The National Archives was one of the first buildings in Washington with air conditioning, and there was concern about the health risks of cool air on the National Archives staff in 1930.

The Surgeon General, H.S. Cumming, determined that “during certain extremely hot days, the workers in the Archives Building will complain about the atmospheric conditions if the indoor temperature is kept below 80 degrees while the outdoor temperature rises to the neighborhood of 95 degrees or more. Undoubtedly, a very large proportion of these objections will be encountered among the older employees.”
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