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A three-page Memorandum of Agreement dated November 20, 1936, in which a group of asbestos companies agreed to underwrite experiments with asbestos dust by Dr. LeRoy U. Gardner at the Saranac Laboratory, Saranac Lake, New York. The cost was $5,000 a year for three years, $15,000 in all, shared equally. Payments to Gardner were to be made by Johns-Manville or Raybestos-Manhattan, and the others would repay them their share. Eleven companies signed, some limiting their share to $250 a year.
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- November 20, 1936
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001299 – 001301; Motley 1000 no. 214
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 12902 · asbestosclaims.law/library/12902
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
The memorandum says the plan had been explained at a meeting of brake lining makers in New York on November 19, 1936. The signers were American Brake Block, Asbestos Manufacturing, Gatke, Johns-Manville, Keasbey & Mattison, Raybestos-Manhattan, Russell Manufacturing, Thermoid, Union Asbestos & Rubber, United States Gypsum and Southern Asbestos. The same day Vandiver Brown wrote to Gardner setting the terms of the work (Motley #215), and Gardner accepted them three days later (Motley #228).
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
Memorandum of Agreement among certain members of the asbestos industry to underwrite Dr. L.U. Gardner's asbestos dust experiments, dated 11/20/36.
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- Vandiver Brown to Leroy Gardner Authorizing the Saranac Asbestos Experiments (1936)
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- Sumner Simpson to F. H. Schluter of Thermoid Rubber on Funding Gardner's Asbestos Research (1936)
- Memorandum of Agreement Funding Gardner's Asbestos Experiments at Saranac Laboratory (1936)
About this copy
This is document 214 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001299 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001301.
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- G. M. Williams of Russell Manufacturing to Sumner Simpson Suggesting the Brake Lining Association Fund Gardner's Work (1936)
- H. D. LaMont of Asbestos Manufacturing to M. F. Judd Returning the Signed Saranac Agreement (1936)
- H. D. LaMont of Asbestos Manufacturing to Sumner Simpson Proposing Shares by Size of Company (1936)
- L. J. Silverman of Union Asbestos & Rubber to Sumner Simpson on a $250 Share of the Saranac Experiments (1937)
- Leroy Gardner to Vandiver Brown Accepting the Terms of the Saranac Asbestos Experiments (1936)
- M. F. Judd to Vandiver Brown Sending the Fully Signed Saranac Agreement (1937)
- Sumner Simpson's Secretary to Vandiver Brown Confirming the Dust Meeting at the Biltmore (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to F. E. Schluter of Thermoid Sending the Saranac Memorandum for Signatures (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to H. A. Gillies of American Brakeblok Sending the Saranac Agreement (1937)
- Sumner Simpson to L. L. Cohen of Union Asbestos & Rubber Sending the Saranac Agreement (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Listing the Companies That Have Signed the Saranac Agreement (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown on Signing the Saranac Memorandum of Agreement (1936)
- Sumner Simpson to W. H. Dunn Ordering Raybestos-Manhattan's 1937 Payment for Dr. Gardner's Experiments (1937)
- The Motley 1000
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Vandiver Brown to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner Sending the Signed Memorandum of Agreement (1937)
- Vandiver Brown to F. E. Schluter of Thermoid Rubber on the Progress of the Saranac Dust Experiments (1936)
- Vandiver Brown to Leroy Gardner Authorizing the Saranac Asbestos Experiments (1936)
- Vandiver Brown to Leroy U. Gardner Sending J-M's First Quarterly Payment for the Asbestos Experiments (1936)
- Vandiver Brown to M. F. Judd on Keeping Contact with Gardner Through the Two Companies (1937)
- Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Listing the Sponsors of Dr. Gardner's Dust Experiments (1937)
- Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Union Asbestos's Limit and Dr. Shull's Paper (1937)
- Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson Sending the Memorandum of Agreement for Signatures (1936)
- W. A. Blume of American Brakeblok to Sumner Simpson Signing the Saranac Agreement at $250 a Year (1937)
Cite this document
“Asbestos Companies' Memorandum of Agreement to Underwrite Gardner's Dust Experiments.” November 20, 1936. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001299 – 001301, Motley 1000 no. 214. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 12902. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/12902.
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