21 results for “General Electric”, page 1 of 2
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 2, 1946
Johns-Manville Appropriation for a New X-Ray Unit at the Manville Dispensary (1946)
…New Jersey, factory with a new General Electric unit. A report by the Industrial Engineering Department said the old machine could not take clear chest pictures of "heavy or thick chested people," who had to be…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 30, 1949
J-M General Engineering Report on the Waukegan Transite Pipe Dust System (1949)
…The document is the General Engineering Department's report of that date proposing the project; it does not show that the appropriation was approved. Related documents Annual Report of the Surgeon General of the U.S…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 29, 1945
A. R. Fisher to J. P. Woodard on Keeping Dr. Stevenson as a Consultant for Asbestosis Cases (1945)
A short internal memo of June 29, 1945, from A. R. Fisher at Johns-Manville's general headquarters to J. P. Woodard, headed "Dr. Stevenson - Asbestos Retirement," with a copy to J. P. Syme. Fisher writes…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 26, 1945
F. G. Lippert to Kenneth Smith on Cleaning Bags of South African Blue Fibre (1945)
…1945, from F. G. Lippert at Johns-Manville's general headquarters to Dr. Kenneth Smith at Asbestos, Quebec, answering Smith's December 19 letter about men having trouble breathing while cleaning bags of "Blue or C…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · August 18, 1949
J. P. Woodard to C. M. McGaw on Approval of Dust Control at Asbestos, Quebec (1949)
…personal and confidential one-page note of August 18, 1949, from J. P. Woodard at J-M's General Headquarters to C. M. McGaw at Asbestos, Quebec. Woodard wrote that approval had been granted the day…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 15, 1949
J. P. Woodard to George K. Foster on Dr. Smith's Comments on the Saranac Report (1949)
…April 15, 1949, from J. P. Woodard at J-M's General Headquarters to George K. Foster, on Dr. Ken Smith's summary and comments on the Saranac report "Asbestos Pneumoconiosis" (Smith to Foster). Woodard thought…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 17, 1940
Vandiver Brown to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner Authorizing the Experiments for 1940 (1940)
A one-page letter of January 17, 1940, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Dr. Leroy U. Gardner of the Saranac Laboratories, with a copy to Sumner Simpson of Raybestos-Manhattan. Brown wrote…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 25, 1940
Vandiver Brown to George S. Fabel on Southern Asbestos Staying in the Saranac Experiments (1940)
A one-page letter of January 25, 1940, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to George S. Fabel, president of the Southern Asbestos Company of Charlotte, North Carolina, with a blind copy to Sumner…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · December 16, 1941
Vandiver Brown to Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery on Pending Claims for the 1941 Audit (1941)
A one-page letter of December 16, 1941, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to G. R. Byrne of the accounting firm Lybrand, Ross Bros. & Montgomery for J-M's annual audit, with a…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · May 10, 1940
Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Gardner Publishing Without Approval (1940)
A one-page letter of May 10, 1940, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, headed "Dr. Gardner's Experiments." Following up a call from Simpson, Brown enclosed…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 15, 1940
Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson on Two Sponsors Leaving the Saranac Experiments (1940)
A one-page letter of January 15, 1940, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan. Brown reported that all the sponsors of Dr. Gardner's experiments had answered…
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Company document · Sumner Simpson Papers · January 12, 1940
Vandiver Brown to Sumner Simpson with Dr. Lanza's Comments on Gardner's Interim Report (1940)
A one-page letter of January 12, 1940, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's general attorney, to Sumner Simpson, president of Raybestos-Manhattan, "supplementing Dr. Gardner's latest report," with a copy of a letter of…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · October 27, 1948
Vandiver Brown to the Saranac Sponsors Calling a Meeting on the Asbestos Dust Report (1948)
A two-page letter of October 27, 1948, from Vandiver Brown, Johns-Manville's secretary and general attorney, to the companies that paid for the Saranac asbestos experiments: American BrakeBlok, Gatke, Keasbey & Mattison, Raybestos-Manhattan, Russell…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · March 3, 1949
Vandiver Brown to the Saranac Sponsors Enclosing the Revised Report, Asbestos Pneumoconiosis (1949)
An 81-page file: Vandiver Brown's letter of March 3, 1949, as J-M's secretary and general attorney, to the eight other companies that underwrote the Saranac Laboratory asbestos dust experiments (American Brakeblok, Gatke…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 19, 1949
H. M. Jackson's Memorandum of the Manville Industrial Hygiene Meeting on Special Cases (1949)
…confidential one-page memorandum of September 19, 1949, by H. M. Jackson at J-M's General Headquarters, recording a meeting on September 14 about industrial hygiene at the Manville, New Jersey, plant, attended by F…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · January 3, 1941
Bowers & Rinehart and Vandiver Brown on Joseph Kopicki's Silicosis Claim (1941)
…J-M wished to settle without litigation. On January 6 Vandiver Brown, J-M's general attorney, replied that he had asked the Manville plant for "complete information concerning Mr. Kopicki as revealed by our records…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · April 17, 1940
Johns-Manville Executive Bulletin on Respirator and Goggle Prices (1940)
…the company knew describes this document as follows: Executive bulletin dated 4/17/40 from D. Lyons (J-M general headquarters) of 2/1/40, listing costs for respirators and goggles from various vendors in Pittsburgh…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · September 16, 1948
Johns-Manville President's Bulletin No. 59 on Capital Spending (1948)
…listed proposals is for the correction of substandard working conditions. The Bulletin states that J-M's policy in general is to provide good working conditions, but it has had to suspend improvements because of the…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · November 15, 1940
Vandiver Brown to F. G. Lippert on Metropolitan Life and the Jarratt X-Rays (1940)
…11/15/40, to F.G. Lippert, General Headquarters, expresses the concern that Metropolitan Life is not very enthusiastic about continuing to examine and interpret the pre-employment x-rays made at Jarratt. V. Brown says…
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Company document · JM Knowledge Chronology · June 27, 1949
E. M. Fuller to the Building Products Division on Contract Insurance Coverage (1949)
…s General Attorney. With respect to product liability claims, if a customer claims subsequent to an installation that insulation caused injury or damage, the claim is to be referred to J-M's Insurance Manager, General…