Letter from Mary Carroll Cassidy, January 18, 1992; 2 photographs of the Donohue family, approximately 1938, 1992
Scope and Contents
Catherine Wolfe Donohue, who contracted radium poisoning while an employee of the Radium Dial Company in Ottawa, Illinois, was part of the class action suit against the company. Damages were awarded to the women in 1938 by the Illinois Industrial Commission. This collection consists of a scrapbook created by the Donohue family with newspaper clippings about the plight of the women and their efforts to get treatment and compensation, some family photographs, publications from Argonne National Laboratory, articles about the case, and a letter from Donohue's cousin, Mary Carroll Cassidy.
Dates
- approximately 1938, 1992
Creator
- From the Collection: Donohue, Catherine Wolfe, -1938 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on use of the materials in the department for research; all patrons must comply with federal copyright regulations. Publication requests for materians must be approved by the Curator of Special Collections.
Extent
From the Collection: 1.00 Boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Library Details
Part of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections Repository
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