February 18, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906009
Scope and Contents

[Kellogg] discusses his meeting with Hench, as well as proposed changes to the Cornwell painting based on Hench's suggestions. He includes a list of questions for Truby concerning details that will appear in the painting.

Dates:  February 18, 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 George A. Kellogg to Albert E. Truby,  September 2, 1942

 Item — Box 40: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 04008002
Scope and Contents

Kellogg provides Hench's address, at Camp Carson, and writes that he hopes Truby's manuscript will be released soon.

Dates:  September 2, 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 George A. Kellogg to Carlos E. Finlay,  August 14, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906162
Scope and Contents

Hench responds to Carlos E. Finlay's criticism of Cornwell's "Conquerors of Yellow Fever" painting.

Dates:  August 14, 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 George A. Kellogg to Carlos E. Finlay,  August 27, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906200
Scope and Contents

Kellogg thanks Finlay for his letter and assures him that his opinion was welcomed. He discusses the possibility of a second yellow fever painting.

Dates:  August 27, 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 George A. Kellogg to Estela Agramonte Rodriguez Leon,  March 17, 1941

 Item — Box 59: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 6
Identifier: 05906063
Scope and Contents

Kellogg thanks Agramonte's daughter for her comments on the Cornwell sketches and describes planned changes to the painting.

Dates:  March 17, 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 George A. Kellogg to Federico Gomez,  March 17, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807013
Scope and Contents

Kellogg refers to Dominguez's book on Finlay's work, which he has not yet read. Kellogg discusses Finlay's mosquito vector theory and the later work of the Yellow Fever Commission. Kellogg is anxious that all involved receive due credit for the conquest of yellow fever and that too much emphasis on Finlay's contributions be avoided.

Dates:  March 17, 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 George A. Kellogg to Fred W. Rankin,  April 22, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 03912013
Scope and Contents

Kellogg assures Rankin that Cornwell will make the suggested corrections to the McDowell painting. He is pleased that Rankin may be able to speak at the unveiling of the painting.

Dates:  April 22, 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