Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Enclosing Dr. Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)

A one-paragraph letter of May 11, 1937, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Raybestos-Manhattan, for the attention of its president, Sumner Simpson. Brown enclosed a copy of "Dr. Gardner's first progress report dated May 5, 1937 on the asbestosis experiments being conducted by him at the Saranac Laboratory." Handwritten notes in the margin, mostly illegible, appear to list people to see it and end "return to file."

What it shows

Under the sponsors' agreement, Dr. Leroy Gardner's reports went to Vandiver Brown, who sent copies to each paying company. Brown sent the same letter that day to L. J. Silverman of Union Asbestos & Rubber. The report itself is Gardner's First Progress Report, which said it was "too early to report more than the fact that the experiments have been started." Simpson passed copies on within Raybestos-Manhattan and to S. R. Zimmerman two days later.

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Transmittal letter for first progress report from Dr. Gardner dated 5/5/37.

Related documents

• Leroy Gardner, First Progress Report on Asbestosis Experiments at the Saranac Laboratory (1937)
• Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Acknowledging Dr. Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)
• Sumner Simpson to A. F. Townsend Sending Dr. Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)
• Sumner Simpson to S. R. Zimmerman Sending Dr. Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)
• Vandiver Brown to Union Asbestos & Rubber Enclosing Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)
• Vandiver Brown to L. J. Silverman Enclosing Gardner's First Progress Report (1937)

About this copy

This is document 03222 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.