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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 Harold C. Ernst to Caroline Latimer,  February 10, 1909

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 65
Identifier: 02965001
Scope and Contents

Ernst discusses difficulties involving Carnegie funding for the Kissingers.

Dates:  February 10, 1909
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Harold C. Ernst to Howard A. Kelly,  November 27, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 52
Identifier: 02952001
Scope and Contents

Ernst seeks Kelly's advice in order to organize a campaign in support of Kissinger.

Dates:  November 27, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Harold C. Ernst to William H. Welch,  October 30, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 50
Identifier: 02950001
Scope and Contents

Ernst seeks advice on the status of the Carnegie Hero Fund application for Kissinger.

Dates:  October 30, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Harold M. Randall to Robert F. Woodward,  October 19, 1954

 Item — Box 47: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 24
Identifier: 04724011
Scope and Contents

Randall clarifies that it was the Venezuelans, not the French, who tried to get Beauperthuy credit for discovering that the mosquito transmitted yellow fever. The XIV International Congress of the History of Medicine passed a resolution in favor of Finlay.

Dates:  October 19, 1954
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 Harold Seidelin to Henry Rose Carter, March 9, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764034
Scope and Contents

Seidelin claims that he has successfully infected a guinea pig with yellow fever. He hopes to receive U.S. Public Health Service support.

Dates: March 9, 1915
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 Harold Seidelin to Henry Rose Carter, May 18, 1915

 Item — Box 7: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 64
Identifier: 00764049
Scope and Contents

Seidelin thanks Carter for a reprint on impounded waters and malaria. He expresses disappointment about the lack of support by others for his work.

Dates: May 18, 1915
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 Harold W. Jones to John J. Moran,  October 25, 1938

 Item — Box 34: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 75
Identifier: 03475001
Scope and Contents

Jones sends photostat copies of Moran's certificate as a yellow fever patient in 1901.

Dates:  October 25, 1938
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Harold W. Jones to Philip Showalter Hench,  January 8, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 6
Identifier: 03906033
Scope and Contents

Jones inquires if Hench will contribute an article on the Cuban version of yellow fever history for the "Bulletin of the Medical Library Association."

Dates:  January 8, 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 Harold W. Jones to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 17, 1942

 Item — Box 39: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 8
Identifier: 03908046
Scope and Contents

Jones informs Hench that his journal would not be interested in publishing Hench's article on the Cuban version of the Cornwell painting.

Dates:  February 17, 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 Harper Peddicord to Mabel H. Lazear, December 20, 1935

 Item — Box 4: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 74
Identifier: 00474002
Scope and Contents

Peddicord requests information to write an article about the life of Jesse Lazear.

Dates: December 20, 1935
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear / Letters from T.H. Dougherty, Jr., and Harper Peddicord to Mabel H. Lazear

Letter from Harry A. Davis to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 22, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834027
Scope and Contents

Davis thanks Hench for the reprint of his article, “Conquerors of Yellow Fever.”

Dates:  November 22, 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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 30, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 41
Identifier: 03541001
Scope and Contents

Clemons loans Hench a copy of Kelly's revised edition of "Walter Reed and Yellow Fever." He also offers to send photostats of two letters in the University of Virginia collection to him: Moran to Kean [August 28, 1939] and Kean to Clemons [September 22, 1939].

Dates:  April 30, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench, March 15, 1947

 Item — Box 41: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 29
Identifier: 04129001
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: March 15, 1947
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench

Letter from Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  April 1, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 22
Identifier: 04422001
Scope and Contents

Clemons thanks Hench for a copy of an article on Walter Reed by James H. Bailey. He is impressed by the author's range of knowledge.

Dates:  April 1, 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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 23, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 5
Identifier: 04205048
Scope and Contents

Clemons thanks Hench for providing him with the text of his address on Walter Reed and yellow fever.

Dates:  February 23, 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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 25, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 12
Identifier: 04212044
Scope and Contents

Clemons will fulfill Hench's request to have items photographed and mailed to Lyons.

Dates:  March 25, 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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 14, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807009
Scope and Contents

Clemons expresses gratitude for receiving Hench's card and various newspaper clippings. He requests a copy of Hench's speech delivered at the Lazear Building dedication.

Dates:  March 14, 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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 24, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807035
Scope and Contents

Clemons adds a copy of "A Mile Post" to the material at the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, on the conquest of yellow fever. He congratulates Hench for establishing the actual site of Camp Lazear.

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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 21, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03834023
Scope and Contents

Clemons thanks Hench for the reprint of his yellow fever article.

Dates:  November 21, 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 Harry Clemons to Philip Showalter Hench,  May 21, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 49
Identifier: 03549003
Scope and Contents

Clemons acknowledges return of "Walter Reed and Yellow Fever." He offers to forward a copy of the Moran - Kean correspondence if necessary.

Dates:  May 21, 1940
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench / Correspondence between Philip Showalter Hench and Harry Clemons