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FILE NAME Jewelers JEWEL
DATE 1987 Sept 21
DOC JEWEL011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter with Memo
CC
Castleman
Reed Post Fort
Bryan Esq and Mitzi Ellis Office Box 14636
Lauderdale Florida 33302
3367 18th Street NW Washington DC 20010
September 21 1987
Dear Mr. Bryan and Ms. Ellis
In the two packages that accompany this letter you will
the results of my most recent
Congress
research at the Library of
find
In particular I enclose three items
1 Thomas Register of American
asbestos
Manufacturers listings for
manufacturers and related products from
1930 to the present
2. Photocopies that trace the telephone listing for Asbestos
Construction Company Inc. in New York City
3. An article from the Journal of Occupational Medicine
regarding causes of death among jewelry workers
The attached memorandum
sets of information I to the above address
provides more details also enclose my bill
on these three please remit
If you need to reach me to discuss the results of
please telephone me at home
202
462-4055
my research
at work
week 202 429-5007 and after October 1
this
telephone number 202 393-4055
at a new work
Thank you for the opportunity to conduct this
forward to hearing from you again
research I look
Sincerely Sincerely yours
Andrew 0. Moore
MEMORANDUM
FROM
Andrew O. Moore
TO
Reed Bryan and Mitzi Ellis
RE 1
Thomas Register and Irving Hammer Asbestos Construction
Envelope 1 contains photocopies of Thomas
asbestos firms for the
Register listings for
following years
1906 1930 1932-1949 and 1951-1960 Unaccountably Register folumes for 1931
on the stacks of the Library of Congress
and
1950
did
not appear
Envelope 2 contains photocopies of Thomas
for asbestos firms for the
Register listings
The relevant
years 1961-1970 and 1972-1986
Register volume for 1971 was missing
TihseTL1i2b.r7a6ry of Congress call number for the Thomas Register
Although Asbestos Construction Company Inc. does not
in Thomas Register I found
appear
telephone listings for the
pceomrpiaondy at the same Manhattan address for the 1936-1962 time
Before 1936 no listing for the
telephone book nor does
company appears in the Manhattan
appear to
any building or business with a telephone
occupy the site Asbestos Construction later
occupied
Beginning in 1936 Asbestos Construction
directory or the telephone
appears in the telephone
as follows and as the
company's street address listings
photocopies in Envelope 1 demonstrate
1936 1938 1939
1952 1960 1960 1961 1962 1964
W. Asbestos Construction Co. Inc 607-09 W. 29th
Asbestos Construction Co. Inc 607 W. 29th
Asbestos Construction Co. Inc 605-609 29th
distributors for Manville
Asbes" tos Construction Co. Inc. 607 W. 29th
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Manville Sales Corp. Manville Sales Corp.
607 W. 29th 607 W. 29th
LA4 6113 LA4 6113 LA4 6113
LA4 6112
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LA46112 LA4 6112
The Manhattan telephone
firm after that date at
directory the
directory contains
W. 29th Street
no listing
address
for
either
of Moody's Industrial Manual for 1936 and 1937 contains
or evidence of an offering of Asbestos
no listing
the 1961 and 1962 volumes
Construction Co. nor do
Moody's list ACC Inc. as an
acquisition of Manville Manville
wr) Envelope 1 also contains an article from the
Medicine November 1980 regarding regarding cause of Journal of Occupational
workers The call
death among jewelry
t is RC 963.A42
number for this journal at the Library of Congress