Goodwin (Willard) collection of William Osler correspondence

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Goodwin (Willard) collection of William Osler correspondence

Biomed.0295

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Table of contents

William Osler letters to Howard A. Kelly Series 1. 1897-1947

Physical Description: 10 folders

Scope and Contents note

Original letters; research materials and notes for Goodwin article; documents regarding publication of the article, and correspondence commenting on it

box 1, folder 1

Letters from Dr. William Osler to Dr. Howard A. Kelly 1897-1917

Scope and Contents note

Twenty short letters or notes, mostly handwritten, a few typed, addressed to "Dear Kelly" or "Dear Howard A."

General note

the group of letters was a gift to Dr. Goodwin from his uncle, Dr. Elmer Belt

box 1, folder 2

"William Osler and Howard A. Kelly, 'Physicians, Medical Historians, Friends,' as revealed by nineteen letters from Osler to Kelly", by Willard E. Goodwin. In: "Bulletin of the History of Medicine", 20(no. 5): 611-652, Dec. 1946 1946

Scope and Contents note

One whole journal issue, two reprints; list of people receiving reprints from Dr. Goodwin

box 1, folder 3

Draft of article text undated

Scope and Contents note

Original copy with author's corrections; carbon copy with some corrections and annotations by W. W. Francis

box 1, folder 4

Dr. Goodwin's working notes undated

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies of original letters with typed transcriptions of hand-written ones; Dr. Goodwin's notes and annotations

box 1, folder 5

Letters to Goodwin re. his Osler-Kelly article 1946-1965

Scope and Contents note

Comments and appreciations for the article, all including some Osler/Kelly anecdotes or reminiscences; also a note from Seymour Thomas commenting on his painting of the Osler portrait

box 1, folder 6

Additional letters re. the Osler-Kelly article 1947

Scope and Contents note

Notes of appreciation for reprints of the article, or requests for a copy

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence re. publication of the Osler-Kelly article 1946-1947

Scope and Contents note

Letters from Elmer Belt, W. W. Francis, and the publisher

box 1, folder 8

William Osler's "chloroform" speech 1946-1965

Scope and Contents note

Letters and reprints concerning remarks made by Osler in his farewell address at Johns Hopkins University

box 1, folder 8

William Osler's "chloroform" speech 1946-1965

Scope and Contents note

Letters and reprints concerning remarks made by Osler in his farewell address at Johns Hopkins University

box 1, folder 9

Reprints of articles on Osler 1925-1949

Scope and Contents note

Includes many reprints from the Osler centenary issue of "Archives of Internal Medicine", v. 84, July 1949

box 1, folder 10

Photographs of Osler undated

Scope and Contents note

Snapshots at various ages in various locations; photograph of a cartoon referring to the "chloroform" speech

William Osler letters to Henry Barton Jacobs Series 2. 1893-1949

Physical Description: 2 folders

Scope and Contents note

Transcriptions and excerpts from the letters; notes by Dr. Goodwin; introduction to a speech by Dr. Goodwin based on the content of the letters

box 1, folder 11

William Osler letters to Henry Barton Jacobs 1893-1910

General Physical Description note: folder 1 or 2

Scope and Contents note

Typed transcriptions of ca. forty letters from Osler to Jacobs, addressed to "Dear Jacobs". Notes by Goodwin on content and context of many of the letters

General note

there are two partial sets of notes and transcriptions, typed on different paper and typewriters

box 1, folder 12

William Osler letters to Henry Barton Jacobs 1911-1919

General Physical Description note: folder 2 of 2

Scope and Contents note

Ca. forty more letters with Goodwin notes

Collection Contents

William Osler letters to Howard A. Kelly

William Osler letters to Henry Barton Jacobs