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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2404 Collections and/or Records:

Telegram from Frederick L. Rath to Philip Showalter Hench,  February 15, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04511006

[Telegram?] from Hugh S. Cumming to M.S. Lombard,  September 15, 1922

 Item — Box 10: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 01003016
Scope and Contents

Cumming advises Lombard on a possible yellow fever case at Mobile, Alabama.

Dates:  September 15, 1922

Telegram from Jack [s.n.] and Susan [s.n.] to Laura Armistead Carter,  September 14, 1925

 Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28
Identifier: 01228001
Scope and Contents

Jack and Susan express their support and friendship for Laura Carter.

Dates:  September 14, 1925

Telegram from Joaquin del Castillo to Henry Rose Carter, March 21, 1921

 Item — Box 9: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 3
Identifier: 00903015
Scope and Contents

Hanson reports on a yellow fever epidemic in Peru. The local newspaper is publishing articles denouncing his sanitary campaign.

Dates: March 21, 1921

Telegram from Paul F. Rake to Philip Showalter Hench,  November 26, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433051
Scope and Contents

Rake informs Hench that Jefferson Medical College alumnus Leandro Tocantins will represent the school at the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication.

Dates:  November 26, 1952

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench and Mary Hench to Blossom Reed,  July 23, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04335002
Scope and Contents

The Henches send condolences to Blossom Reed on the death of her mother, and assure her that the Walter Reed Memorial Association will continue paying Emilie Lawrence Reed's subsidy to Blossom.

Dates:  July 23, 1950

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench and Mary Hench to Lawrence and Landon Reed,  July 23, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 35
Identifier: 04335003
Scope and Contents

The Henches send condolences to Lawrence and Landon Reed on the death of Emilie Lawrence Reed, and inform them that the Walter Reed Memorial Association will continue paying Emilie Reed's subsidy to Blossom Reed.

Dates:  July 23, 1950

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Albert S. Truby,  July 20, 1943

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06401116

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Bertha L. Lyons,  April 29, 1948

 Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14
Identifier: 04214074
Scope and Contents

Hench provides Lyons with information on Camp Lazear Building No. 1, to be used in a Hall of Fame exhibit on Reed.

Dates:  April 29, 1948

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Blossom Reed,  September 12, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 70
Identifier: 04370001
Scope and Contents

Hench pays homage to Walter Reed on his 100th birthday.

Dates:  September 12, 1951

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Currier McEwen,  circa September 12, 1951

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 73
Identifier: 04373007
Scope and Contents

Hench sends a message honoring the memory of Reed on the 100th anniversary of his birth, to be read at the New York University College of Medicine celebration.

Dates:  circa September 12, 1951

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Frederick L. Rath,  February 12, 1952

 Item — Box 45: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 11
Identifier: 04511005

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to George A. Kellogg,  July 23, 1950

 Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38
Identifier: 04338002
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Kellogg of Emilie Lawrence Reed's death.

Dates:  July 23, 1950

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to George P. Berry,  November 26, 1952

 Item — Box 44: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 33
Identifier: 04433045
Scope and Contents

Hench informs Berry, of Harvard University Medical School, that the Cubans are delighted that a wreath in memory of Wood will be laid at the upcoming Camp Lazear dedication.

Dates:  November 26, 1952

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Jefferson Randolph Kean,  July 20, 1943

 Item — Box 64: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 1
Identifier: 06401117
Scope and Contents

Hench expresses delight with Truby's book, and considers Kean and himself as “godfathers” to this literary work.

Dates:  July 20, 1943

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to John J. Moran,  May 14, 1940

 Item — Box 35: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 51
Identifier: 03551001
Scope and Contents

Hench congratulates Moran on the receipt of the Grand Cross of the Order of Finlay from the Cuban government.

Dates:  May 14, 1940

Telegram from Philip Showalter Hench to Mrs. George Carroll,  May 3, 1956

 Item — Box 58: Series uva-lib:2229293, Folder: 8
Identifier: 05808079
Scope and Contents

Hench requests a meeting with Mrs. Carroll. He would like access to parts of the James Carroll collection, held by her husband.

Dates:  May 3, 1956