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The Dr. F. W. Luney fonds consists of 14 series (and 2 subseries) of records chronicling his scholarly beginnings as a medical student at the University of Western Ontario, his appointment as Senior Pathologist at Victoria Hospital, and the extent of his professional career as Clinical Laboratory Chief at St. Joseph’s Hospital until his retirement in 1961. During his career, Dr. Luney would enlist in the Canadian Army Medical Services Division during WWI, establish a Clinical Pathology Laboratory at St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1928, conduct extensive research in blood transfusion techniques, direct the opening of the Blood Bank Department and St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1945, establish private consulting services for smaller hospitals in southern Ontario, and create the Dr. F. W. Luney Fund to raise funds for the Medical Library at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Records of note include: well-maintained, original photographs of Dr. Luney and fellow classmates posing with a cadaver; records created to document body parts and organs donated to Luney’s private “Museum”; personal notebooks outlining his medical training and professional experiences; a selection of diplomas and certificates; records of his $5,000 donation to the Medical Library at St. Joseph’s Hospital; photographs depicting the two-person multiple syringe apparatus he invented; notes from lectures and seminars that he gave on pathology and blood transfusion-related subjects; and a 60th anniversary portrait of Dr. F. W. Luney with his fellow 1914 graduates.

This series consists of two folders, featuring documentation outlining Dr. Luney’s private laboratory services to St. Joseph’s Hospital, and correspondence and address notes involving the Tissue Committee and Ontario Medical Association. Some specific documents include: a written draft of Dr. Luney’s contract with St. Joseph’s Hospital for the establishment of his private laboratory; 1930 correspondence between Dr. Luney and Mr. John M. Robb (Minister of Health) from the Ontario Board of Health regarding pathology and tissue diagnosis; a request made by the Lincoln County Medical Association for Dr. Luney to prepare an address on “A Simple Citrate Method of Blood Transfusion” for an upcoming meeting; Dr. Luney’s preparation notes and address for the Lincoln County Medical Association; two photographs featuring a new blood transfusion apparatus developed by Dr. Luney; and an operation record outlining a procedure conducted using Dr. Luney’s blood transfusion technique and apparatus.