Title:

Letter from Wilbur A. Sawyer to Margaret Sawyer

Creator:

Sawyer, Wilbur A.

Recipient:

Sawyer, Margaret

Date:

8 February 1941

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, he mentioned the food shortages developing in Europe, and commented that none of the babies he saw in Madrid were plump (like the Sawyer's 18-month old granddaughter) because their mothers got too little to eat.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 16

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Public Health

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

LWBBMJ

NLM ID:

101584931X196

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X196

Story Section:

Controlling Disease during World War II, 1939-1944