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File consists of two letters, an audio recording on cassette and one copy, and an edited transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Mary Tremblay with Ronald Bayne on January 20, 1997.

The interview broadly documents Bayne’s medical career and service with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Topics include: mistreatment of stroke patients in the 1950s; sexism in medicine; evolving attitudes toward rehabilitation and geriatric care; growth of gerontology in Canada during the 1940s-50s; pension reviews and the Pension Commission; hospital governance and its impact on older patients; education and training in veterans’ care; social and political pressures on medical residents; and perspectives on death.

File consists of correspondence, an audio recording on cassette and one copy, and an unedited transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Mary Tremblay with Winston Beggins (pseudonym) on July 23, 1991.

Topics covered include: Experience at Lyndhurst Lodge with doctors and physical therapy, kidney and bladder problems for paraplegics, adaptations to using a wheelchair, accessibility concerns and differences in Ontario, the USA, and Mexico; and personal and social experiences after paraplegic injury in 1965.

File consists of correspondence between Sakinofsky, I., and Dr. Mitchell discussing the behavioral science services at Holbrook Rehabilitation Hospital, and the need for a committed psychologist or psychiatrist to coordinate services at the hospital. Also included is a report written by Epstein, N.B., titled "Research On Behavioural Science, Submission to the "Ad Hoc Committee" of the Special Projects Committee of the Medical Research Council" discussing the need for increased funding and focus into the behavioral sciences.

File consists of a letter, an audio recording on cassette, and an edited transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Mary Tremblay with Terry Bellevance on Oct 13, 1994.

Topics covered include: Medical experiences post injury, experiences of disability and rehabilitation at Lyndhurst Lodge in Toronto, disability challenges in the environment, experiences with the Handicapped Action Group in Thunder Bay, ON and advocacy regarding accessibility in architecture, adoption process for those with disability, and impact of disability on career.

File consists of three bound volumes entitled Bibliography, which contain reference lists, and reprints of published articles authored by E.J.M. Campbell.

File consists of two versions of the script and an abstract for a presentation on the subject of nursing in the 1930s, delivered by Vicky Bach at the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing 25th Anniversary Nursing History Conference in Medicine Hat, Alberta in June 2012. Presentation is based on a series of oral history interviews Vicky conducted in 1992 and 1993 with nurses who had trained and/or worked in the 1930s at hospitals in Ontario.

File consists mainly of correspondence, notices, promotional material related to the Hamilton Academy of Medicine's position on Bill 94, Health Care Accessibility Act.

File consists of correspondence, an audio recording on cassette, and an edited transcript of an oral history interview conducted by Mary Tremblay with Kathy Bird on April 27, 1992.

Topics covered in the interview include: reminisces of John Rodger which included his work at Manulife in the 1980's while disabled, architectural impacts on disability, perceptions of disability, and disability activism in Toronto.

File consists of correspondence, promotional material, a draft event program, and location contract for the Black-Tie 'Odyssey' fundraising event.

File consists of memos, correspondence, promotional material, ticket order forms, and expenese for Blue Jays baseball excusions for the Hamilton Academy of Medicine membership.