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Sept. 9th,1931. Dr. Herman Schlundt, University of lissouri, Room 110 New Chemistry Bldg., Columbia, Mo. Dear Dr. Schlundt: A Dr. Henry A. Barrett called at our office this morning and impressed ne as a man thoroughly trained in radiology. He is a man around 35 years old, a. Canadian by birth, and M.D. from the McCill University, and also a Master of Surgery from McGill. Dr. Barrett practiced medicine in Montreal for e time, and subsequently went to England where he has had experience in the Radium Institute of London - He completed a course of radiology at Cambridge, and spent considerable time at Stockholm in the radium center there. He is quite enthusiastic about the use of radium, and believes that Stockholm has the best equipped center that he has spent any time at. Dr. Barrett is at present seeking a connection, and it occurred to me that there might be a remobe possibility that the University of Missouri might be interested in a man of this type, to eventually assume charge of their rediological department when they have established their radium center in connection with their medical school. has a Dr. Barrett is a clean cut man, and/rather pleasing as well as forceful personality, and apparently is well grounded in the physics of radiology. He feels that a great deal of harm has been done by the use of radium by allowing it to be placed in the hands of surgeons rather than in the hands of men basically trained in the physics of radium. Dr. Barrett was married during his stay in Stockholm, and has two children. I assune that his family are still in Stockholm, and when he succeeds in locating hopes to bring them to this side. I advised Dr. Barrett to write to you directly, and believe that if we can do anything to help this man in becomming located that we will be rendering a real service to the development of radium treatment in this country. A man of this caliber would be a fine addition to the Medical School of the University of Missouri. Sincerely yours, HHBarker: RH