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 consists of course outlines from the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery for the McGill Teaching Curriculum Commitee, some of which are annotated by Wilder Penfield.

The file contains two dies for printing showing the Montreal Neurological Institute crest and book plate (title of the volume), and one reproduction, englarged, of the die depciting the crest.

The file contains Wilder Penfield correspondence about the Osler Library. It includes notices of meetings and minutes of the Board of Curators; copies of the Osler Library Newsletter (1972, no-7-9); budget information; a photo of a painting of the Osler Library; a proposal for a rare book wing for the Osler Library; a plan of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, 4th floor; the appointment of the History of Medicine Librarian; the origin of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building name; and correspondence with John P. McGovern of the McGovern Allergy Clinic.

This file contains correspondence to and from C.F. Martin as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor J. Simpson regarding budget concerns. Included is reference to the care and upkeep of the Animal House with specific mention to the monkeys and cats housed there.

This file contains correspondence with C.F. Martin, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, regarding observations into lead and lead poisoning; the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery’s expenses in light of the financial difficulties the university is experiencing at the time; staffing concerns; and William Cone’s ranking in the University. In addition, the file includes reports on the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery’s activities to the Dean.

This file contains correspondence to and from C.F. Martin as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine regarding budgets, articles and the Rockefeller Foundation Grant. In addition, there is a letter to Sir Arthur Currie regarding the operative mortality of the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology at the Montreal Neurological Institute.

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 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.

The file contains correspondence with Grant Fleming on psychiatry and neurosurgery, particularly its connection and the establishment of psychologists in the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology. In addition, it includes correspondence on promotions and new appointments of staff in the Faculty of Medicine, including discussions on anaesthetists and electophysiology.