The file contains the diary of Wilder Penfield for October 1962 to 1965. The spine is inscribed with Chinese script, while the front cover features an image of a man crossing a bridge. The first page indicates that the volume was purchased in Peking after the last was finished. The front cover is inscribed “Bequeathed by WP to TR + WF”. The diary details his travels to Peking, Moscow, London, Montreal and Rome and includes entries on his activities which include attending the Royal Society of Medicine meeting in London April 1964, attendance of the Stratford Festival, and his progress on the Alan Gregg biography. The entries are sometimes written on hotel paper and inserted. In addition, he comments on religious concerns, includes bible verses and verses of Shakespeare in the pages, and addresses questions of whether there is “something more important to do” in relation to what his future holds.
The file contains correspondence about the cost of care and services for the Department of Pensions and National Health Annex (specifically mentioning the Military Annex).
The file consists of memoranda, correspondence, reports, and suggestions for an Institute of Psychiatry at McGill University. This includes discussions on the creation of a department of Psychiatry; on teaching of psychiatry; a report on the practice of psychiatry in England; suggestions and lists of psychiatrists to populate the new department; and the CV and recommendations for Dr. Ewen Cameron as psychiatrist at McGill.
The file consists of correspondence between Wilder Penfield and Theodore Rasmussen reminiscing on the Department of Psychiatry, including a photocopy of a letter from Penfield to D.E. Cameron.
The file is composed of documents related to McGill Selection Committees. Included is the correspondence, memos, reports and CVs related to the Joint Selection Committee to appoint a Surgeon-in-Chief of the Royal Victoria Hospital and Professor of Surgery at McGill University; documents regarding the development of full-time surgery professors at McGill University and its teaching hospitals; and the correspondence, meeting notices, and reports on duties and candidates for the Selection Committee for a Chair in Neurology. In addition, there is correspondence about donations and grants for research in the University Medical Clinic, and Wilder Penfield’s acceptance of membership on various selection committees.
The file contains correspondence about the building operation costs, including McGill University and the Department of Pensions and National Health Annex, specifically for the procedures and plans for this (building operation, costs, increased accomodation, red cross).
The file contains correspondence about the Military Annex transfer to the Montreal Neurological Institute including 2 aerial photographs, program, invitations list, and speech (possibly written by Wilder Penfield).
1 reprint of the article (MNI Reprint No. 136).; 1 print of The Lancet, April 20, 1940: 743-744 (a review).; 1 typed manuscript.; 1 typed manuscript with hand-written amendments.; 1 typed procedure with hand-written amendments, 1 typed preparation.; 1 hand-written and partially typed manuscript with hand-written amendments.; 5 mounted photographs with hand-written notes.; 1 xerox copy of the article "Amnioplastin: a warning".; 5 pieces of correspondence.
The file contains the diary of Wilder Penfield for September and October 1962. The diary details his travels including Manial, Montreal, Canton, and Peking. It includes descriptions of the people Wilder and Helen stayed with, and their activities while abroad, including visiting other neurology wards.