Typed letter (carbon copy, signed) from A. D. Blackader, Montreal, to Dr. Edwards Park, Director, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, announcing that he will receive an invitation from the C.M.A. to deliver the first Blackader lecture. He explains the circumstances leading to the naming of a lectureship after him.
Autograph signed letter from Edwards A. Park, Rodgers Forge, Maryland, to A. D. Blackader, thanking him for his repeated acts of kindness. He is having difficulty preparing the Blackader lecture.
Typed letter (carbon copy) from A. D. Blackader, Montreal, to Dr. A. S. Monro, President, Canadian Medical Association, Vancouver, informing him that due to illness, he is unable to attend the annual meeting and thus will miss the first Blackader Lecture. He again thanks him for the honour of the foundation of this lectureship and outlines the history of paediatrics.
Typed letter signed (carbon copy) from A. D. Blackader to Dr. Leonard Findlay, Glasgow, announcing that he will receive an invitation from the C.M.A. to deliver the first Blackader Lecture. "I would have been very glad if the Association had waited for its inauguration till I was dead". He suggests topics but begs him to avoid reference to himself.
Typed letter, carbon copy, from A. D. Blackader, Montreal, to Dr. Bazin. He feels humbled by the naming of a lectureship after himself and encloses a letter to Dr. Leonard Findlay, Glasgow (1931, 28 January) in which he urges him to accept the invitation to give the Blackader Lecture.
Typed letter signed from S. G. Ross, Montreal, to A. D. Blackader, Montreal. He thinks that the lecture should be administered by a committee of the C.M.A. and the C.S.S.D.C. choose the lecturer.
Typed letter signed from from R. R. Struthers, Montreal, to A. D. Blackader, Montreal, agreeing that the C.S.S.D.C. should choose the lecturer in paediatrics and that "Dr Park" would be a good choice.
