LEPROSY 1930 Letters & Christmas Card Leonard Wood Memorial Eradication Leprosy

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[1930 Typed Signed Letters and Christmas Greetings Card]
The Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy, Inc.
Two interesting typed signed letters on
The Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy
stationary soliciting a contribution from a Connecticut resident and a circa 1930 Christmas Greetings from Culion from
Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation)
also soliciting a contribution.
The first letter
is a single sheet folded to make 4 pages with 2 pages of text and a page with a reproduced sepia tone portrait image of Mrs. Dorothy Paul Wade.
The letter is dated June 11, 1930, from Perry Burgess, a trustee of the Memorial addressed to a Connecticut resident inquiring whether he could be counted on to make a contribution.
From the text of the letter:
Dear Mr. Andrews: A few week ago I visited the Philippine Islands … while there I visited Culion, the largest leper colony on the world. … the leper colony has given place to eager hope and that on April 29
th
the finest leprosarium in the world was opened on the island of Cebu …, Our Board of Directors has asked me to make inquiry of you as to
whether
we may not count on your help to complete successfully this great undertaking on behave of the most wretched beings on the face of the earth. Very sincerely,
Perry Burgess.
The verso of the cover page letter is illustrated with reproduced sepia tone portrait image of Mrs. Dorothy Paul Wade, wife of Dr. H. Windsor Wade, American Pathologist at Culion. Her printed letter is also a request for a contribution to carry on leprosy research at the Culion Leper Colony.
The second letter
is dated October 1, 1930, from Perry Burgess, President of the Memorial addressed the same Connecticut resident inquiring whether he would be willing to make a contribution.
This is also single sheet folded to make 4 pages and the centerfold pages print info about the Leonard Wood Memorial and a request for contributions.
The circa 1930 Christmas
Greetings from Culion
card from
Leonard Wood Memorial (American Leprosy Foundation)
a single sheet folded to make 6 pages, illustrated with reproduced sepia tone photos and the text express the need for funds to help heal the “pathetic little children”
The 2 letters and Christmas card have some age tanning otherwise in very good condition, odor free. The original mailing envelops have some minor soiling and closed tears otherwise in good condition.
These are rare pieces of primary source
The Leonard Wood Memorial for the Eradication of Leprosy
ephemera and will be a welcome additions to your reference library.
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