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A one-page letter of June 10, 1935, from Dr. W. J. McConnell, assistant medical director and director of the Industrial Health Section of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. McConnell wrote that J. W. Fehnel "will be in Bridgeport June 18 prepared to start the survey of that plant." A handwritten note lists "Mr. Fehnel - Metropolitan," "Ferry - Chemist for Metropolitan" and "Binder."
- Author
- W. J. McConnell
- Sent to
- Sumner Simpson
- Published by
- Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- June 10, 1935
- Number
- Simpson no. 02490
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13696 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13696
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
Metropolitan Life's industrial health staff were surveying dust conditions at Raybestos-Manhattan's own plants as well as J-M's. The note shows the team expected at Bridgeport: two Metropolitan men and Otto Binder, the dust counter the two companies paid.
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
Informs that Fehnel will be in Bridgeport 6/18/35 to start survey of that plant.
Related documents
- Vandiver Brown to Otto L. Binder on Reporting His Work to Sumner Simpson (1935)
- M. F. Judd to Metropolitan Life Confirming the Bridgeport Plant Dust Survey (1935)
About this copy
This is document 02490 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
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“W. J. McConnell of Metropolitan Life to Sumner Simpson on the Bridgeport Plant Survey.” June 10, 1935. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 02490. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13696. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13696.
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