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A short letter of October 7, 1942, from Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner of Saranac Laboratory. "I have been asked by several of the manufacturers how your report is coming along," Simpson wrote, adding that Gardner had not been in on the several times Simpson was in Saranac that summer.
- Author
- Sumner Simpson
- Sent to
- Leroy U. Gardner
- Published by
- Raybestos-Manhattan
- Series
- The Sumner Simpson Papers
- Date
- October 7, 1942
- Number
- Simpson no. 05106
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 13524 · asbestosclaims.law/library/13524
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
In June Dr. Leroy Gardner had expected to finish his final report on the asbestos experiments by the end of the summer (Brown's letter of June 10). By October the sponsoring manufacturers were asking Simpson about it. Gardner answered on October 9 (Gardner's reply).
In Johns-Manville's index
Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:
Requests information as to when final report will be completed.
Related documents
- Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Dr. Gardner Completing the Asbestos Experiments (1942)
- Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Acknowledging Dr. Gardner's Letter of May 22 (1942)
- Sumner Simpson to Vandiver Brown Enclosing Leroy Gardner's Letter on Wartime Delays to the Final Report (1942)
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This is document 05106 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.
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“Sumner Simpson to Leroy U. Gardner Asking about the Asbestos Report.” October 7, 1942. The Sumner Simpson Papers, Simpson no. 05106. Raybestos-Manhattan. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 13524. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/13524.
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