The William Boyd files contain the following material:
Folder 1:
- Obits: Tribune 17 Mar 1979; CMAJ 123:1547, 23 June 1979; Amer J Clin Pathol Dec 1979 pp1044-1045; J R Coll Surg Edin 24(6):375-376 1979; BMJ Apr 7/79 959-60; CAP newsletter May/79; Acad Med Bull Toronto 52: 110-3 Jun 1979; UBC memorial; UMMJ 49(3)147-153 1979; (21pp)
- Faculty questionnaire, nd; Faculty card & Man Author reference sheet, nd (4pp)
- Photocopies of corres (application, offer, etc) for Boyd’s appt here 1912-14 (26pp)
- 2 student petitions with many signatures asking that Boyd not go to Guy’s, 1933 (5pp)
- Student cartoon of Boyd and Grant (1 item)
- Corres Thorlakson/WB re dinner in his honour 13 Feb 1950 (9pp)
- Corres LR Nason, M Ferguson, A Kerr 27 with some reminiscences of WB (6pp)
- Invitation and clippings from Tor Star (nd)& WFP 18 May 1971 re opening of William Boyd Library, Acad of Med, Toronto (3pp)
- Misc:
(a) listing of Edinburgh graduates 1908; (5pp)
(b) menus from 3rd & 4th year dinners 1905 & 1906; (2 photos for 1906. 2 pieces for 1905)
(c) Letter from D Nicholson to AT Mathers re parting gift of microscope to WB July 20, 1937; (incl description of microscope) (5pp)
(d) list showing Boyd as one of the winners of the Royal Coll Psychiatrists’ Gaskell Medal; (3pp)
(e) announcement: WB lectures as first Wade Professor at R Coll Surgeons Edinburgh 1966 (1p)
(f) Boyd family tree and official copy of WB’s birth certificate (10pp)
(g) Letter Kerr/Hovorka 1978 re acquisition of WB’s revision copy of ‘Intro to Med Sci’ (2pp)
- "As we knew him" - letter and picture UMMJ 51:71 1981 (1p)
- List of material filed in 21.9a Boyd (1p)
- Becker "Biography" UMMJ 39:41, 43-45 1967 (11pp)
- Letter A Andison to I Carr re Boyd (3pp)
- Man Free Press notice 4 Oct 1919 p.7 of Grant’s arrival (1p)
- Armistice Day address Nov 10, 1928-reprint with MD McEachern’s Inaugural Address Oct 1, 1928 (1pamphlet)
- Entry from Univ Saskatchewan Archives re WB LLD from Univ Sask 1937 (1p)
- Corres with Stephen Benham at National Lib of Wales re With a Field Ambulance & WB Apr 2007 (12pp)
- Bibliography 1909-1977 (4pp)
- Boyd "Group method in the teaching of pathology" J Ass Am Med Coll March 1937 (8pp booklet)
- Brief biography from Man Hist Soc website (1p)
- Honorary Fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians (1p)
See also:
21.9a Boyd
- contains letters to his wife, photocopies of his letters to Wiglesworth
- his bibliography and some publications, etc (list in 21.9afile) (#11 in this file)
- Carr, Ian: William Boyd; silver tongue and golden pen 1993
- Boyd’s Commonplace Book Mitchell Rare Book Rm & in Man Author’s Coll
See books in Manitoba Authors’ Collection in NJM
MPC 1.0 #037 A-H (in folder 1):
A: c.1925; B-C: 1933; D: 1956; E-F: 1962; G: 1964; G: nd; H: c1905-1910);
MPC 1.0 #037 D, J-N, P, R-T, V-Z, AA--AH, AJ-AN, AP, AR-BE (in folder 3)
MPC 2.0 #008 A-E (all in general photo file)
MPC 2.0 #010, 011, 040, 143
Note:
LLD Sask (1937); DSc(Manitoba) 1948; MD(Hon)(Oslo, Norway) 1945; Queens (1956); Gold-headed Cane 1962; FRCP(Hon) (Edin); FRCP(Hon)(Lond); Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; Member Amer College of pathologists (Hon); Prof Emeritus (Toronto) 1951;
Brother-in-law of John Charles Boileau Grant
Folder 2
Biographies:
- "Biography: Dr. William Boyd" by WJ Becker UMMJ 39: 41-42 1967 (3pp)
- "William Boyd: a legacy in print" by H John Barrie CMAJ 126: 421,423-424 1982;(2pp)
- "William Boyd and his books" CMAJ 86:29-31 1962 (issue was dedicated to him); (4pp)
- "William Boyd and the Gold Headed Cane" Macmillan Co Canada; (4pp booklet)
- "William Boyd, A biographical sketch Lab Invest 5(5):389-395, Sept-Oct 1956; (7pp booklet)
- "The Boyd secret: hard work and gentle charm, Poetry wins a top prize in psychiatry, Edinburgh leaves its mark". 3-part series from Medical Post,16,30 Aug 1966; (6pp)
- "Biographical sketch" MMR 38(7):449 1958; (1p)
- "Dr Boyd: After 89 years the mental agility is still there" Medical Post 24, 11 June 1974; (1p)
- "Professor William Boyd" by JCB Grant Univ Toronto J (unknown date p6-8) plus full copy; (2pp+3pp)
- "William Boyd; a biographical sketch" by JFA MCManus Am J Surg Pathol 3: 377-81 1979; (5pp)
- Draft of above article with letter from McManus to Mrs. E. Boyd 22 Nov 1978; (16pp)
- "Dr. William Boyd; for 50 years...synonymous with pathology Med Opinion May 1974: 42-44; (3pp)
- "Profile of a patient" by P. Ramsay - typewritten copy; (5pp)
- "William Boyd" Modern Medicine 1 Apr 1963 p68-69 & cover with picture; (2pp)
- "Master of medicine" CMAJ (1967) 96: 60-61 (2pp)
- "William Boyd" Lives of the Royal Coll Physicians London (Munk’s Roll) 1984 (4pp)
- Original cards from Dr John Barrie used to deliver 1st Boyd memorial lecture (22 cards+11pp)
- "William Boyd - The Commonplace and the Books" by Ian Carr CBMH/BCHM 10:77-86, 1993 (5pp)
- "Haematologia Boydiensis Tunc et Nunc St. John’s Newfoundland, 18 July 2006" W Boyd Lecture given by Louis D Wadsworth CAP Newsletter Fall 2006 (5pp)
Folder 3
Photographs grouped as shown below:
- Karsh portrait with letter granting permission for use to Ian Carr (original photo) (1 photo)
- Family: parents & siblings; early days in Scotland; also house in Willowdale, Ontario (13 photos+1 postcard)
- Copy of Family Register from Family Bible (1p)
- Rock climbing in Scotland, Student photo at University of Edinburgh (7 photos)
- Professional work in Scotland (3 photos)
- Professional work in Britain (3 photos)
- The young professor (1 photo)
- Enid Christie Boyd various poses, incl wedding photo, copies from 1916-17 UM Brown & Gold of Enid & Isobel Christie (JCB Grant's wife) (16 photos+5pp)
- Toronto days (5 photos)
- Toronto - The Professor William Boyd Pathology Museum (1 photo)
- International Medical Assembly in San Antonio, TX (6 photos +1 newsclipping) San Antonio Express 30 Jan 1959)
- Gold Headed Cane award from American Assn of Pathologists and Bacteriologists, Montreal 1962 (1 photo)
- Pathology staff, Birmingham, Alabama 1957 (1 photo)
- Companion, Order of Canada: awarded 20 Dec 1968, invested 8 apr 1969 (4 photos)
- Christmas in Oregon with grand-nieces & nephews ca 1951; tombstone in Toronto (4 photos)
- Miscellaneous photographs of WB, occasions unknown, dates unknown (see photograph db for description (9 photos)
See also:
21.9a for WB’s photograph albums
Folder 4
Newspaper clippings:
- Notice of his marriage to Enid Christie (1p)
- Copies of clippings from early days in Winnipeg in ‘clipping’ book by WB (original book is in 21.9a) (22pp)
- Clippings re lectures on the subject of WB's experiences during WWI; mentions Dr HL Collins, Dr E Allin & Dr Monkman & Dr Whitelaw) (2(pp1-15)
- Clippings re discovery of germ; Winnipeg epidemics of hiccups, sleeping sickness (encephalitis lethargic), (2(pp16-22))
- Clipping of refusal to go to Guy’s 1933 (1p)
- Move to Toronto 1937 (5pp)
- Miscellaneous notes on his cancer work (14pp)
- Various honours e.g. Order of Canada, Gold-headed cane, etc.(15pp)
- Items that were loose in his Commonplace Book (which is in Ross Mitchell Room) & photocopies of them (incl letter to Mr. Boyd from David Livingstone (19pp)
- Some reviews of his books (22pp)
See also:
21.9a Folder #1 for WB’s ‘Clipping Book’