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Notebook, 1857

Notebook for Materia Medica, taught by Dr. Wright at 8 a.m. The notebook is dated January 19, 1857 on front free endpaper, and signed W.P.O. Whitwell, McGill College, Montreal.

Whitwell, William Peter Olcott, 1835-1892

Loose photographs and postcards

  • CA OSLER P185-2
  • File
  • approximatley 1900; 1915-1919; undated
  • Part of Clare Gass Fonds

The file consists chiefly of loose photographs as well as two postcards. The photographs depict Gass’s wartime experiences in France, as well as some photographs of the hospital at St, Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, and Gass's transit duties in the Rockies in 1919., including photographs of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Montreal (October 24, 1919) and the St. Anne de Bellevue Hospital (November 2, 1919). Gass's wartime photographs depict scenes from Boulogne, including the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, pictures of nursing sisters, and wounded soldiers. Many other undated photographs are of friends or family, portraits of Gass herself, and travel scenes.

Letters Patent of Edward VII

Oxford University. Letters Patent of Edward VII, dated 10 Oct., 4th year (1904) appointing William Osler Regius Professor of Medicine ("Reader in the Science and Faculty of Physic for the use and improvement of the Youth in Our University of Oxford"), with great seal of Victoria attached. MS. on paper, written in 1904.

Photograph album of Edgehill School

The file contains a photograph album from roughly 1904-1905, chiefly of photos taken at Edgehill School. The photographs include school exteriors and interiors, including corridors, rooms, the library, and classrooms. School activities such as Drill Class and a 1906 performance of "Alkestis" are also found. Some photographs depict scenes from around Windsor, Nova Scotia, including a bridge and Christ Church Windsor. There are also photographs from two trips: Labrador and Sidney, Cape Breton.

Letters, writings, and ephemera

The file contains material compiled by Gertrude Henderson, including letters to Clare Gass, poetry and story written by Gass, and other ephemera, such as clippings, notes, and official documents. The story found in the file is a tyescript entitled, “The Witch of the Shubenacadie.” Letters include a memorial from King George to those who served in the war and a letter from mayor of Montreal regarding a special commemorative medal to be worn in commemoration of their Majesties' silver jubilee in1935. Clippings include notices of Gass's retirement and a 2014 on her diary. Manuscript notes oby Gass recount her educational and employment record, including years and places that she was stationed and other documents include her Certificate of Service from the Canadian Expeditionary Force, dated, 1920. The folder also contains assorted later photographs of Gass.

1905 Scrap Book, Galahad School

The file contains a scrapbook from 1905-1917 about the Galahad School. It includes lists of students, a history of the school, events, newspaper clippings, poetry, short essays, recitals, copies of the Galahad Signet newsletter and postcards and photographs. Wilder Penfield is listed as a student between 1905 and 1909, when he graduated. A note at the end states that the Galahad School was closed in 1917 and the teachers went to training camps.

Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976

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