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 William Osler from Edward Revere Osler, Battalion Headquarters, S. Stafford. Revere writes that he was unexpectedly sent for to do a 48-hour liaison with a different battalion. He describes the battalion's facilities and the men's activities in the trenches. He looks forward to returning home to Oxford and reuniting with his family. Includes a partially completed letter to Grace Revere Osler, dated December 30th.
Letter to Henry Barton Jacobs from Edward Revere Osler, 'A' Battery, 59th Field Artillery Brigade. Revere's battery has been in action on the battlefield for months, and now they are resting only to prepare to return to the front. He hopes to soon be able to spend a few days at home after the past four nightmarish months. His father has been sending him book catalogues, as well as sale catalogues from Sotheby's, from which Revere has ordered some books.
Form letter: "The Tudor and Stuart Club takes pleasure in sending you a proof of the book-plate of The Club and reprints of the poem read by Dr. Wight at the first regular meeting, January 16, 1922, and of the address delivered by Professor Schelling at the first open meeting, May 11, 1923." Includes reproduction of book-plate.
Cushing's handwritten manuscript notes: "Impossible not to work Revere into the Biography." Includes a list of important matters and events relating to Revere to be touched upon in Cushing's book.
Letter to Harvey Cushing from Ernest A. Baker, School of Librarianship, University of London, London, England. Baker never knew of Osler's scheme for a "College of the Book." Osler was a great friend of John MacAlister, who took an active part in the foundation of the School of Librarianship, and it is very possible that the two men had often talked over the matter. Includes manuscript notes.
"Memorandum on the Louvain Committee." After the burning of the Library of the University of Louvain, August 25, 1914, an International Committee was organized by the Institut de France, with additional help from the John Ryland's Library and the British Academy. It is possible that Osler was involved in the project through either the British Academy or the John Ryland's Library.