1928-08-09

This is a typewritten letter from Edward Archibald to Wilder Penfield. In the letter Archibald encourages Penfield to make purchases to furnish his library and his laboratory at McGill University. He has enclosed a cheque for five hundred dollars from Mrs. Reford. Archibald informs him that any deficit in budget can be made up with forwarded credit from the University. He then discusses the progress that William Vernon Cone has made in London and the issue of housing for Penfield upon his arrival in Montreal. This letter is dated August 9, 1928.

text.typescript.black and white 27.5 x 21.3 cm

English

Reford, Lewis, L. 1878-1949.
Archibald, Edward W. (Edward William), 1872-1945 -- Correspondence.
Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence.
Cone, William Vernon, 1897-1959.
McGill University. Faculty of Medicine -- History.
Montreal Neurological Institute -- History.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/M (Administration, McGill)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Letter from Edward Archibald to Wilder Penfield, August 9, 1928. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series A (Administration) -- Sub-Series A/M (Administration, McGill) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved April 16, 2024 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9953

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Archibald, Edward W. (Edward William), 1872-1945.

This letter is written on McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery stationary.

A handwritten post script reads: "P.S. Have commuted the cheque with a Bank draft".

Valediction reads: "EA/DS".

Handwritten caption reads: "Acknowledged $500 Aug 29 + enclosed letter to Dr. Lewis Reford c [with] thanks telling him I'd ordered oil at about $78 + binocular with two pair oculars at a little less."

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