Collection search - John Duff Macdonald fonds [textual record, graphic material]

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John Duff Macdonald fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1789-1926.

Reference:

R5896-0-0-E, MG24-F88

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102360

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John Duff Macdonald fonds
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Fonds includes:

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Date(s):

1789-1926.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

15 cm of textual records.
39 photographs b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of certificates documenting extensively Macdonald's medical training at Edinburgh University, correspondence and other papers detailing his naval appointments, and family affairs, especially between 1841 to 1846. Also of note are religious sermons from Cromarty ca. 1789-1796 and other religious writings, notes on surgery, 1828-1829, Sarah Anne Malloch's commonplace book, and related family material. A printed notice, written in Greek, advertising a forthcoming student musical is filed with the university records. A diploma from the Royal College of surgeons, dated April 1839, Edinburgh, is located in horizontal storage, container 2.

The fonds also contains photographs, ca. 1839-1898, that depict Hamilton, Ontario; Dr. John Duff Macdonald, his wife Sarah Anne, and their family, including daughters Elizabeth (Mrs. Hugh Wardrope), Catherine, Rose and Sarah.

Provenance:

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Macdonald, John Duff, 1819-1901

Biography/Administrative history:

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Macdonald, John Duff, 1819-1901 : John Duff Macdonald, surgeon, was born into a naval family in Cromarty Scotland. After attending Forres Academy, he studied at Edinburgh University and qualified as a surgeon. Macdonald served as an Assistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy in Mediterranean, Carribbean and Canadian waters from 1841 to 1846.

Macdonald came to Canada c. 1847 to join his mother and other family members in the vicinity of Perth. He married Sarah Anne Malloch (1826-1902) in 1849 and moved to Hamilton, where he had a distinguished medical career, including work with the Provincial Board of Health and the Canada Life Assurance Company. He died in Hamilton in 1901.

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Earlier of the two accessions: (Paper) A list of these materials can be consulted on request, but that material can be identified in the collection by the pagination stamped on it.

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General note:

Most of the fonds (including the photographic materials) was received in 1988 from Mr. William Hugh Wardrope, a descendent, of Guelph, Ontario. Seventy-eight pages of correspondence were acquired in 1971.

Arrangement note:

Photographs: List in accession file.

Associated material note:

Microscope with wooden case and additional fittings, and a pocket kit of medical tools: Museum of Science and Technology.
Subject heading:

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Great Britain. Navy - Appointments and retirements, [1841-1846]

John Duff Macdonald - Family, 1841-1926

Surgeons - Canada, [18- - 19-]

Medical students - Scotland, [18- - 19-]

Cromarty - Sermons, ca.1789-1796

Religious literature - Authorship, 1828-1829

Surgery, 1828-1829

Great Britain. Royal Navy - Surgeons, 1828-1829

Edinburgh University (Edinburgh, Scotland) - Records and correspondence, [18- - 19-]

Sarah Anne Malloch - Authorship, [18- - 19-]

Commonplace book, [18- - 19-]
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1988/0348
1989-432 DAP
263-89

Former archival reference no.:

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MG24-F88
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG24 F 88] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MACDONALD, JOHN DUFF 1989-432]

[Consultation 90 Open]

7331;

[Consultation 90 Open]

ENC 0046;

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photographs: No donor restrictions. Copyright: Expired.

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