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Correspondence/Domestic
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CA OSLER P142-C-C/D
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1920-1980 (Creation)
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Physical description
2.36 m of textual records.
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Name of creator
(1891-1976)
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Scope and content
Sub-series includes all of Dr. Penfield's "correspondence-domestic", or personal correspondence, which was taken mostly from his office at the Montreal Neurological Institute. There are also files that were taken from his home rather than his office (these were previously indicated by the prefix "D" in the file number). This sub-series includes material which Dr. Penfield had collected before arriving at McGill in 1928. In particular, it includes correspondence between Dr. Penfield and his wife, Helen Kermott Penfield.
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Physical condition
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Arrangement
The bulk of this material was filed alphabetically within groups of years. However, it also includes selected files of correspondence with individuals who were Dr. Penfield's personal friends.
Files 1-9 are arranged by year.
Files 10-20 are arranged by name.
Files 21-26 are arranged by year.
Files 27-32 are arranged by name.
Files 21 to 32 were taken from Dr. Penfield's home rather than his office at the Montreal Neurological Institute. In his file labelling system, Penfield indicated this by adding the prefix "D" to these files.