Sumner Simpson to J. F. O'Brien of the John B. Pierce Foundation Asking for a Book on Silicosis (1941)

A one-page letter of October 31, 1941, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to J. F. O'Brien, general manager of the John B. Pierce Foundation in New York. Simpson asked for two copies of "the report which we understand you have recently published under the heading 'Pneumoconiosis (Silicosis) The Story of Dusty Lungs.'"

What it shows

Simpson wrote this the same day he sent Vandiver Brown the letter from the editor of Asbestos Magazine about reviewing a book on pneumoconiosis (Simpson to Brown, October 31). O'Brien sent the two copies on November 4 (his reply).

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Requests that two copies of report entitled "Pneumoconiosis (Silicosis) The Story of Dusty Lungs" be forwarded to RM.

Related documents

• J. F. O'Brien of the John B. Pierce Foundation to Sumner Simpson Sending Two Copies of a Book on Silicosis (1941)
• Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Forwarding a Letter from Asbestos Magazine (1941)
• Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Asbestos Magazine's Review of a Book on Pneumoconiosis (1941)
• Sumner Simpson to J. F. O'Brien of the John B. Pierce Foundation Thanking Him for a Book on Silicosis (1941)
• Sumner Simpson to O. H. Cilley Sending a Book on Silicosis (1941)

About this copy

This is document 04731 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.