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Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 notes from a class on chemical warfare

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09120.131 Author/Creator: Diamond, Sidney, 1922-1945 Place Written: Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland Type: Autograph manuscript Date: 1942 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 27 cm Order a Copy

Handwritten notes on material learned in a class about chemical warfare. The end of the notes does seem to be addressed to Estelle, where he complains of having had a "bad case of the 'runs'".

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