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Letter from R. A. Vonderlehr to Lawrence Kolb

Creator:: Vonderlehr, Raymond A., 1897-1973
Title:: Letter from R. A. Vonderlehr to Lawrence Kolb
Date:: 18 August 1927
Description:: Vonderlehr, stationed at the Dublin consulate, wrote to Kolb for advice regarding mental screening of immigrants, specifically for clarification of the Immigration Service term "mentally defective."
Rights:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 8 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918351284206676X243
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X243
Story Section:: Investigations of “The Narcotic Drug Problem” and further work on the Mental Examination of Aliens, 1923-1932
Exhibit Tags:: investigations
Recipient:: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972