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A one-page letter of May 6, 1938, from Dr. Leroy U. Gardner, director of the Saranac Laboratory, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, thanking him for the abstract of Dr. Ireland's report from the Shabanie Mines. "His experience among mill men is quite gratifying in view of the tentative conclusions which I drew from our experimental work," Gardner wrote. An undated typed copy of the letter is with it.
- Author
- Leroy U. Gardner
- Sent to
- Sumner Simpson
- Published by
- Saranac Laboratory
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- May 6, 1938
- Number
- Simpson no. 03471-03472
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
Dr. Leroy Gardner saw the South African report of no asbestosis among the Shabani mill men as fitting the tentative conclusion of his experiments, that finely ground asbestos dust did little harm. Simpson had sent him the extract on May 4.
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
Acknowledges receipt of abstract of Dr. Ireland's reports from Shanibanie Mines.
Related documents
- Sumner Simpson to Leroy U. Gardner Enclosing the Shabani Mines Extract (1938)
- E. H. Jeffords to Sumner Simpson on Gardner's Report and the Shabani Mines Extract (1938)
- Leroy U. Gardner, Second Progress Report on Experimental Asbestosis (1938)
About this copy
This is document 03471-03472 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
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“Leroy U. Gardner to Sumner Simpson on Dr. Ireland's Shabani Report.” May 6, 1938. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 03471-03472. Saranac Laboratory. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/documents/leroy-u-gardner-to-sumner-simpson-on-dr-irelands-shabani-report-1938.
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