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A one-page circular letter of December 8, 1936, from C. J. Stover of Asbestos magazine in Philadelphia "To Members Asbestos Industry," opening: "Silicosis or asbestosis is a subject of considerable interest to this Industry." Stover enclosed Vandiver Brown's December 4 report on the Air Hygiene Foundation of America's meeting and a membership application, explaining that trade associations could no longer join but individual companies could. He described the Foundation's officers and trustees as people interested in "the prevention of silicosis and the protection of industries from unreasonable claims of workers."
- Author
- C. J. Stover
- Sent to
- the Asbestos Industry
- Published by
- Asbestos (Secretarial Service, Philadelphia)
- Series
- The Motley 1000
- Date
- December 8, 1936
- Numbers
- Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001278 – 001278; Motley 1000 no. 200
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 12960 · asbestosclaims.law/library/12960
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:
C. J. Stover (Asbestos magazine) letter to Members of the Asbestos Industry, 12/8/36, enclosing Motley Document #201 and an application for membership in the Air Hygiene Foundation of America (predecessor of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation).
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About this copy
This is document 200 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-001278 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001278.
Cited by Barry Castleman
In Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), which cites it in:
- Chapter 9 (Company Knowledge), p. 495
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- C. J. Stover to Sumner Simpson Thanking Him for His December 10 Letter (1936)
- Reading Castleman, Chapter 9
- Sumner Simpson to C. J. Stover Doubting the Value of Joining the Air Hygiene Foundation (1936)
- The Motley 1000
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Vandiver Brown to C. J. Stover on the Air Hygiene Foundation's Membership Meeting (1936)
Cite this document
“C. J. Stover to the Asbestos Industry on Joining the Air Hygiene Foundation.” December 8, 1936. The Motley 1000, Bates CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001278 – 001278, Motley 1000 no. 200. Asbestos (Secretarial Service, Philadelphia). AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 12960. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/12960.
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