Collection search - Alexander E. MacDonald fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]

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Alexander E. MacDonald fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1910-1970.

Reference:

R1511-0-1-E, MG30-B70

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105351

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Alexander E. MacDonald fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1910-1970.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1.4 m of textual records.
47 photographs b&w.
16 maps.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of personal records, including correspondence, speeches, articles, pamphlets, and papers written by Dr. MacDonald, 1926-1970 (originals); minutes of meetings, correspondence, constitutions, membership lists, and financial statements relating to the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, 1926-1970 (originals).

The fonds also contains photographs illustrating views of the Tidal Bore, Moncton, N.B. and various events in A.E. MacDonald's career, including several international congresses on ophthalmology, 1910-1960.

Fonds consists of 16 maps and plans pertaining primarily to western Canada. They include maps of Manitoba and North-West Territories showing soil classes and townships, census map of Saskatchewan along with maps of Yukon River and town plan of Regina. There are plans of Guelph and a railway map of Ontario and Quebec.

Provenance:

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MacDonald, Alexander E., 1892-1976

Biography/Administrative history:

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MacDonald, Alexander E., 1892-1976 : Dr. Alexander E. MacDonald, ophthalmologist, graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine in 1916 and specialized in ophthalmology. The author of over fifty papers which have appeared in international, American and Canadian ophthalmological journals, he has also maintained executive positions in the International, American, and Canadian Ophthalmological Societies. During the mid-1940s, he was instrumental in establishing certificates of specialization in ophthalmology under the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and has been the ophthalmological consultant for the Toronto General Hospital and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid is a descriptive list of the items in the fonds. MSS0805 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001740.pdf

Cartographic material (Paper) Please consult lower level descriptions. An itemized listing is available. MacDonald, A.E. 756/12551. (90: Open)

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General note:

Received in 1972 from Dr. A.E. MacDonald of Toronto, Ont.
Subject heading:

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Ophthalmologists - Canada, 1923-1970 Canadian Opthalmological Society, 1926-1970

Ophthalmology - Societies, etc., 1926-1970

Ophthalmology - Canada, 1923-1970

Medical writing, 1926-1970

Medicine - Societies, etc., 1926-1970

Canadian Opthalmological Society - Financial reports, 1926-1970

Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian

Physicians Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1972-245 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-B70
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 B 70] 3--5

[Consultation 90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 805] 76

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [MACDONALD, ALEXANDER E. 1972-245] 5810

[Consultation 90 Open]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

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Photographs: No restrictions on use. Copyright expired on items more than 50 years old. Various copyrights for items less than 50 years old. Credit: Name of photographer / National Archives of Canada / Copy neg. no.
Cartographic material: No restrictions. Credit Library and Archives Canada.

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