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Osler Library Harvey Cushing Fonds Osler, Grace Revere Gross, Lady
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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 to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere describes how he and his battery celebrated Christmas on the battlefield. He thanks his mother for all the provisions she has sent to him and his fellow soldiers. He reports that his senior officer was recently killed in action, but they managed to find a parson and have a decent burial for him.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Rudyard Kipling, Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, England. Kipling is glad to know that Grace found Revere's grave properly tended to. He comments on the need to honour and remember those who die in war.

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of a trip to the dump and describes the desolation he witnessed at the front. He writes that the death and destruction caused by the war inspires the novice at war, like himself, with more that mere horror; it inspires complete depression.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere and the other men in his battery have enjoyed the mince pies Grace had sent to the trenches. He describes the two days he spent away from his battery with the infantry men.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Rudyard Kipling, Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, England. Kipling is glad to know that Grace found Revere's grave properly tended to. He comments on the need to honour and remember those who die in war.

Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of a trip to the dump and describes the desolation he witnessed at the front. He writes that the death and destruction caused by the war inspires the novice at war, like himself, with more that mere horror; it inspires complete depression.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on his observations and experiences at the front and on the activities of his battery.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from A.E. Cowley, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. A letter of sympathy on behalf of the Curators of the Bodleian Library and Oxford University upon the death of William Osler. Cowley praises Osler for his dedication to the Library and dubs him "the best loved man in Oxford."

Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest), 1861-1931

Letter to Grace Revere Osler

Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on his observations and experiences at the front and on the activities of his battery.

Osler, Edward Revere, 1895-1917

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