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Letter from Lawrence Kolb to Thomas Heldt

Creator:: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972
Title:: Letter from Lawrence Kolb to Thomas Heldt
Date:: 05 February 1937
Description:: Kolb wrote to Heldt, an old friend, with news of the Narcotic Farm in Lexington, which had just taken in 468 state prisoners who had been evacuated from a reformatory due to severe flooding in Kentucky.
Rights:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918351284206676X100
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X100
Story Section:: DOJ Medical Facility in Springfield, MO, and the PHS Narcotic Farm in Lexington, KY, 1932-1938
Exhibit Tags:: DOJ
Recipient:: Heldt, Thomas