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A short letter of January 20, 1944, from O. H. Cilley, assistant general manager of Raybestos-Manhattan's United States Asbestos Division at Manheim, Pennsylvania, to Sumner Simpson, the company's president. Following their talk the day before, Cilley was arranging with John F. McMahon, managing director of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, "to have an engineer come here to check on our dust removal system," and would report when the analysis was done.
- Author
- O. H. Cilley
- Sent to
- Sumner Simpson
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- January 20, 1944
- Number
- Simpson no. 05431
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13434 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13434
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
The engineer's visit followed Metropolitan Life's resurvey of the Manheim plant (Cilley's letter of January 17). The Foundation sent its report in April (McMahon's covering letter), and Cilley summarized its dust counts for Simpson on May 2 (Cilley's letter).
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
Informs will arrange with McMahon (IHF) to send an engineer to check on dust removal system at Manheim.
Related documents
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Steps Taken After the Metropolitan Life Report (1944)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Improving the Manheim Textile Equipment (1944)
- John F. McMahon of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation to O. H. Cilley Sending the Manheim Dust Study (1944)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Industrial Hygiene Foundation Dust Counts at Manheim (1944)
About this copy
This is document 05431 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
Cited on this site
- Asbestos Timeline
- John F. McMahon of the Industrial Hygiene Foundation to O. H. Cilley Sending the Manheim Dust Study (1944)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Improving the Manheim Textile Equipment (1944)
- O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on Steps Taken After the Metropolitan Life Report (1944)
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
Cite this document
“O. H. Cilley to Sumner Simpson on an Industrial Hygiene Foundation Check of the Manheim Dust System.” January 20, 1944. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 05431. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13434. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13434.
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