letter openers
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, circa 1850-circa 1966, bulk: bulk 1937-1960
Series — Box 34-55: Series uva-lib:2225888
Identifier: uva-lib:2225888
Scope and Contents
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:
circa 1850-circa 1966; Majority of material found within 1937-1960
Wooden paper cutter with the initials, E.L.R. attached, circa 1900-1950 N.D.
Item — Box 49: Series uva-lib:2225888, Folder: 36
Identifier: uva-lib:2229148
Scope and Contents
The paper cutter was presented to Emilie L. Reed and was made with wood taken from the door sill of the building in which Walter Reed was born in Belroi, Virginia.
Dates:
circa 1900-1950 N.D.