Sub-sub-series consists of active office files, filed by subject, pertaining directly to Dr. Penfield, his life, and his activities. (C/SD = Correspondence/Subjects Domestic)
The file contains correspondence with individuals or organizations which refused appeals for funding. This includes the Carnegie Foundation, Dementia Praecox, Josiah Macy Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Wellcome Trust.
Correspondence from Mrs. Kermott to HKP. Among these letters are a few from other family members to HKP or WGP and a couple from other "K" correspondents.
Correspondence with Dr. William Vernon Cone. Original correspondence files, Cone/WGP. Letters by or to Dr. Cone may also exist in the separate C-D/C files. In particular, a typed carbon copy letter or signed hand-written letter by WGP to WVC, 15 Dec. 1953 regarding succession at the MNI is filed in C/D 6-c.
The file contains a travel journal by Ray Jackson for 1925. The spine reads “Travel Journal Ray Jackson 1925 “adopted” son of Jean J. Penfield LD”. The inside cover reads “This is a travelogue of Ray Jackson recording his trip to England and Oxford in 1925 and on to Europe. My mother [Jean J. Penfield] met Ray on a ship voyage through the great lakes and they became enthusiastic correspondents - W.P.”. The travelogue is comprised of 294 pages written in blue ink and is in a cloth bound metal binder and contains diary entries but also includes literary topics, recounts of history, and lists of things he misses while travelling. In addition, there is an extremely water damaged letter written in blue ink.