The document is written by Gertrude Blay Bley, a forty-year-old invalid with Multiple Sclerosis, to Representative George B. Schwab of Oklahoma. She pleads for adequate funding for the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness to help find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. She emphasizes the importance of research in finding a cure for the disease and asks for $8,000,000 in funding for the Institute in 1953.

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Letter to Representative George B. Schwab Requesting Increased Funding for Multiple Sclerosis Research

Identifier:
CAC_CC_047_3_27_60_0024
Contributing Institution:
Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Title:
Letter to Representative George B. Schwab Requesting Increased Funding for Multiple Sclerosis Research
Date Created:
1945-01-01
EDTF:
1945-01-01
Creator:
unknown
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Language:
eng
Record Type:
correspondence
Collection:
George B. Schwabe Collection
Collection Finding Aid:
https://arc.libraryhost.com/repositories/3/resources/37
Description:
The document is written by Gertrude Blay Bley, a forty-year-old invalid with Multiple Sclerosis, to Representative George B. Schwab of Oklahoma. She pleads for adequate funding for the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness to help find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis. She emphasizes the importance of research in finding a cure for the disease and asks for $8,000,000 in funding for the Institute in 1953.
Congress:
79th (1945-1947)
Physical Location:
CAC_CC_47_3_0000, Box 27, Folder 60, University of Oklahoma, Carl Albert Center Archives, Norman, OK, Standard Shelving
Location Represented:
United States (nation), Oklahoma (state)
Type:
Text
Extent:
1 Page