Fonds documents the friendship between Mrs. Alice Russel and Dr. Abraham Flexner. It also includes documents collected by Mrs. Russel on Sir William Osler and Maude Abbott. The fonds contains correspondence and newspaper clippings.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, England. Revision of the catalogue. Congratulations on her work. The introduction is excellent. Osler had made minor corrections to help save words. She should look in the Johns Hopkins Hospital Bulletin to find good reproductions of photographs, which are cheaper to print. Precision over medical terms. Asks Adami about it. She should speak about a specimen of calcification in the introduction. Reference to a paper in the Pathological Society's Transactions.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, Canton, Massachusetts, USA. Compliment on her work. Suggestion to add information on fetal endocarditis in the Endocardium section. Mention that the book should not be marred in any detail by anyone, because she should get full credit for her book. Museum's mission is education. He assures her that Adami will help her and that he is interested in her work. Mention that her Museum System will be included in his book on the System which is delayed.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Compliment on her article on the Congenital Cardiac Disease for the System. It is the best thing ever written on this subject in English, and possibly in any language. Considers it as the new standard on the subject. Thanks her. Shares the same opinion as she on Rokitansky's great monograph. P.S. He regrets that Rokitansky and Peacock are not alive to read it.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Congratulates her for the program of the National Association of Museum Officers Meeting. It will be a success. Glad that she will received the Honorary M.D. title in June.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Compliment on the program of the meeting. The total of the reports show how much good work such an organization may be able to accomplish. Glad that she has a lectureship and a raise.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, The Spinney, Pointe-a-Pic, Quebec, Canada. Tells her that he will come to the Museum next Monday at 11h00. Civilities.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Thanks her for her delightful letter. Mentions that W.W. Francis has left Oxford this week and is encouraged about his work. Osler hopes that her sister is better. P.S. Recommends that while handing the money (Strathcona's gift) over to the University, she should make some definite statement that in case the association lapsed, the money should be devoted to the Medical Museum.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, 13, Norham Gardens, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends her an estimate that had been approved. He had told Hart to go ahead. Civilities.
Letter to Maude E. Abbott from William Osler, From the Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. Sends her his subscription for 1918 and 1919 ( for the International Association of Medical Museums). Compliments on her work. News from W.W. Francis. Distressed about William Peterson. He enclosed also a Canadian Medical Association sub.