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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 Harry J. Warthen to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 8, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 83
Identifier: 04383004
Scope and Contents

Warthen requests permission to borrow some of Reed's personal items for the next annual meeting of the Richmond Academy of Medicine.

Dates:  November 8, 1951
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 L. Freer to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 20, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803016
Scope and Contents

Freer informs Hench that no record of a map of Camp Columbia made in 1900 or 1901 could be found. He will send Hench two additional maps prepared in 1902 and 1907.

Dates:  February 20, 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 L. Freer to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 28, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803035
Scope and Contents

Freer informs Hench that his office cannot find the key to the map of Columbia Barracks, Cuba. However, he suggests that a participant from the time period might be able to help. Furthermore, there is no record that a map of Camp Lazear was ever prepared.

Dates:  February 28, 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 M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 4, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03102001
Scope and Contents

Carroll makes an appeal to the medical profession to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Dates:  May 4, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  May 9, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 2
Identifier: 03102002
Scope and Contents

Carroll informs Emilie Lawrence Reed that the Medical Society of Virginia will address his proposal to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Dates:  May 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  June 1, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03103001
Scope and Contents

Carroll plans to write a magazine article on Walter Reed.

Dates:  June 1, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed,  July 9, 1926

 Item — Box 31: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03103002
Scope and Contents

Carroll discusses plans to make Walter Reed's birthplace a national shrine. He receives permission from Emilie Lawrence Reed to mention the pension debate in his magazine article.

Dates:  July 9, 1926
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letters from Harry M. Carroll to Emilie Lawrence Reed

Letter from Harry M. Hurd to Howard A. Kelly,  February 24, 1908

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 35
Identifier: 02935001
Scope and Contents

Hurd agrees with Kelly that Carroll's obituary overstates his accomplishments.

Dates:  February 24, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed / Letter from Harry M. Hurd to Howard A. Kelly with enclosed obituary for James Carroll

Letter from Harry M. Hurd to Howard A. Kelly with enclosed obituary for James Carroll,  February 24, 1908

 File — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 35
Identifier: uva-lib:2225278
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series III. Walter Reed consists of materials that document the life of Walter Reed as well as the work and legacy of the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission. Items in the series date from 1806 to around 1955 with the bulk of the items dating from 1874 to 1936. The series is particularly rich in materials that document the professional and personal life of Walter Reed from 1874 to his death in 1902. These materials include, but are not limited to the following:...
Dates:  February 24, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Harry R. Birmingham to Ralph Cooper Hutchison,  February 1, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 3
Identifier: 03803002a
Scope and Contents From the File:

Materials relate to the solicitation of donations for the Washington and Jefferson College 1941 Alumni Fund.

Dates:  February 1, 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 / File ofUrgent Correspondence

Letter from Harvey Cushing to Howard A. Kelly,  October 2, 1907

 Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 6
Identifier: 02906001
Scope and Contents

Cushing writes about plans to speak at a meeting in support of Jennie Carroll.

Dates:  October 2, 1907
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series III. Walter Reed

Letter from Harvey Cushing to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 1, 1925

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69
Identifier: 06269030
Scope and Contents

Cushing congratulates Kean for his review of the Gorgas biography. An autograph note by Kean reveals sales statistics of both the Osler and Gorgas biographies.

Dates:  July 1, 1925
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 Harvey E. Jordan to Philip Showalter Hench,  September 26, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 16
Identifier: 03616020
Scope and Contents

Jordan informs Hench of the arrangements for a University of Virginia dinner in Moran's honor.

Dates:  September 26, 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 Harvey E. Jordan to Philip Showalter Hench,  October 24, 1940

 Item — Box 36: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 34
Identifier: 03634031
Scope and Contents

Jordan writes about the Moran dinner, held the night before, and reports that Moran spoke very well.

Dates:  October 24, 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 Harvey E. Jordan to Philip Showalter Hench,  March 13, 1941

 Item — Box 38: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 7
Identifier: 03807007
Scope and Contents

Jordan thanks Hench for a copy of his speech about Lazear, which was given during the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

Dates:  March 13, 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 Harvey P. Barret to Henry Rose Carter, April 8, 1918

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 13
Identifier: 00813010
Scope and Contents

Barret informs Carter that Aedes Canadensis mosquitoes do feed on humans.

Dates: April 8, 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 H.C. Fisher to Henry Rose Carter, April 1, 1919

 Item — Box 8: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 18
Identifier: 00818020
Scope and Contents

Fisher sends Carter a copy of Carter's 1907 report on pneumonia in the Panama Canal Zone.

Dates: April 1, 1919
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 H.C. Woodfall to Henry Rose Carter, October 22, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 16
Identifier: 00916008
Scope and Contents

Woodfall asks Carter to review the bill before Georgia Legislature regarding impounded waters.

Dates: October 22, 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 H.D. Thomason to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  September 1, 1908

 Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 28
Identifier: 06228001
Scope and Contents

Thomason discusses a yellow fever patient, Manuel Casas.

Dates:  September 1, 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench / Letter from H.D. Thomason to Jefferson Randolph Kean with a fever chart for Manuel Casas

Letter from H.D. Thomason to Jefferson Randolph Kean with a fever chart for Manuel Casas, 1908

 File — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 28
Identifier: uva-lib:2229623
Scope and Contents From the Series: Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench primarily consists of materials relating to Albert E. Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean that Philip Showalter Hench created or collected while researching the yellow fever experiments. Items in this series date from around 1879 to around 1960 with the bulk of the items dating from 1900 to 1954. These items include, but are not limited to the following: correspondence of...
Dates: 1908
Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever Collection / Series VII. Truby-Kean-Hench