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A one-page covering letter of October 13, 1942, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's secretary, sending on a letter he had received that day from Dr. Leroy Gardner, director of Saranac Laboratory, "which is self-explanatory." In the letter of October 9, Gardner wrote that he was analyzing "the material accumulated in the last five years, but it is a slow job and there is a lot of it." War work had taken away Dr. Packard, assistant director of the Trudeau Foundation, and Dr. Vorwald, his pathologist, leaving him with administrative and routine work that cut into his research time.
- Author
- Sumner Simpson; Leroy U. Gardner
- Sent to
- Vandiver Brown
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- October 13, 1942
- Number
- Simpson no. 05108-05109, 05107
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
In June Gardner had expected to finish his final report on the asbestos dust experiments by the end of the summer (Brown's letter of June 10). Answering Simpson's inquiry of October 7, Gardner now hesitated "to say when it will finally reach the stage of publication," hoped it would be that winter, and wrote: "I hope the sponsors of the research will be patient with me." Brown's reply is his letter of October 14.
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes these documents as follows:
05108-05109. Transmittal letter for correspondence from Dr. Gardner dated 10/09/42 giving progress report on completion of asbestosis experiments.
05107. Explains that due to the war activities several researchers have left the Trudeau Foundation. The loss of these employees has slowed the process of reviewing the information gathered from the asbestosis experiments. Expresses hope that the final report will be completed during the winter.
Related documents
- Sumner Simpson to Leroy U. Gardner Asking about the Asbestos Report (1942)
- Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on the Sponsors' Impatience for Gardner's Final Report (1942)
- Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Dr. Gardner Completing the Asbestos Experiments (1942)
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These are documents 05108-05109, 05107 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
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“Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Enclosing Leroy Gardner's Letter on Wartime Delays to the Final Report.” October 13, 1942. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 05108-05109, 05107. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/documents/sumner-simpson-to-vandiver-brown-enclosing-leroy-gardners-letter-on-wartime-delays-to-the-final-report-1942.
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