Leroy U. Gardner to Vandiver Brown Sending the Second Progress Report on Experimental Asbestosis (1938)

A typed copy of a one-page letter of April 19, 1938, from Dr. Leroy U. Gardner, director of Saranac Laboratory, to Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's attorney, enclosing "a summary of our experiments on asbestosis." Because the results "differ materially from those obtained in the previous experiment," Gardner added comparative photographs, with duplicate prints in case Brown wanted to copy the report for "the various contributors." He closed: "Trusting that you may not be too disappointed by the negative character of the results."

What it shows

The enclosure was Gardner's second progress report on the animal experiments the asbestos companies were paying for. Gardner sent it to Brown, who handled the sponsors' side of the arrangement, and expected the companies to be disappointed that the fine dust had produced so little disease.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

Transmittal letter for summary of experiments on asbestosis. Expresses hope that negative character of results won't be too disappointing.

Related documents

• Leroy U. Gardner, Second Progress Report on Experimental Asbestosis (1938)
• Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Enclosing Gardner's Second Progress Report (1938)

About this copy

This is document 03425-03426 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.