Series consists of records documenting Dr. May Cohen and Dr. Gerry Cohen’s sabbatical in Australia between 1987 and 1988. Included are professional and personal journals of the trip with entries from both Dr. May Cohen and Dr. Gerry Cohen (the author’s initials appear at the end of each entry). Also included is correspondence, case presentations, presentation material, publications, articles, and reports.
Series consists of records documenting Dr. May Cohen’s various awards as well as awards named in her honour. Included are event invitations and programs, newsletters, press releases, speeches, newspaper clippings, correspondence, a plaque and a certificate.
Series consists of textual records largely documenting the professional activities of Dr. Gerald S. Cohen. Included are papers, programs, correspondence, presentation material, newspaper clippings, and simulation cases. Also included is one file of records relating to Dr. Gerald Cohen’s work with the Sunny Qualer’s Band while he was studying at med school.
Cohen, Gerald S.Series consists of records documenting the development and teaching of human sexuality curriculum at McMaster University’s medical school. Included are meeting minutes, questionnaires, correspondence, slides, overheads, and simulated cases.
Fonds consists of records documenting Dr. May Cohen’s personal and professional activities. A small amount of material relates to Dr. Gerald S. Cohen’s career. Included is correspondence, papers, journals, reports, speeches, meeting materials, presentation materials, teaching slides, case studies, newspaper clippings, articles, re-prints, press releases, invitations, programs, videocassette tapes, photographs, a questionnaire, and a plaque. The records reflect a wide range of topics, including Canadian abortion rights, history of women’s health care, the teaching of human sexuality, evolution of sex counselling, experiences of female physicians, aging and sexuality, and the development of McMaster’s Women’s Health Office.
Fonds is organized into the following series: 1. Personal records, 2. Professional and political correspondence, 3. Research and writing material, 4. Presentations and related material, 5. Australian sabbatical material, 6. Professional association material, 7. Women’s Health Office records, 8. McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences activities, 9. Human sexuality curriculum development and teaching material, 10. Subject files, 11. Press material, 12. Awards and accolades, and 13. Gerald S. Cohen records.
Cohen, MaySeries consists of records documenting Dr. May Cohen’s activities within McMaster University’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Included is correspondence, reports, evaluations, flyers, newspaper clippings, speeches, theatrical skit, invitations, and resident evaluations of Dr. Cohen.
Series consists of records documenting Dr. May Cohen’s personal life. The bulk of the material is Dr. May Cohen’s personal correspondence with family and friends. Included are numerous letters exchanged between May and Gerry Cohen over the summer months while they were in medical school. Gerry Cohen worked for many summers at Muskoka Lodge, playing music with his band, the Sunny Qualer Band, to pay his way through med school. May joined Gerry at Muskoka Lodge in the summers immediately proceeding their marriage (1952-1953) and worked as a waitress there. In the summer of 1954, she worked at Camp Naivelt as the camp physician.
Also included are photographs, a speech May delivered at a New Fraternal Jewish Association (NFJA) event on the occasion of the 75th birthday of her father (Sam Lipshitz), an issue of NFJA’s newsletter Fraternally Yours, May’s CV, and a personal reflection May wrote relating to her breast cancer diagnosis. Finally, included is a poster for a wrestling match in Bracebridge, ON.
Series consists of records documenting the wide range of presentations and talks Dr. May Cohen delivered in a variety of settings, including, academic, health care, public schools, community groups, television talk shows, task forces, and professional associations. Included are presentation notes, index cards, speeches, papers, abstract submissions, event invitations, flyers, programs, video recordings, and correspondence. Several of the presentations were delivered with Dr. Gerald S. Cohen.
Series consists of press material documenting Dr. Cohen’s career. Included are articles, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
Series consists of May Cohen’s professional and political correspondence. Included is correspondence with politicians, editors, and Dr. Cohen’s colleagues and past students. Also included are newspaper clippings, press releases, and one questionnaire.