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 correspondence to and from McGill University Principal H.R. Robertson. It includes a report on the Financing of the Hospital Division of the Montreal Neurological Institute (1963) and other correspondence referring to the financial status of the MNI; the incorporation of the MNI; a discussion about a poem published in the McGill Daily; nomination as a member of the Selection Committee for a Chair in the French Language; donations and tax deductions; geographic full-time clinical positions at the Institute; the Walters Memorial Fund; the relationship between the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery and the French Canadian Community of Quebec.
The file contains correspondence to the Associate Dean of Medicine E.H. Bensley. The topics include a questionnaire about Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) staffing, suggestions for changes in the description of the MNI, confirmation of elective courses descriptions under the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, faculty grants for staffing, concern with diploma courses in the Faculty of Medicine, correcting a position error in the 1963-1964 announcement list, the budget, and the Quebec Bureau of Statistics questionnaire.
The file contains Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research correspondence. Included are lists of fellowships, studentships, scholarships, etc. (1955-1956); a list of candidates for Masters and Doctorates for the Neurology and Neurosurgery department (1956); student theses titles and grades; list of fellows registered for degrees; correspondence between the faculty and Rasmuseen on which members of the department who are actively engaged in research and training of graduate students; course enrollment forms for select students in the department; Graduate Faculty Policy Committee meeting minutes; Memorandum of a meeting on American support of medical research (1964); a report containing data concerning U.S. Government grants to the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI); discussions on changes in American Federal Funds; a letter and preparatory notes on American support of medical research at McGill; S.B. Frost, Acting Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research’s survey questions about Post-Doc’s; and recommendations for new posts on the Graduate Faculty.
The file contains correspondence, statements of accounts, invoices, and a proposal for a National Science Foundation Grant for the Montreal Neurological Institute.
The file contains miscellaneous correspondence with various people and institutions which include the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Montreal General Hospital, J.F. McIntosh, Norman J. Petersen, Jonathan Meakins, Francis McNaughton, the Vancouver General Hospital, and the Canadian Red Cross Transfusion Service.
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 is composed of documents related to McGill Selection Committees. Included is the correspondence, memos, reports and CVs related to the Joint Selection Committee to appoint a Surgeon-in-Chief of the Royal Victoria Hospital and Professor of Surgery at McGill University; documents regarding the development of full-time surgery professors at McGill University and its teaching hospitals; and the correspondence, meeting notices, and reports on duties and candidates for the Selection Committee for a Chair in Neurology. In addition, there is correspondence about donations and grants for research in the University Medical Clinic, and Wilder Penfield’s acceptance of membership on various selection committees.
