Title:

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Margaret Sawyer

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Recipient:

Sawyer, Margaret

Date:

1 April 1924

Description:

In January 1924, the Sawyer family left Australia, returning to New York via Ceylon, India, Egypt, and Europe. Dr. Sawyer spent several weeks inspecting hookworm and malaria control campaigns in Ceylon, then went on ahead to do similar work in India. The family, meanwhile stayed in a rented villa in Ceylon to wait for Dr. Sawyer's mother to arrive from Shanghai, China, and then joined Dr. Sawyer in Bombay on April 12th. In this letter, he describes visits to hookworm campaign offices and traveling on the Calcutta mail train.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 4

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Hookworm Infections

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

LWBBKW

NLM ID:

101584931X165

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X165

Story Section:

From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927