Series consists of records documenting the scholarly writing activities of Mary Tremblay, and includes many of her published works. Included are articles, reports, book chapters, correspondence, and a photo negative. Publications and writings cover such topics as veterans and disability, disability policy, woman with disabilities and aging, locomotion, occupational therapy education, and using oral history to document disability.
File consists of slides documenting First and Second World War veterans with amputations and their activities. Included are slides depicting family life of veterans with amputations, hospital ships, tanks, driving with prosthetics, and other rehabilitation activities at Lyndhurst Lodge, Camp Hill Hospital and Deer Lodge.
Identified individuals in slides include Elwin Plumbtree, Ernest Copper, H. Pullin, Edward Small, Harry Davidson, and B. Campbell.
The interview documents Woodcock’s blinding at Dieppe in 1942 and his post-war Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) career. Topics include: rehabilitation at St Dunstan’s and CNIB’s Baker Hall; establishing coast-to-coast CNIB field offices; arranging vocational training and employment for war-blinded veterans; drafting pension-reform briefs that added spousal benefits and continuing allowances; leadership in the Sir Arthur Pearson Association; and shifting rehabilitation from charity to rights-based advocacy.
File consists of material related to Fred Woodcock, documenting his life, advocacy, and contributions to the Canadian National Institute of the Blind (CNIB) and other organizations supporting individuals with visual impairments. Included is a biography detailing his life achievements, an obituary, and news clippings.
The interview broadly documents Robert “Bob” Waterhouse’s life and experiences after a spinal cord injury. Topics include: Depression-era childhood and paid work in small-town Ingersoll, Ontario; the June 1939 diving accident and early acute care with skull-traction tongs, immobilisation, pressure-sore treatment, and experimental orthopaedic surgery at Toronto General Hospital; family-led home nursing, bladder and bowel routines, and the role of student nurses during the Second World War; intensive physiotherapy, brace-walking and vocational retraining at Christie Street Hospital and Lyndhurst Lodge (1946-48); post-war community support from Kiwanis and the Canadian Paraplegic Association; adult return to secondary school and completion of a B.Comm. at Queen’s University, highlighting campus accessibility barriers, ad-hoc ramps, and peer assistance; acquisition of bespoke hand-control automobiles and the emergence of independent driving; employment as a YMCA office manager and later as a national employment counsellor for newly injured Canadians; marriage, home adaptations, and shared recreational life (fishing, cottage ownership); evolving public and professional attitudes toward disability, from custodial care to rights-based inclusion; and Waterhouse’s contributions to Ontario Building Code accessibility clauses and broader advocacy for equal education and employment.
File consists of slides relating to Dr. Warner P. Warner and his involvement in rehabilitation and the Department of Veteran Affairs following the Second World War. Included are slides that depict textual information relating to Warner’s involvement in veteran rehabilitation practice and policy following the Second World War. Also included is a slide depicting a portrait of Warner P. Warner taken during his graduation.
File consists of correspondence between Mary Tremblay and the War Amputations of Canada solicitor, Brian N. Forbes. Correspondence documents the status of the War Amputations of Canada's involvement with Mary Tremblay's research activities.