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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 August 1940
Description:: Dr. Sawyer traveled to Europe and England several times during the course of World War II, often with the U.S. Health Commission to Europe, a group of public health experts charged with assessing wartime public health problems and planning for their control. In this letter, several months after German forces occupied Paris, he described how the war was changing everyday routines and the process of traveling.
Location:: Box: 2. Folder: 16
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Subject:: Public Health
Format:: Text
Extent:: 8 pages
Language:: English
Legacy ID:: LWBBMH
NLM ID:: 101584931X195
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X195
Story Section:: Controlling Disease during World War II, 1939-1944