Fonds documents the friendship between Mrs. Alice Russel and Dr. Abraham Flexner. It also includes documents collected by Mrs. Russel on Sir William Osler and Maude Abbott. The fonds contains correspondence and newspaper clippings.
Interleaved with blank unnumbered pages for copy-editing purposes. Numerous manuscript editorial corrections and annotations by W.W. Francis on margins, endpapers, back flyleaf verso, and interleaved pages.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 56, Mackay Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Osler compliments Abbott on her splendid work and on her growing reputation among the men of the Faculty as a valued member of the McGill staff.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 7, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He is sending Hunter's estimate for the printing. It is cheaper in England. Asking her when she wants the introduction ready. Mentions that he will see Adami in Germany next week.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Will bring the samples. Sad about the burning of the school (McGill). He fears that the loss in the museum is serious. Encourages her : the museum will be in a much better condition in a few years than it would have be in the old quarters.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Acknowledges her letter of the 25th. Will talk to Adami and Martin who are sympathetic to the matter. Thinks that both should return before October. States that a strong Museum Committee should leave her free card. Mentions the Centenary of the Montreal General Hospital. News from W.W. Francis. Good comments on the nomination of Geddes.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 7, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Glad that the museum meeting is to take form. Favourable comments on the cuts and on the valvular disease section. He doubts that it would be possible to print the catalogue in England because of the details about the printings. Mention of his busy month of July He told William Francis to offer her his services. Information about his work and interests. Osler will come to America early in December.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler. Osler would like Abbott to prepare a paper on the Museum in Medical Teaching, explaining her method. Simmons of the Journal of the American Medical Association would be happy to publish the paper. Osler will soon be in Montreal and would like to meet with Abbott at the Museum to go over specimens.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Would like to talk over the catalogue scheme with the collaborators on Monday. Sure that she will arrange to make a splendid catalogue which will be a model for the whole country.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 56, Mackay Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sorry to have missed her today, but he was busy with the new Montreal General Hospital. Delighted with the prospects of the new Museum. It will be a unique opportunity for her and he is sure she will succeed. The men in the Faculty realize now the quality work she had done. Her reputation is of great value to the school. Compliments on her work.