Letter from Grace Osler to her sister, Susan Chapin [Transcript]
- Contributor(s):
- Chapin, Susan Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber) Osler, Grace Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds
- Publication:
- Produced: 17 January 1915
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Genre(s):
- Archival Materials Letters (correspondence) Transcripts
- Abstract:
- Lady Osler writes of the devastating effect the war has had on Oxford. Revere will remain in College and in the Training Corps until they hear further news. Lady Osler has joined the board of the Red Cross. Robert Bacon visited at Oxford. She writes of her continued efforts to help Belgian refugees. Osler is very busy helping in the war-effort. She relates news of family and friends.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.]. About this transcript: Soon after Osler's death in 1919, Lady Osler asked their good friend Dr. Harvey Cushing to write a biography. For this project, Cushing gathered a wide variety of material, including a substantial amount of Osler correspondence and other memorabilia borrowed from Osler's family, friends, and colleagues. He employed three secretaries to transcribe these documents, and later donated the transcripts (along with his other working materials) to the Osler Library. Because many of the original documents were returned to the owners, the Cushing transcripts constitute the largest and most accessible collection of Osler's correspondence.. Harvey Cushing's "Life of Sir William Osler" was published by Oxford University Press in 1925, and was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 1926.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 3 pages
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101743406X189 (See in Profiles in Science)
- Profiles in Science ID:
- GFBBMB
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X189
- Archival Collection:
- The William Osler Papers (Profiles in Science)