Letter from J. William Dawson to William Osler
- Title:
- Letter from J. William Dawson to William Osler
- Creator:
- Dawson, J. William
- Recipient:
- Osler, William
- Date:
- 28 November 1872
- Description:
- Dawson writes to offer Osler the Chair in Botany at McGill University.. [Description courtesy of McGill University.]. 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. Many of the original documents were returned to the owners. The originals that were retained, together with 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)
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 4 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:
- GFBBRB
- NLM ID:
- 101743406X273
- Profiles Collection:
- The William Osler Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743406X273
- Story Section:
- Medical Education and Early Career, McGill University, 1870-1884