Letters addressed to W.W.F. regarding marriage to Hilda Colley
- CA OSLER P193-2-8
- Folder
- between 1920 and 1929
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
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Letters addressed to W.W.F. regarding marriage to Hilda Colley
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
A 1937 typed excerpt of letter from Lady Grace Osler to Dr. Maude Abbott, Jersey
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
Mentions Dr. Birkett and W.W.F.’s stay at Oxford. Explains that “his orders were changed and he is being kept in London to go to Rome for a meeting in October, with General Foster.”
Scrapbook of W. W. Francis’ obituaries and in-memoriams
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
• Statements issued from McGill, Jewish General Hospital in Montreal.
• Obituaries written by MacNalty, H.E. MacDermot, Journal of History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Montreal Star and Gazette, New York Times, The Lancet, British Medical Journal, Trinity College School Record, Lloyd G. Stevenson
• Telegrams from Chapin Revere, Mrs. John Fulton, “Bea.”
• Letters from the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill, and Sir William Gilliatt, President of The Royal Society of Medicine dated 1956.
• W.W.F.’s Certificate of Service from Canadian Expeditionary Force, dated Feb. 6, 1920.
• Letter dated Nov. 6, 1962, from Edmund E. Simpson, M.D., writing to Miss Cecile Desbarats at the Osler library suggesting Ben Adhem as W.W.F.’s second and to have permanent memorial in W.W.F.’s name.
• “Cruelty to Books” article from the Montreal Gazette, April 20, 1963
Osler, Sir William. – Letters about W.O.’s Diary on Johns Hopkins
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
Newspaper Memorial of W.O.’s Life. Published in The Sun
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
“Life of a Great Physician” accompanied by a typed letter from Joseph Collins (“J.C.”) to Marian Francis Osborne asking her to paraphrase the review for another publication. Letter dated April 30, 1925, New York City.
“Sir William Osler is Dead” a poem by Marian Osborne
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
Published in W.O. Memorial Volume, International Association of Medical Museums, 1927.
W. W. Francis’ poem to Marian and her reply
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
Typed originals and colour photocopy of handwritten copy.
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
• Scanned copies of letters from Molly Francis, Sandridge Hotel, Cornwall, dated July 30, 1928. Incudes personal drawings.
• Scan of letter from W.W.F. to W.O., May 188.
• Scanned letterers to W.W.F. from Marian, aged 6, dated 1928, and aged 8, dated 1930.
Marian Francis Kelen’s original poetry
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
• “Maternal Instink” dedicated to Willie, 1951.
• “The Empty Nest,” dated 16 January, 1979. Admin note: youngest daughter went with Cuso to Nigeria and stayed there for three years.
• “Protection of the Environment” written for Earth Day, 1990. Admin note that poem is response to cousin Violet phoning the Minister of the Environment of Ontario and threatening to shoot him.
W. W. Francis and Osler Library poems
Part of Kelen Family Fonds
• “Medical Library Staff,” with initials of staff on reverse
• “To W.W.F.” written for the Osler Banquet, n.d.
• “Young White Joe,” n.d., mentions Medical Library and Strathcona Medical Building
• “Our Regius Prof,” May 2, 1905. Admin note: it was performed at Osler’s departure dinner before he left for Oxford.
• “Paddy” (“Valedictory”) , 1954
• Photocopied page from W. W. Francis’ “Answer to Query No. 14” in the Journal of the History of Medicine: Winter 1949.
• “At Sydenham’s tomb” by W.W.F., 1921 (handwritten and typed copy)
• “All hail, divine Ascorbic tablets” by W.W.F., 1951