Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, Craigleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He says that he wrote to Gates and mentioned that the resources available will only suffice for a modern fire-proof building and hamper the faculty in the research work they were working on. An endowment of 500 000$ would enable the School to continue this work. Thanks for the nice evening with all. Thanks for his help for William Francis. Civilities.
Letter to Frederick T. Gates from William Osler, Craigleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Thanks for his letter. Will ask the dean of the Faculty of Medicine to prepare a statement of the research work done at McGill in medicine. Suggests that an endowment of 500 000 $ would help them to carry on this work. They will need all the money available to rebuild a modern fire-proof building. He is sending him some books and volume I of his System of Medicine. Civilities.
Letter to Mrs. Charles Daniel Parfitt from William Osler, Craigleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Excuses for not being able to come visit Parfitt. He had of his news from C. Asking her for a line. Details on his itinerary. He is sending his Hareian Oration. Civilities.
Letter to Edward F. Milburn from William Osler, Craigleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Thanks on the behalf of his mother. Will try to go to Belleville. Will spend Christmas in Boston. Invitation to come to Oxford. He is sending him his Harveian Oration. Asking him if he sent him Counsels and Ideals. Civilities.
Letter to John George Adami from William Osler, Craigleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Declining an invitation to stay with them. Mrs. Osler prefers to be at the Hotel. Revere is looking forward to a visit to Gordon Sherries. Mention that Shipley would make an ideal president (University of Toronto) but there are strong feelings against a Britisher. Details on his mother's centenary. Civilities. There are some Adami's note on the letter.
Letter to Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac from William Osler, Craigleigh, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Details of the centenary of his mother. Will see him in New York.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from A.H. Young, Dean of Residence, Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Degree of D.C.L. was conferred upon Osler on the occasion of the celebration of the Jubilee of the opening of Trinity College in June 1902. The Degree was also conferred upon Mr. E. Douglas Armour, J.P. Whitney, Richard Harcourt, Sir James Whitney, and many other men.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from A. Kirkwood, Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Degree of D.C.L. (honoris causa) from Trinity College was conferred on Osler on June 25, 1902.
Letter to William Osler from Ellen Osler, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Ellen Osler writes that her husband took a dangerous tumble in his dressing room. The doctor believes that all her husband requires is rest, but Ellen is nervous that it may have been a small stroke. She seeks her son's medical advice.
Letter to Charlotte (Chattie, Mrs. Charles Gwyn) Osler from Ellen Osler, 83, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She relates news of family and friends, and of Osler's most recent visit to Toronto.