Letter to William Osler from Arthur Jukes Johnson, Trinity College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Johnson has sent Osler bone specimens. He has been working very hard studying classics, but is anxious to study medicine. He saw Charlie Locke.
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 Harvey Cushing from Norman B. Gwyn, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Gwyn writes concerning some Weston School circular-calendars and the Trinity University Chancellor's Prize, which was awarded to Osler in 1866.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Hon. Justice Featherston Osler, 80, Crescent Road, Rosedale, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Neither F. Osler nor his sister, Mrs. Gwyn, nor their cousin, Jennette Osler, had heard of the bear-in-the-raspberry-patch episode.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Norman B. Gwyn, 48, Bloor Street East, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Typescript copy of article from "The Leader," May 30, 1866, listing the winners of several sport competitions in which Osler competed and often won.
Letter to Arthur Jukes Johnson from Rev. Canon Jarvis, 8, Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Jarvis offers information regarding the Weston School that he hopes will be of service to Cushing for his biography of Osler. It was Johnson's father, W.A. Johnson, that started Osler on his scientific career. Osler was not an exceptionally brilliant scholar as a boy, but had great powers of concentration and determination. Osler broke the record for throwing a cricket ball. In 1867, Osler matriculated at Trinity and intended to enter the Church. After a violent fight with the Provost, he decided to take up medicine.
Letter to Arthur Jukes Johnson from Rev. Canon Jarvis, 8, Sussex Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Copy of original version of CUS417/61.32. Includes original envelope with postage. Includes manuscript notes.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Edmund Osler, 21, Jordan Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Edmund and his brother, William Osler, left for Europe early in August 1872. They landed in the North of Ireland, then moved on to London and Scotland. Additional notes by Cushing remarking that Edmund is wrong about the information in this letter.