Social history

Letter from Thurman B. Rice to Philip Showalter Hench, April 13, 1948

Item — Box 42: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 14

Identifier: 04214031

Scope and Contents

In connection with Hench's efforts to learn more about Reed's 1900 Indianapolis lecture, Rice sends Hench a list of hotels in the city at that date. He also encloses a letter from Rice to Fletcher Hodges, a friend and long-time Indianapolis resident, which includes Hodges' reply to Rice. Hodges has crossed out some of the hotels on the list.

Dates: April 13, 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 Tom D. Spies to Philip Showalter Hench, August 3, 1951

Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 65

Identifier: 04365002

Scope and Contents

Spies informs Hench that the University of Havana would like him to attend the International Congress on Nutrition and Metabolism.

Dates: August 3, 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 Tom D. Spies to Philip Showalter Hench, November 21, 1951

Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 83

Identifier: 04383009

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Spies asks for a copy of Hench's speech so it can be translated into Spanish. He does not believe that Hench will need a passport or visa to enter Cuba.

Dates: November 21, 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 Tom D. Spies to Philip Showalter Hench, December 27, 1951

Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 84

Identifier: 04384012

Scope and Contents

Spies invites Hench to a luncheon at the Hotel Nacional, in Havana.

Dates: December 27, 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 Tom D. Spies to Philip Showalter Hench, October 31, 1953

Item — Box 46: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 17

Identifier: 04617029

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Spies is pleased that the Cubans are giving Hench the Order of Carlos Manuel de Cespedes award.

Dates: October 31, 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 Virginia McKnight to Howard A. Kelly, July 1, 1907

Item — Box 29: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 31

Identifier: 02931008

Scope and Contents

McKnight sends a contribution for Kissinger.

Dates: July 1, 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 Virginia Stiles to [Laura Armistead Carter], September 18, 1925

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 28

Identifier: 01228027

Scope and Contents

Stiles sends [Laura Carter] her sympathy upon the death of Henry Carter.

Dates: September 18, 1925

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from W.A. Herron & sons to Jesse W. Lazear, December 8, 1899

Item — Box 2: Series uva-lib:2221993, Folder: 78

Identifier: 00278001

Scope and Contents

Herron offers Lazear advice on the sale of a lot adjacent to Lazear's Denniston Avenue property.

Dates: December 8, 1899

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series I. Jesse W. Lazear

Letter from Wade Hampton Frost to Henry Rose Carter, November 18, 1924

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 15

Identifier: 01215015

Scope and Contents

Frost inquires about sections preceding Carter's manuscript.

Dates: November 18, 1924

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 Wade Hampton Frost to Henry Rose Carter, August 7, 1925

Item — Box 12: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 27

Identifier: 01227004

Scope and Contents

Frost reviews Carter's manuscript on the history of yellow fever and expresses his hope that Carter will write a continuation on the subject. He wishes him speedy recovery from his illness.

Dates: August 7, 1925

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 Wade Hampton Frost to Laura Armistead Carter, October 20, 1928

Item — Box 13: Series uva-lib:2222441, Folder: 5

Identifier: 01305003

Scope and Contents

Frost sends Laura Carter the write-up on Henry Carter done for the National Cyclopedia of American Biography.

Dates: October 20, 1928

Found in: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library / Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection / Series II. Henry Rose Carter / Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter

Letter from Wallace H. Graham to Philip Showalter Hench, July 25, 1950

Item — Box 43: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 38

Identifier: 04338006

Scope and Contents

Graham thanks Hench for informing him of Emilie Lawrence Reed's death. Graham has notified the White House and Surgeon General Bliss.

Dates: July 25, 1950

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 Walter D. McCaw to Mark Sullivan, July 14, 1925

Item — Box 62: Series uva-lib:2229588, Folder: 69

Identifier: 06269033

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McCaw offers comments on Sullivan's draft chapter about Gorgas and yellow fever.

Dates: July 14, 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 Walter Reed to Blossom [Emilie M.] Reed, July 25, 1900

Item — Box 20: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 68

Identifier: 02068001

Scope and Contents

Reed teases his daughter Blossom Reed. He expects to leave Cuba on August 1 or 2.

Dates: July 25, 1900

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

Letter from Walter Reed to [C.B. Byrne], March 7, 1893

Item — Box 18: Series uva-lib:2223908, Folder: 5

Identifier: 01805001

Scope and Contents

Reed writes about studies leading to a paper on cholera vaccination. He also gives instructions for staining tubercle bacilli.

Dates: March 7, 1893

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

Letter from Walter Reed to Christopher Reed, circa August 30, 1900

Item — Box 140: Series uva-lib:2231527, Folder: 16

Identifier: 14016001

Scope and Contents

Reed writes that Christopher Reed's son does not have tuberculosis. Reed has been in Cuba studying yellow fever but has returned to finish the typhoid fever report.

Dates: circa August 30, 1900