Letter to Grace Revere Osler from A.E. Cowley, Bodleian Library, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. A letter of sympathy on behalf of the Curators of the Bodleian Library and Oxford University upon the death of William Osler. Cowley praises Osler for his dedication to the Library and dubs him "the best loved man in Oxford."
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Nigel Bond, 49, Sloane Square, London, England. Bond sends Lady Osler a transcript copy of a resolution passed at the last meeting of the Trustees of the Oxford University Endowment Fund honouring Osler upon his death. Osler was one of the original resident Trustees of the Fund.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Rudyard Kipling, Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex, England. Kipling is glad to know that Grace found Revere's grave properly tended to. He comments on the need to honour and remember those who die in war.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere and the other men in his battery have enjoyed the mince pies Grace had sent to the trenches. He describes the two days he spent away from his battery with the infantry men.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere describes how he and his battery celebrated Christmas on the battlefield. He thanks his mother for all the provisions she has sent to him and his fellow soldiers. He reports that his senior officer was recently killed in action, but they managed to find a parson and have a decent burial for him.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere reports on his observations and experiences at the front and on the activities of his battery.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Edward Revere Osler. Revere writes of a trip to the dump and describes the desolation he witnessed at the front. He writes that the death and destruction caused by the war inspires the novice at war, like himself, with more that mere horror; it inspires complete depression.
The fonds consists of books, letters, documents, drafts, publications, photographs, and several artifacts collected by W. W. Francis and Marian Francis Kelen over the course of their lifetimes. Many books and documents relate to Sir William Osler and the Osler family including several personal letters, the Deed of Trust documents regarding the Bibliotheca Osleriana, drafts of Osler's works, and a wooden travelling trunk that belonged to Edward Revere Osler. The fonds also includes original poetry written by Marian Osborne, W. W. Francis, and Marian Francis Kelen.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Marian Osborne, London, England. Details on her trip back. Tells her how she enjoyed her weekend with her. Deplores that she has inherited from some miserable Anglo-Saxon ancestor the unfortunate quality of being too shy to express my appreciation face to face. Enthusiastic tribute of Grace's qualities.
Letter to Grace Revere Osler from Frederick Cheever Shattuck, 135 Marlborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Asks her approbation to issue a notice in the Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, July 10th 1919, to underline Osler's birthday. States that what he has written is no flattery but the naked truth. Explains why he had declined the offer to contribute to the Memorial Volume. Mentions that his son George received the hon. degree of A.M.