S. R. Zimmerman, Jr., to Dr. William A. Atlee Sending the Air Hygiene Committee Minutes (1955)

A two-line covering letter of October 21, 1955, from S. R. Zimmerman, Jr., of Raybestos-Manhattan to Dr. William A. Atlee of Lancaster, Pennsylvania: "I thought the attached would be of interest to you in view of our various conversations on this subject." According to Johns-Manville's index the enclosure was the minutes of the Asbestos Textile Institute's Air Hygiene Committee meeting of September 7, 1955, at which guests from the Quebec Asbestos Mining Association spoke on asbestosis, cancer and dust control. The minutes are not in this file.

What it shows

The minutes are in the Library from Johns-Manville's files (Asbestos Textile Institute Air Hygiene Committee Minutes on the Quebec Mining Association's Report (1955)). Zimmerman's letter shows a Raybestos-Manhattan official passing them on to a local doctor he had been talking with about the subject.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Transmittal letter for minutes of the Asbestos Textile Institute Air Hygiene Committee Meeting held on 9/7/55. Dr. Cartier, I. Sabourin, and M. LaChance were guest representatives of QAMA. Topics discussed were health, safety, and dust control in the Canadian Industry. The role of asbestos in pulmonary cancer was discussed. Also discussed was the rate of new asbestosis cases occurring within the industry. Methods of dust control practiced by QAMA members were detailed.

About this copy

This is document 05811-05817 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.