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Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Margaret Sawyer

Title:: Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Margaret Sawyer
Creator:: Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Recipient:: Sawyer, Margaret
Date:: 17 April 1927
Description:: Dr. Sawyer was in West Africa from December 1926 to mid-June 1927, serving as director of the West African Yellow Fever Commission while Dr. Henry Beeuwkes was on leave. In this letter, he discussed gifts bought for the family and other household business, and described several local parades that he recorded with a camera and movie camera.
Location:: Box: 2. Folder: 7
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Subject:: Yellow Fever
Format:: Text
Extent:: 5 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: LWBBLN
NLM ID:: 101584931X179
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X179
Story Section:: From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927