Title:

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Margaret Sawyer

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Recipient:

Sawyer, Margaret

Date:

5 June 1930

Description:

Dr. Sawyer was in Brazil from May 15 to June 26, 1930, to inspect the Rockefeller Foundation's yellow fever work there. He brought 200 white mice with him, so that the yellow fever lab in Bahia could begin using the recently developed mouse protection test for determining immunity to yellow fever. In this letter, he described some of the sights seen, including the "Graf Zeppelin" airship, one of the technological wonders of the late 1920s.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 9

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Yellow Fever

Format:

Text

Extent:

3 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

LWBBLR

NLM ID:

101584931X182

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X182

Story Section:

The Yellow Fever Laboratory: Rockefeller Foundation, 1928-1937