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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:: 19 May 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. Here he described a busy week investigating a yellow fever epidemic in a nearby village.
Location:: Box: 2. Folder: 7
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Subject:: Yellow Fever
Format:: Text
Extent:: 4 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: LWBBLQ
NLM ID:: 101584931X181
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X181
Story Section:: From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927