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Letters from his mother, Jennie Jefferson Penfield

Correspondence from Jennie Jefferson Penfield dated 1924-1930, typed and handwritten sheets, some discussing illness of Ruth Penfield, Christian Science, various family members, a trolly accident involving HKP's parents, etc; a telegram from Carl W Rand to WGP discussing Jennie Penfield's cardiac enlargement.

Letters Patent of Edward VII

Oxford University. Letters Patent of Edward VII, dated 10 Oct., 4th year (1904) appointing William Osler Regius Professor of Medicine ("Reader in the Science and Faculty of Physic for the use and improvement of the Youth in Our University of Oxford"), with great seal of Victoria attached. MS. on paper, written in 1904.

Letters, writings, and ephemera

The file contains material compiled by Gertrude Henderson, including letters to Clare Gass, poetry and story written by Gass, and other ephemera, such as clippings, notes, and official documents. The story found in the file is a tyescript entitled, “The Witch of the Shubenacadie.” Letters include a memorial from King George to those who served in the war and a letter from mayor of Montreal regarding a special commemorative medal to be worn in commemoration of their Majesties' silver jubilee in1935. Clippings include notices of Gass's retirement and a 2014 on her diary. Manuscript notes oby Gass recount her educational and employment record, including years and places that she was stationed and other documents include her Certificate of Service from the Canadian Expeditionary Force, dated, 1920. The folder also contains assorted later photographs of Gass.

Loose photographs and postcards

  • CA OSLER P185-2
  • File
  • approximatley 1900; 1915-1919; undated
  • Part of Clare Gass Fonds

The file consists chiefly of loose photographs as well as two postcards. The photographs depict Gass’s wartime experiences in France, as well as some photographs of the hospital at St, Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, and Gass's transit duties in the Rockies in 1919., including photographs of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Montreal (October 24, 1919) and the St. Anne de Bellevue Hospital (November 2, 1919). Gass's wartime photographs depict scenes from Boulogne, including the No. 3 Canadian General Hospital, pictures of nursing sisters, and wounded soldiers. Many other undated photographs are of friends or family, portraits of Gass herself, and travel scenes.

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