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Osler Library Jefferson Lewis Collection
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Memorabilia

This sub-series consists of varied materials including maps, event programs, newspaper clippings, travel itineraries, and other souvenirs collected by Helen to commemorate events, experiences, or places visited throughout her life with Wilder. This sub-series includes materials collection by Helen from her service in the war, her life in England, her travels with Wilder, and her varied social activities in Montreal. This sub-series also contains Helen’s detailed family chronicle spanning the years 1921-1963, and a biographical sketch of Wilder, written in 1956.

Other Penfield Family Members

This series consists of a small cache of papers belonging to other Penfield family members. This series includes correspondence addressed to the mothers of Wilder Penfield and Helen Kermott Penfield, Mrs. E.P. Kermott and Jean Jefferson Penfield; a diary and letters of Penfield’s beloved sister Ruthmary Penfield Inglis, whose brain tumour Penfield unsuccessfully operated on; and a few items pertaining to Penfield’s daughter Ruthmary Penfield Lewis, mother of Jefferson Lewis.

India trip

Including speech notes, itinerary, newspaper clippings, 1 B&W photograph of the Penfields.

Correspondence

This sub-series consists of correspondence regarding the funding, research, writing and publication of Something Hidden, and its spin-off film. This series also contains a few letters sent by Lewis to acquaintances of the Penfield’s, who responded to Lewis’ request by returning material sent by the Penfield’s to others and retrieved by Lewis by request. This series also contains a small amount of correspondence concerning the Penfield property at Magog Meadows.

Jefferson Lewis

This series contains notes, drafts, research files, and correspondence pertaining to the funding, research, writing, and publication of Something Hidden and its spin-off film concerning Dr. Penfield’s life and work. This series is divided into four subseries: correspondence, research files, manuscript drafts, and memorabilia. The bulk of this section is various drafts of Something Hidden. Some primary material of the Penfields is interfiled with material in this series, presumably consulted in the preparation and editing of various portions of the manuscript.

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