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Jefferson Lewis Collection

  • CA OSLER P190
  • Collection
  • [ca. 1860] – 1981; predominantly 1907-1981.

This collection is divided into material either by, or about, Wilder Graves Penfield. The material was collected by Lewis in order to write his biography. The fonds also includes materials associated with Mr. Lewis' writing of the biography.

The Penfield material is organized by family member, with the largest portion belonging to Wilder Penfield and his wife Helen Penfield. This material is largely personal in nature. It consists of originals and photocopies of diaries, as well as personal correspondence between Penfield and his wife, family photographs, and ephemera from a variety of social and professional events. There is also a small selection of personal correspondence between family members.

Lewis created drafts, revisions, letters concerning the development of the screenplay, and research material. Correspondence between Lewis and the family is contained in the material covering personal family matters.

Lewis, H. Jefferson, 1951-

Margaret Gillett Fonds

  • CA OSLER P096
  • Fonds
  • 1889-1893; 1980s

The fonds contains Margaret Gillett's source materials and drafts for her book Dear Grace, a Romance of History. The source materials include original letters from William C. Little to Grace Ritchie written between 1889-1893.

Gillett, Margaret, 1930-

Dr. Kenneth A. Sowden Fonds

  • CA OSLER P175
  • Fonds
  • [196-?] – [197-?]

The fonds illustrates Dr. Sowden's work in the field of rehabilitation medicine and consists of slides, photographs, and articles.

Sowden, Kenneth Anthony, 1921-2010

Antonio Cantero Fonds

  • CA OSLER P104
  • Fonds
  • 1920?-1976

Fonds documents Dr. Antonio Cantero's professional activities, especially his cancer research. The fonds contains correspondence, notes, reports, printed matter, slides, photographs and films.

Cantero, Antonio, 1902-1976

Howard Rae Clouston Fonds

  • CA OSLER P117
  • Fonds
  • 1902-1971

Fonds documents H.R. Clouston's medical activities and his association with McGill University. The fonds contains notes, reprints, photographs and newspapers clippings.

Clouston, Howard Rae, 1889-1950

Edmund Evan Simpson Fonds

  • CA OSLER P058
  • Fonds
  • 1942 - 1964

Fonds contains the correspondence between Dr. Edmund Evan Simpson and the Osler Library Librarians, W.W. Francis and Cecile Desbarats, from 1942 to 1964. The fonds contains 21 letters, original and copies.

Simpson, Edmund E.

Alice Russel Fonds

  • CA OSLER P074
  • Fonds
  • 1905 - 1963

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.

Russel, Alice

M. H. F. Friedman Fonds

  • CA OSLER P118
  • Fonds
  • 1877-1950

Fonds contains Dr. M.H.F. Friedman's personal papers and files relating to Dr. Boris P. Babkin and also correspondence with the editor of Babkin's biography of I.P. Pavlov.

Friedman, M. H. F. (Moe Hegby Fred), 1909-1998

Krebiozen Collection

  • CA OSLER P220
  • Collection
  • 1958-1961

File consists chiefly of letters, receipts, customs documents, and other materials related to a patient's procurement of the disproven cancer drug Krebiozen from 1960 to1961. Also contains clippings and articles about Krebiozen, which was introduced in the 1950s and proven to be fraudulent as a treatment in the early 1960s. Includes correspondence with the Krebiozen Research Foundation and Stevan Durovic, one of the perpetrators of the Krebiozen fraud. Also contains a publication entitled "The dangers of radiation," produced by the Independent Cancer Research Foundation. One additional letter dated 1958 is from the Chairman of the "Committee for a Fair Test of Krebiozen."

Eleanor Wallis Fonds

  • CA OSLER P215
  • Fonds
  • 1929-1959

Fonds consists chiefly of a scrapbook created by Eleanor Wallis, née Eleanor Fisher, while a nurse at the Grenfell Mission in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, as well as diplomas and certificates for her and her husband, the physician Allan D. Wallis, and reprints of medical articles by Allan D. Wallis. The Grenfell album consists of photographs taken by Eleanor from 1933-1934 and printed items such as postcards, calendar pictures, and reproductions of photos made for sale by the Grenfell Mission. Photographs have handwritten captions with some personal annotations. One of the postcards shows a young nurse walking along a stretch of road leading to the village of St. Anthony's: this is Eleanor Fisher. Some later photocopies have been taped or laid in. Thirteen certificates and diplomas attest to Eleanor Fisher's training as a nurse (1929) and Allan D. Wallis's training as a physician (1925-1959), including Eleanor's Registered Nurse certificate, diploma from the Training School of Nurses of the Pennsylvania Hospital, and pediatrics nursing course certificate, and certificates attesting to Allan's residency training at the Pennsylvania Hospital, medical licence and diplomas, board certification in pathology, and a presidential certificate of appointment as an examining physician for the Pennsylvania Selective Service (this last is accompanied by a letter from the Governor of Pennsylvania). Two folders contain reprints of articles by Allan. D Wallis dating between 1941 and 1954. There are also 9 prints of photographs from the scrapbook, with captions on verso, accompanied by negatives. Lastly, there is one copy of a poem entitled "The Nurse" on oversized paper, the College of American Pathologists Code of Ethics, and one large group portrait photograph of hospital staff.

Wallis, Eleanor

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