The collection consists of two letters written by Henry F. Perley, the Chief Engineer of Public Works, on January 18, 1886, and January 28, 1886, in Ottawa, addressed to Antoine Gobeil, Esq., Deputy Minister of Public Works of the Dominion of Canada. The first letter details the findings of an examination conducted by Perley on the ongoing construction of the Graving Dock at Esquimalt, B.C. The second letter informs Gobeil of the Hon. Minister's approval of the report.
Sub-series includes all of Dr. Penfield's "correspondence-domestic", or personal correspondence, which was taken mostly from his office at the Montreal Neurological Institute. There are also files that were taken from his home rather than his office (these were previously indicated by the prefix "D" in the file number). This sub-series includes material which Dr. Penfield had collected before arriving at McGill in 1928. In particular, it includes correspondence between Dr. Penfield and his wife, Helen Kermott Penfield.
The collection consists of a copy of Dr. Chakravarty's speech delivered in Montreal on May 21, 1951, regarding the donation of Tagore's manuscripts; a holograph poem titled "Victim," a holograph essay on humanity and civilization by Tagore; and a black and white photograph of Tagore (29 x 23 cm). It also includes a letter from F. Cyril James, the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill, addressed to Richard Pennington, the University Librarian. The letter, dated June 7th, 1951, announces the presentation of these manuscripts to McGill University by the High Commissioner for India and Dr. Chakravarty from the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Diary and letters of Wilder Penfield typescript copy in Acco binder. File #2 of 2: Personal Diaries. Xerox copy of typescript extracts by JJP (accession #90).
The collection consists of three copies of the pamphlet from the British Association for the Advancement of Science meeting held in Montreal from August 27th to September 3rd, 1884, titled "Enquiries Respecting Public Education," and one copy of the Programme of Studies for the Protestant Public Schools in the Cities and towns of Manitoba. The collection includes three handwritten papers titled "Education in the Province of Manitoba," "Education in New Brunswick," and "Education in the Province of Nova Scotia." These papers contain replies to the queries in the pamphlet.
British Association for the Advancement of Science
The collection consists of a German typescript titled "The Statischen Verhaeltnisse von Tragwerken," written in 1942, along with its English translation, "The Statical Conditions of Structures and the Methods of the Statical Calculation of Structures," completed in 1943. Both versions contain five foldable pages of illustrations.
