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Osler Library Kelen Family Fonds
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Kelen Family Fonds

  • CA OSLER P193
  • Fonds
  • 1676-2004

The fonds consists of books, letters, documents, drafts, publications, photographs, and several artifacts collected by W. W. Francis and Marian Francis Kelen over the course of their lifetimes. Many books and documents relate to Sir William Osler and the Osler family including several personal letters, the Deed of Trust documents regarding the Bibliotheca Osleriana, drafts of Osler's works, and a wooden travelling trunk that belonged to Edward Revere Osler. The fonds also includes original poetry written by Marian Osborne, W. W. Francis, and Marian Francis Kelen.

Kelen family

Marian Francis Kelen’s original poetry

• “Maternal Instink” dedicated to Willie, 1951.
• “The Empty Nest,” dated 16 January, 1979. Admin note: youngest daughter went with Cuso to Nigeria and stayed there for three years.
• “Protection of the Environment” written for Earth Day, 1990. Admin note that poem is response to cousin Violet phoning the Minister of the Environment of Ontario and threatening to shoot him.

Osler Club of London

• “A Brief History” The Osler Club of London booklet
• Letters addressed to Dr. Marian Kelen regarding the donation of her grandfather’s chair
• Letter addressed to librarian Susanne Lake dated 1962 and ’65.
• Letter from W.W.F. to the Club.
• Letter from Philip A. C. Ketchum, Headmaster at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario addressed to W. W. Francis regarding the donation of W.O.’s painting of King Arthur.

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