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Osler Society Correspondence
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CA OSLER P097-324/249
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1956-1965 (Creation)
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• Letter to Mr. Brian Doyle containing receipts for donations to the Osler Society
• Essay by Dr. C.J. Tidmarsh “The History of the Osler Society” McGill Medical Journal (vol. 25
no.4) December 1956, p176-178
• RSVPs of attendance to the Osler Society Banquet, including number of tickets requested and
instructions on where they should be delivered/picked up
• Talk by B. Doyle given at MUS meeting, May 1965
• Draft of a letter from B. Doyle soliciting donations to the Osler Banquet Lecture Fund, 5
December 1965
• Letter from B. Doyle to Dr. Thurlbeck listing donations from Friends of the Osler Society, 5
December 1965
• Letter from Donald G. Bates to B. Doyle asking for further details about Doyle’s request for
Bates to speak at the Osler Banquet, 25 August 1965
• Letter from Frank Buffram to B. Doyle informing Doyle that he has no information regarding
past years’ caterers, menus, etc. from Osler Banquet
• Letter from Donald G. Bates to B. Doyle thanking Doyle for the invitation to speak at the Osler
Banquet, 4 June 1965
• Letter from E.H. Bensley to Donald G. Bates informing him that Doyle would be in touch with
him about speaking at the Osler Banquet, 31 May 1965
• Letter from B. Doyle to Donald G. Bates asking him to speak at the 45th Annual Osler Banquet,
27 May 1965
• Letter from Donald G. Bates to B. Doyle to confirm the title of his talk as “Some Thoughts on the
History of Therapeutics,” 21 September 1965
• Letter to R.V. Christie, Dean of Medicine, from B. Doyle, forwarding him the expenses from the
Bates lecture, 10 November 1965
• Unattributed handwritten list titled “McGill Osler Society”
• Handwritten note from Doyle to Lynn re: expenditure of $ 2.25 for a phone call to Johns
Hopkins, 20 September 1965
• Unsigned undated handwritten memo to Doyle
• Handwritten draft of letter from Doyle to Bates, 10 November, thanking him for his expense
account, which will be reimbursed by Dr. Christie, and his hospitality when Doyle came to
Baltimore
• Letter from Thurlbeck to Doyle agreeing to be honorary President of the Osler Society, 31 May
1965
• Letter from Doyle to Thurlbeck inviting him to be President of the Osler Society, 28 May 1965
• Letter from J.C. Mitchell to Cecile Desbarats requesting a copy of the Constitution of the Osler
Society, 17 July 1965 and her response 22 July 1965
• Notes about Osler Society and a patient taken on a requisition form for the Montreal General
Hospital
• Statement for the Osler Society dinner, 29 October 1965
• List of addresses, mostly doctors