Letter to William Osler from Edward Revere Osler, Battalion Headquarters, S. Stafford. Revere writes that he was unexpectedly sent for to do a 48-hour liaison with a different battalion. He describes the battalion's facilities and the men's activities in the trenches. He looks forward to returning home to Oxford and reuniting with his family. Includes a partially completed letter to Grace Revere Osler, dated December 30th.
Letter to William Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on his activities at the front. He looks forward to reading the birthday letters he just received from both parents. He expects to be off the battlefield by January and to be given two months rest, during which time he could spend a few days at home in Oxford. He writes that he never knew how much he loved his family and Oxford before he left them behind to join the war effort.
Letter to William Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on the activities of his battery and how they are surviving through the war. He has put a bid on several books, which he hopes will soon reach his parent's home at Oxford.
Letter to William Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere describes the scene at the front, his observation post, and his fellow officers. He asks his father not send any more books, as he has no time to read and can only carry with him the bare necessities.
The fonds consists of books, letters, documents, drafts, publications, photographs, and several artifacts collected by W. W. Francis and Marian Francis Kelen over the course of their lifetimes. Many books and documents relate to Sir William Osler and the Osler family including several personal letters, the Deed of Trust documents regarding the Bibliotheca Osleriana, drafts of Osler's works, and a wooden travelling trunk that belonged to Edward Revere Osler. The fonds also includes original poetry written by Marian Osborne, W. W. Francis, and Marian Francis Kelen.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, England. Thanks him for act of kindness toward him, in sending him a note to tell him that he would not be able to hear his lectures (Cronian Lectures in the Royal College of Physicians on "Medical Contributions to the Story of Evolution").
Letter to William Osler from Leonard L. Mackall. Belated acknowledgment of his thanks for the "Miscellanies" and of the note on entomological book worms. Answers him on his request about the "Maupertuisiana". Will try to find out who wrote the Ueber d, Charletanerie der Gelchrten seit Menken 1791. Recommends several books for his research on Schiller's early medical essays. Prof. Fiedler must have information about that. Gives him details about his copy of Thomas Browne's "Miscellany Tracts",1683. Account of buying it.
Letter to William Osler from Benjamin Whitehead, 66, Longridge Road, Earl's court, London, England. Made inquiries of the Maguires, as to whereabouts of the Jenner picture. They think it was sold around 1862 and know nothing of it since. Asks if Osler's friend (Jacobs) would be interested in buying another specimen of Maguire's work "Robert Raikes and the first Sunday School". Asks him information about the value of the pictures of J. Radford. He has his "Coast Scene near Boulogne", exhibited at Suffolk St. in 1842. Details about it. Asks him if he is related to his old schoolfellow R.S. Osler.
Letter to William Osler from John George Adami, Pembroke House, 133, Oxford Street, England. Comments on Osler's Fothergillian Oration where he speaks doubtfully regarding the early European history of syphilis. Discussions about it.
