Interpersonal relations

Hench informs his brother that the Reed family and Kean were pleased with his recent speech at the University of Virginia, which they read about in the newspapers.

Hench expresses gratitude for the receipt of the Alumni Bulletin, from Washington and Jefferson College, but requests additional copies. He wants to use the publication in connection with his campaign to memorialize Camp Lazear.

Hench writes that he is glad the autographed photographs of Moran and Kissinger have been found.

Hench provides information about resorts in Cuba.

Hench thanks Lyons for her praise of his arthritis research. He has not progressed far on his Reed book, but finds the yellow fever research a wonderful hobby and plans to finish the book.

Hench will inform Clark that Blossom plans to write a story about the Apache woman who worked in her parent's household. Hench offers to put her into contact with one of the editors of the Saturday Evening Post. He reports that the Cuban government seems prepared to do something about Camp Lazear, and he will send Blossom copies of the plans.

Hench thanks Blossom Reed for the Christmas gift of two books owned and signed by her father. He thinks the librarian at the Mayo Clinic will want to put them on display. He informs her that he is returning to Cuba and hopes to work on the preservation of Building No. 1.

Hench thanks Reed for lending her copy of her father's letters to him, and informs her of his plans for returning them to her. He also expresses the hope that she will have the letters published.

Hench apologizes for missing Emilie Lawrence Reed's birthday. He hopes that Blossom Reed will attend the Reed memorial evening at the International Congress on Tropical Medicine, as well as the unveiling of the Walter Reed bust in New York.

Hench hopes that Blossom Reed will attend his talk honoring Walter Reed at the International Congress of Tropical Medicine.

Hench is sorry to hear of Emilie Lawrence Reed's worsening health. He assures Blossom Reed that the Reed Memorial Association payments made to her mother will continue to be paid to her.

Hench informs Blossom Reed that he is making inquiries about the annuity to be paid her by the Walter Reed Memorial Association and discusses the possibility of using some of the fund's principal.

Hench expresses regret that he was unable to attend Emilie Lawrence Reed's funeral, but hopes that Blossom Reed will now have time to rest. He informs her that he would be glad to receive and preserve any material of Emilie and Walter Reed's that she might come across in housecleaning, and that the University of Virginia, the Mayo Clinic and the Library of Congress have expressed interest in being permanent guardians of the Reed materials.

Hench informs White that he has asked Borden about letters between his father and Reed. He was glad to receive White's comments on Reed's operation.

Hench writes about how much Jefferson Randolph Kean meant to him and how he combined dignity, scholarship, and integrity.

Hench informs Cornelia Kean about Truby's death. He thanks her for her help with his questionnaire. He mourns for Truby and Jefferson Randolph Kean.

Hench requests permission to borrow a movie projector from Crain.

Hench sends Crain photographs and thanks him for helping with a film for Emilie Lawrence Reed.

Hench looks forward to renewing his friendship with Ramos, whom he assigned a central role in the preservation of Camp Lazear. Hench also hopes that Ramos' suggestion of a public health facility on the site might be carried out, and pledges his support in this effort.

Hench gives Schnurr some background information for the speech he is giving at Washington and Jefferson College.