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letters (correspondence)

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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 George P. Berry to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 3, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 04606004
Scope and Contents

Berry requests Hench's opinion in regards to posthumously recognizing Maass and Ames.

Dates:  March 3, 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 P. Berry to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 7, 1953

 Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 9
Identifier: 04609001
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:  April 7, 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 P. Berry to William W. Caswell,  November 26, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433049
Scope and Contents

Berry, of Harvard Medical School, explains the background and significance of the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication, and requests that Caswell represent Harvard at the ceremony.

Dates:  November 26, 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 Packer Berry to William W. Caswell,  November 29, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433061
Scope and Contents

Berry hopes that Caswell will be able to represent Harvard at the Camp Lazear dedication, but is sending official greetings from Harvard to Hench, to convey to the Cubans, in case Caswell cannot attend. On the same page, a note from Berry to Hench congratulates him on skillfully planning this event.

Dates:  November 29, 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 Parker to Henry Rose Carter,  April 3, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 29
Identifier: 00929003
Scope and Contents

Parker informs Carter that he is not permitted to continue malaria work in Cherokee County, Mississippi, but that the county health department will continue the work. He is now beginning the Yazoo County campaign and planning a mobile laboratory.

Dates:  April 3, 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 George Parker to Henry Rose Carter,  November 25, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003039
Scope and Contents

Parker requests Carter's opinion on his formula for the economic loss caused by malaria in Mississippi.

Dates:  November 25, 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 George Parker to Henry Rose Carter, October 29, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00916018
Scope and Contents

Parker reports on a malaria survey in Texas. He describes campaign details. All towns show good results.

Dates: October 29, 1921
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 George Parker to Henry Rose Carter,  March 18, 1922

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27
Identifier: 00927010
Scope and Contents

Parker sends Carter a paper on malaria work in Texas.

Dates:  March 18, 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 George Parker to Henry Rose Carter,  December 5, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 4
Identifier: 01004015
Scope and Contents

Parker discusses his formula to compute economic losses due to malaria.

Dates:  December 5, 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 George Parker to Henry Rose Carter,  March 16, 1923

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 22
Identifier: 01022017
Scope and Contents

Parker describes his malaria education efforts.

Dates:  March 16, 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 George [s.n.] to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 20, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634017
Scope and Contents

George sends Hench his congratulations and regrets that he will not be able to attend the Washington and Jefferson College ceremony. In the postscript, he offers a brief political statement.

Dates:  October 20, 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 George T. Wescott to Henry Rose Carter, February 14, 1918

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00813007
Scope and Contents

Wescott thanks Carter for the care he administered to his son.

Dates: February 14, 1918
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 George W. Arnett to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 28, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634047
Scope and Contents

Arnett congratulates Hench on his honorary degree and hopes to visit him in Rochester.

Dates:  October 28, 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 George W. Baird to Henry Rose Carter, October 29, 1900

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2222478
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: October 29, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter

Letter from George W. Baird to [s.n.] Carter,  October 29, 1900

 Item — Box 23: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02306014
Scope and Contents

Baird recommends that Reed's orders be changed so that there will be no confusion in the payment process when Reed returns to Cuba via New York City and Washington D. C. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Dates:  October 29, 1900
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Military records for Walter Reed

Letter from George W. Goethals to John J. Moran,  November 18, 1915

 Item — Box 30: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03024001
Scope and Contents

Goethals provides Moran with a transcript of Moran's service record and acknowledges his resignation from the Health Department.

Dates:  November 18, 1915
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from George W. Sternberg to Aristides Agramonte,  June 5, 1899

 Item — Box 143: Series uva-lib:2231610, Folder: 6
Identifier: 14306001
Scope and Contents

Sternberg sends checks for research-related expenses.

Dates:  June 5, 1899
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series XIV. P. Kahler Hench additions

Letter from George W. Wingate to Howard A. Kelly,  July 15, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31
Identifier: 02931033
Scope and Contents

Wingate sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates:  July 15, 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 Georgia S. Sutter to Elida Moran,  October 14, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 03624003
Scope and Contents

Sutter invites Elida Moran to a luncheon during the Morans' visit to Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  October 14, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Letters from Melvin D. Brewer to John J. Moran and letter from Georgia S. Sutter to Mrs. John Moran

Letter from Gertrude B. Updegraff to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  March 7, 1931

 Item — Box 32: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 54
Identifier: 03254001
Scope and Contents

Updegraff enjoyed meeting Emilie Lawrence Reed in Washington, D.C. She describes trips to Detroit, Albany, and home to Trenton, N.J.

Dates:  March 7, 1931
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed