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George Jasper Wherrett fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1912-1981.

Reference:

R1538-0-9-E, MG30-B138

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

102824

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George Jasper Wherrett fonds
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Fonds includes:

6 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1912-1981.

Place of creation:

Manitoba

Extent:

1.013 m of textual records.
1 photograph b&w.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of professional and personal information, publications, addresses, memoranda, unpublished lectures and reports, typescripts of articles, correspondence, documents pertaining to the International Union Against Tuberculosis and other conferences, research files, and other material relating to the career and interests of Dr. G.J. Wherrett.

The fonds also contains a photograph of Viscount and Vicountess Willington visiting tubercular children at Malahat Beach, Victoria, B.C., ca. 1926-1931.

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Wherrett, George Jasper, 1896-

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Wherrett, George Jasper, 1896- : George Jasper Wherrett, physician, born in 1924 at Shoal Lake, Man., graduated in 1924 from the University of Manitoba with a medical degree. During the 1920s tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in Canada and Dr. Wherrett decided to spend his life combatting tuberculosis. In 1925 he moved to New Brunswick to organize the diagnostic services for the province. Dr. Wherrett served as Tuberculosis Officer for the Department of Health, Staff Physician at the Tuberculosis Hospital in Saint John, Officer in Charge of the Provincial Tuberculosis Clinics and Director of the Maritime Tuberculosis Clinic. In 1928 he left N.B. and spent three months visiting tuberculosis institutions in the British Isles, France, Switzerland and Italy on a Sun Life Assurance Company Scholarship Tour of Europe.

From 1928 to 1930, Dr. Wherrett pursued postgraduate work in London, England where he became a member of the Royal College of Physicians of London. In 1930, he returned to Saskatchewan as Assistant Superintendent of the Fort Qu'Appelle Sanatorium and Director of Travelling Clinics for southern Saskatchewan. In 1933, Dr. Wherrett moved to Ottawa to become the Executive Secretary of the Canadian Tuberculosis Association. Although offered other positions, Dr. Wherrett remained with the Canadian Tuberculosis Association until his retirement in 1962.

Both before and after his retirement, Dr. Wherrett served actively with various international anti-tuberculosis societies. He also served as a consultant to various agencies including the Department of National Health and Welfare and the World Health Organization.

Dr. Wherrett's numerous publications include The Miracle of the Empty Beds: A History of Tuberculosis in Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1977.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a file list and a description of material transferred to the National Archives Library and the Documentary Art and Photography Division. MSS1313 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002665.pdf

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General note:

Received in 1981 and 1982 from Mrs. G.J. Wherrett, Ottawa, Ont.

Related material:

Additional information relating to the work of Dr. Wherrett is found in the papers of the Canadian Lung Association (MG 28 I 75).
Subject heading:

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Tuberculosis - Canada, 1912-1981 International Union Against Tuberculosis, 1927-1971

George Jasper Wherrett - Reports, 1925-1974

George Jasper Wherrett - Biography, 1912-1981

Institutions, associations, etc., Canadian, 1927-1971

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian

Physicians Canada
Source:

Private

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1981-232 NPC

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MG30-B138
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 1313] 109

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [WHERRETT, GEORGE JASPER 1981-232] 4150

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Photograph: No restrictions on use.Copyright expired.

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