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Edmund Evan Simpson Fonds
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- Source of title proper: Based on the documents in the fonds.
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Fonds
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CA OSLER P058
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0,5 of textual records
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Name of creator
(1912-1990)
Biographical history
Edmund E. Simpson was born in San Francisco, California on February 2, 1912. He graduated from McGill Medical school in 1939 after an A.B. at the University of California at Berkeley. He moved to Sacramento and then Davis, California to practice. Founded Blackwood Press in 1956, located in Placerville, California, after buying a 6 x 10 hand press.
Custodial history
Gift of Dr. Simpson, 11 October 1988. Old accession number 879.
Scope and content
Fonds contains the correspondence between Dr. Edmund Evan Simpson and the Osler Library Librarians, W.W. Francis and Cecile Desbarats, from 1942 to 1964. The fonds contains 21 letters, original and copies.
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Language of material
- English
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The documents are in English.
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Items can be requested for consultation online via the Library Catalogue or by email at osler.library@mcgill.ca. Advance notice is recommended.
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Osler Database ID
4577
Osler Fonds ID
48
Osler Alternate ID
P58
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- Francis, William Willoughby, 1878-1959 (Subject)