Title:

Letter from William Osler to Marcia Noyes [Transcript]

Creator:

Osler, William

Contributor:

Cushing, Harvey (Transcriber)

Recipient:

Noyes, Marcia

Date:

13 August 1901

Description:

Osler apologizes for having left without saying goodbye and explains that his work on his "confounded' text book kept him busy to the last moment. He intends to send out a circular letter to all those interested in Libraries, asking them to subscribe. Osler has collected books during his European travels that he wishes to send along to the Library. He writes that he had a delightful trip in Holland, and now in Scotland, he has forgotten about medicine and thinks only of reducing his golf score.. [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.

Original Repository:

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Transcripts

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University. Osler Library Archive Collections, P417: Harvey Cushing Fonds. 12841

Legacy ID:

GFBBJC

NLM ID:

101743406X127

Profiles Collection:

The William Osler Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X127

Story Section:

Osler, Medical History, and Medical Libraries