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The file contains correspondence between Wilder Penfield and J.C. Meakins, Dean, regarding staffing (appointments, duties due to war, discharge, chinese fellowship, terms of retirement), teaching (diploma requirements, new curriculum materials, instructional moving pictures, appointments), Ferrier Lecturer at the Royal Society (letter of congratulations), funds for scholarships/fellowships, and recommendations for appointments to the McGill Radioactive Isotope Committee.

The file contains correspondence between Wilder Penfield and Dean G. Lyman Duff about the appointment of fellows, Penfield’s retirement, staffing recommendations, grant applications, reports, appointment of lecturers, budgets, teaching materials for undergraduates, scholarships, the Hughlings Jackson Memorial Lecture, faculty meetings and the annual address to the first year men.

The file contains correspondence to and from Wilder Penfield on Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research business discussing graduate fellows training, membership in the faculty, research grants, awarding of theses, prerequisites for MSc or PhD in Neurosurgery, staffing, appointments, students, funding and the Hughlings Jackson Lecture.

The file contains correspondence to and from Wilder Penfield and F.C. James regarding the stadium question (should the entrance be moved to prevent disruption to the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) and Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) patients?); budget changes and expenditures, fundraising for the MNI (correspondence, Time Magazine publicity, McGill Fund Campaign), grant renewal by the Canadian Federal Government, Penfield’s retirement, bequests, and improvements in MNI Administrative activities (advice sought from Dr. MacLean at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, NY). Notable names include Jean Gregoire, Maurice Duplessis, Judge Thomas Tremblay, the Redford Family, and the Hodgson Family.

The file consists of correspondence to and from the Dean of Medicine’s Office, specifically with G. Lyman Duff and Lloyd Stevenson during their tenure as Dean. The correspondence is primarily from Theodore Rasmussen and Wilder Penfield on topics related to committees, budget concerns, funding considerations, newspaper clippings and articles, staffing, policy regulations for Americans studying at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI), and reports of MNI activities to the Dean.

This file contains Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research correspondence. It includes a notice of inspection of the Faculty of Medicine by a representative of the Council on Medical Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association and the Associations of American and Canadian Medical Colleges; a resolution concerning the late Dr. Colin K. Russel; committee minutes, notes and correspondence; recommendations for clinical staff appointments; and a memorandum about members of the department who had left Canada for the U.S.A. between the years of 1959 and 1964.

The file contains miscellaneous correspondence with Dr. Hans Seyle and includes correspondence with the Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds on building maintenance; an analysis of the situation faced by the Faculty of Engineering (the situation not described); a McGill Daily article on the MNI; Report of the Committee on Research Funds, 1957; Summary of Proposals by the Committee on Research Funds, 1957; book section ‘The Coats-of-Arms of McGill University and the Faculty of Medicine’ pages 77-88; discussion of the inclusion of men from local French universities and hospitals in their associates list; dedication of the annual publication of the Old McGill to Wilder Penfield, 1958; an appeal to help acquaint Faculty of Medicine teaching staff with the McGill Guidance Service and its resources; Senate notices of departures, including Penfield’s; McGill-Hospitals Advisory Committee meeting notices; awareness of the need for increased financial support for research; and the storage of radioisotopes in the Montreal Neurological Hospital.

The file contains the travel reports for the McGill Teaching Curriculum Committee and includes the 53rd Annual Congress on Medical Education and Literature for the American Medical Association; Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges (appraisal of applicants to medical schools) report, 1956; the visit to the medical schools of John Hopkins, Duke and North Carolina Universities; the report on a visit to the medical colleges of the University of Florida at Gainsville, Florida, and the University of Miami at Coral Gablesand, Miami, Florida; the State University of New York College of Medicine curriculum; the report of a visit to the medical faculty of the University of Western Ontario; the visit by D.L. Thomson to the University of British Columbia; the report of a visit to the medical faculty of the University of British Columbia; a curriculum survey of the University of British Columbia; a report on the visit to the medical schools of the Universities of British Columbia and Saskatchewan; discussion of undergraduate clinical teaching; and the undergraduate teaching at Western Reserve University Medical School, Cleveland.

The file contains correspondence primarily between Theodore Rasmussen and others discussing business of the McGill Teaching Curriculum Committee. The focus is on the curriculum, courses, and course schedules for the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, including handwritten notes about schedules and schedules of lectures, demonstrations and laboratory periods. In addition, there is correspondence on the distinction between full- and part-time students; the interest in cross-teaching neurology courses at the Montreal General Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital; the interest in integrating different disciplines further in courses; the future of Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology; and correspondence with other medical teaching faculties about teaching programs, including a University of Saskatchewan teaching program outline.

The file contains the departmental reports of the McGill Teaching Curriculum Committee. This includes reports on or from the departments of Biochemistry, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Health and Social Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Physiology, Radiology, Surgery, Bacteriology, and Anaesthesia. There are several reports on teaching such as hours reported, class accommodations, number of teachers, type of teaching provided to undergraduates, and specifically the teaching of genetics to medical students. In addition, there is a letter discussing the introduction of medical students to the use of a medical library, a letter from Thomas W.M. Cameron to the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine about the course in Parasitology given at Macdonald College, and an Intra-departmental Committee report on the curriculum in Pharmacology by K.I. Melville.