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Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 Toronto (Ont.)
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Letter to Harvey Cushing, August 8, 1821

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Hon. Justice Featherston Osler, 80, Crescent Road, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Featherston Osler explains that William Osler brought their aunt, Miss Mary Anne Pickton, to Canada in 1884. Miss Pickton lived with Osler's parents on Wellesley Street in Toronto until her death in February 1886. William Osler and Miss Pickton were very close; she may have helped fund Osler's studies in Germany. He mentions his aunt Lizzie [Elizabeth Osler], his father's youngest sister.

Osler, Featherston, 1838-1924

Letter to Harvey Cushing, June 6, 1920

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Adam H. Wright, 30, Gerrard Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Wright has interviewed four men who knew Osler at the Toronto School of Medicine and sends the notes [see CUS417/64.8]. He did not know that as a student Osler spent so much time in the dissecting room working on his own.

Wright, Adam H.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, April 25, 1920

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Norman B. Gwyn, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gwyn has excellent photographs of Johnson and Bovell. He offers to make a list of people for Cushing to consult for his biography of Osler. He describes the positions of Bovell and Ambery at Trinity College and Bovell's influence on Osler.

Gwyn, Norman B.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, May 21, 1920

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Norman B. Gwyn, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gwyn asserts that Osler was not with any doctor or taking any practice in Dundas during the summer of 1874. He worked as a student in the office of Dr. Holford Walker. He suggests that Cushing write to Charles O'Reilly's widow and J.H. Mullin to get some information regarding Osler's work at the Hamilton Hospital. He also advises Cushing to consult the Philadelphia Pathological records for material relating to Osler.

Gwyn, Norman B.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, October 27, 1920

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Hon. Justice Featherston Osler, 80, Crescent Road, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, USA. F. Osler informs Cushing that his mother went to England in late 1840 or early 1841 and took him with her. The wish was for the coming child to be born in England. He writes of his father's character.

Osler, Featherston, 1838-1924

Letter to Harvey Cushing, November 12, 1920

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Norman B. Gwyn, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gwyn sends articles from the Toronto Globe from April 1866 regarding the assault charges laid against boys from the Weston School by the school's matron, Mrs. Denham.

Gwyn, Norman B.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, April 30, 1920

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Marian (May Francis Osborne, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Osborne(?) has compiled Osler family letters, written while Osler was at the Weston School. She was amazed to learn through the letters that Osler had persuaded Bovell to retire into consultation work and had offered, though only a student at the time, to take on most of Bovell's office. Osler left the Weston School before it moved to Port Hope and went to Trinity College. Osler only began letter writing in earnest when he moved to Montreal and was far removed from family and friends for the first time.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, September 1, 1921

Letter to Harvey Cushing from N.B. Wadsworth, Room 8, Bank of Toronto Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Wadsworth provides information on the Wadsworth Mill at Weston.

Wadsworth, N.B.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, February 13, 1921

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Norman B. Gwyn, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gwyn writes concerning some Weston School circular-calendars and the Trinity University Chancellor's Prize, which was awarded to Osler in 1866.

Gwyn, Norman B.

Letter to Harvey Cushing, May 1, 1921

Letter to Harvey Cushing from Hon. Justice Featherston Osler, 80, Crescent Road, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Neither F. Osler nor his sister, Mrs. Gwyn, nor their cousin, Jennette Osler, had heard of the bear-in-the-raspberry-patch episode.

Osler, Featherston, 1838-1924

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