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Welfare relief
CA ON00425 F010-S009-f002 · File · 1933-1935
Part of Hamilton Academy of Medicine (HAM)

File consists of typed and photocopied minutes where the originals were destroyed regarding a special meeting on welfare relief hosted by the Hamilton Academcy of Medicine. In addition, the file contains a financial breakdown of the average living costs in 1933, as well as a transcribed communication addressed to the mayor of Hamilton and Board of Control. This document was retyped by the project archivist.
Waterhouse, Robert
Waterhouse, Robert
CA ON00425 F009-S003-f106 · File · 1966, 1981, 1992
Part of Mary Tremblay fonds

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.
Warsaw Ghetto / Holocaust
CA ON00425 F001-1-1 · Subseries · 1942-1991, predominant 1982-1991
Part of Charles G. Roland fonds

Subseries consists of oral history interviews relating to the clandestine medical school in the Warsaw Ghetto and the Holocaust. Included are transcripts, cassettes, and photographs. These interviews formed the foundation of Dr. Roland’s research for his book, Courage under Siege (published in 1992). Interviews are arranged alphabetically according to surname.
Warner P. Warner
CA ON00425 F009-S005-28 · File · [1945?]-[2008?]
Part of Mary Tremblay fonds

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.
War Amputations of Canada correspondence
CA ON00425 F009-S001-6 · File · 1996
Part of Mary Tremblay fonds

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.
W miscellaneous
CA ON00425 F006-2-101 · File · 1976-1977, 1991-1992
Part of Edward James Moran Campbell fonds

File consists of correspondence between E.J.M Campbell and the following: Wagner, Peter D.; Williams, Hibbard; Whitelaw, William A.; and Wright, Alex. Includes various letters, and a preface to an untitled book by Whitelaw, William A. written by E.J.M Campbell.
VON Health Professional Advisory Committee representative records
CA ON00425 F010-S016-ss002-f005 · File · 1973-1975, 1985-1990, 1993
Part of Hamilton Academy of Medicine (HAM)

File consists of the Academy's appointed representative on the VON Health Professional Advisory Committee and includes correspondence, reports to council, reports, guidelines for active medical supervision of patients admitted to home care programs and for withholding cadiopulmonary resuscitation in the community setting, committee membership lists, a draft proposal on relationships between home care and physicians, and promotional material including a booklet about the VON and a VON News brochure, annual reports, and minutes.
Visiting professorship papers
CA ON00425 F006-5-16 · File · [1990?]
Part of Edward James Moran Campbell fonds

File consists of two papers, "A Special Sort of Visiting Professorship" paper, and a paper titled "Visit to Brazil, March 1990". The two papers were written by E.J.M Campbell after a trip to Brazil, where he gave lectures at six universities and centers. The papers provide insight and suggestions on how institutions can better support visiting professors and their work.