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Harvey Cushing Fonds

  • CA OSLER P417
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1925; predominantly 1920-1924

The fonds contains original and typescript letters, manuscript notes, newspaper clippings, journal extracts, reminiscences and more, assembled by Harvey Cushing chiefly between 1920 and 1924 during the course of his research for the biography of William Osler. For the biography, Cushing collected and retyped over 7500 pieces of Osler's correspondence, among which are some original letters.

The fonds is separated into three series: Manuscripts, Working Notes and Osler's Correspondence. It also contains photographs, annual reports, publications, clippings, one watercolor painting, one postcard. Osler's correspondence is further arranged in three subseries based chronologically.

Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939

Letter inserted in "Religio Medici"

Letter from Lloyd Roberts, 11, St. John Street, Manchester, England, to William Osler. Letter inserted in "Religio Medici," edited by Lloyd Roberts, 1898. Roberts believes that Osler's copy of the "Religio" originally belonged to Coleridge. [See CUS417/4.12].

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from J. & J. Leighton, 40, Brewer Street, Golden Square, London, England. Leighton responds to Osler's inquiry into Johann Schall. Letter pasted in Osler's copy of Johann Schall's "Eusebius Historia Ecclesiastica," 1479. Includes manuscript notes.

J. & J. Leighton

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from T.K. Monro, 12 Somerset Place, Glasgow, Scotland. "Bibliotheca Secunda. Charles Morrison, Scots Magazine." Monro delivers a progress report on his research into the later history of Charles Morrison.

Monro, Thomas Kirkpatrick, 1865-

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from Charles R. Gibson, Lynton, Mansewood, by Pollokshaws. "Bibliotheca Secunda. Charles Morrison, Scots Magazine." Gibson sends a copy of his article on Charles Morrison's invention. He explains how he came to be interested in Morrison and wishes Osler luck with his own research.

Gibson, Charles R.

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from R.L. Poole, Keeper of Archives, Museum House, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Poole responds to Osler's inquiry into Andrew Boorde and censorship in the sixteenth century.

Poole, R.L.

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from H.F.B. Brett Smith, 7, Moreton Road, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. "Notes from books." Brett-Smith sends a photograph of the Harington copper plate of Queen Elizabeth. Letter and Osler's notes inserted on fly leaf of "The Metamorphosis of Ajax," by John Harington.

Brett-Smith, H. F. B. (Herbert Francis Brett)

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from Walter Morley Fletcher, 71, Bedford Gardens, London, England. Fletcher reports that he had the Bibliomania 1st Edition printed at Warrington. Letter found in fly leaf of Osler's copy of "The Bibliomania, An Epistle..." Additional notes by Osler found in same volume dated January 16, 1916.

Fletcher, Walter Morley, Sir, 1873-1933

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from M. Sa'eed, Hassanahad, Tehran, Persia. Sa'eed writes of various rare and ancient Arabic medical texts, including the Kanoon and Al Korans.

Saeed, Mirza

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler

Letter to William Osler from R. Levy, Civil Commissions, Baghdad, Iraq. Levy writes of three "first rate" Arabists: J.L. Norton, J.I. Eadie, Dr. Van Ess, and Père Anastase. Levy expresses his willingness to accept a post at the Bodleian Library under Dr. Cowley.

Levy, R.

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