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CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 4-4.12 · Subseries · 1976-1982
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of one file of minutes of meetings and related correspondence, reports and other materials distributed and considered at meetings:

4.12.1 Minutes 1976-1982

Toronto General Hospital. Medical Engineering Committee
Minutes
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 4-4.15 · Subseries · 1960-1966
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of minutes of meetings and summary minutes of the Medical Advisory Board as a whole.

File 4.15.1 contains summary minutes of meetings of the Medical Advisory Board October 1960 to November 1966, prepared for the information of the TGH Board of Trustees.

Toronto General Hospital. Medical Advisory Board
Reports and Proposals
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 4-4.17 · Subseries · 1969-1971
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of copies of reports and proposals prepared by the Medical Advisory Board and its committees.

File 4.17.1 contains an executive summary of a plan to reorganize and expand TGH clinical services to improve patient care by revising and expanding ambulatory (Out-Patient) care facilities and services, in-patient care capabilities, and by strengthening the Hospital’s role as a regional provider of specialty medical services and as a research/educational institution.

File 4.17.2 contains a copy of a proposed amended constitution for the Medical Advisory Board, providing for elected as well as appointed members. The document was approved by the Medical Advisory Board September 22, 1969, and submitted to the Board of Trustees.

Medical Staff Bulletin
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 7-TG 7.3 · Subseries · 1970-1972
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of copies of the TGH medical staff newsletter, successively titled Mediscope (1970-1971), Medi-Staff (1971), and Medical Staff Bulletin (1972). The newsletter contained news and announcements of interests to the TGH medical staff, including appointments, retirements, research and publications.

Toronto General Hospital. Public Relations Department
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 10 · Series · 1963-1969
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Series consists of the MSA articles of agreement (July 1 1966, with amendments created in 1967 and 1968 tipped in) containing the signatures of the original members of the Association; correspondence of the President/Executive Director of the MSA, chiefly with officials representing similar associations in other Canadian hospitals; and a file of background papers by Dr. T.P. Morley outlining the history and development of the MSA 1963-1968.

Toronto General Hospital. Medical Staff Association
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 11 · Series · 1985-1987
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Series consists of the Department’s annual reports for the years 1985-1986 and 1986-1987, detailing the Department’s clinical and research activities.

Toronto General Hospital. Department of Microbiology
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 15 · Series · 1913-1969
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Series consists of statistical reports pertaining to admissions and discharges, births and deaths, operations and anaesthetics at the TGH; and patient records created in various Hospital departments and maintained and organized by the Medical Records Department.

The series includes two sub-series:

15.1 Statistical reports
15.2 Patient records

Toronto General Hospital. Medical Records Department
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 22-TG 22.3 · Subseries · 1958
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of various materials relating to the ceremonies opening the new TGH Neurosurgical Unit in the Center Block Building (Norman Urquhart Wing) November 8, 1958. File 22.3.1 contains a commemorative booklet edited by Dr. T.P. Morley containing a transcription of speeches; a bibliography of the papers of Dr. K.G. McKenzie; and a description of the Unit, illustrated by drawings. File 22.3.2 contains a sound recording (audio-cassette tape) of speeches delivered during the opening ceremonies, as recorded by Dr. R. Tasker: duration of the recording is approximately 55 minutes. File 22.3.3 contains a program of the opening ceremonies.

CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 24 · Series · 1918-1986
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Series consists of various materials created and maintained by the Department of Nutrition Services including a certificate of completion from the pupil dietitian course (1918), newsletters, Christmas dinner menus, course outlines from the Dietetic Internship Program, and programs from graduation and retirement dinners.

Toronto General Hospital. Department of Nutrition Services
CA ON00343 TGH-EC · Collection · 1874-2011

The Toronto General Hospital ephemera collection is an assembly of material in various formats that have been accumulated by the UHN Archives from a variety of disparate sources including, but not limited to, family members of former staff or students, other repositories, or anonymous donations. Collection consists of textual records, publications, photographs and objects. Material in the collection relates to the history of the hospital, its staff or students.

File 2 contains a recipe for Butter Soup, directions for making lactic acid milk from culture, and notes on letterhead for Dr. Miriam A. Brick.

File 12 includes photos of J.R.F. (Frank) Mills, Bruce Tovee, Wallace Scott, Roche Robertson, L.C. Mongomery, J.A. MacFarlane, and an Oxford Vaporizer (Anaesthesia Machine).

File 14 includes pictures of Drs. E.H. Botterell, K.G. McKenzie and Tom Morley, from Neurosurgery, and Dr. Mary Tom from Neuropathology.

Toronto General Hospital
Finance Directorate fonds
CA ON00343 RG 1-TH 5 · Fonds · 1986 - 1999
Part of The Toronto Hospital record group

Fonds consists of records of The Toronto Hospital’s Finance and Audit Committees from the office of Vice-President, Finance, D. Arsenault. Some are her own personal copies with her handwritten notations. Fonds also includes background documents regarding the TGH-TWH merger from the office of Vice-President, Finance, Mr. J. Elliott, financial statements from the Toronto General Hospital, and patient admission ledgers from the Toronto Western Hospital. Fonds includes five series:

5.1 Finance Committee minutes
5.2 Audit Committee minutes
5.3 TGH-TWH Merger records
5.4 Financial statements
5.5 Patient admission ledgers

The Toronto Hospital. Finance Directorate
TGH-TWH Merger records
CA ON00343 RG 1-TH 5-5.3 · Series · 1985-1992
Part of The Toronto Hospital record group

Series consists of two files of documentation related to the merger between the Toronto General Hospital and the Toronto Western Hospital accumulated by the Vice-President, Finance, Mr. J. Elliott. Records in file 5.3.1 include correspondence and reports on the positions of various University of Toronto and Hospital Departments regarding the proposed merger; scattered issues of Merger News, a newsletter produced by the office of W. Vickery Stoughton, President, TGH; copies of draft merger agreements; news releases; related appendices from Board of Trustees meetings; the final version of the Report of the Marotta Committee Regarding the TGH-TWH Merger; and newspaper clippings. Records in file 5.3.2 include copies of various Bills and Bylaws; a copy of a Banking Resolution approved by the Board of Trustees at its monthly meeting on December 16, 1986; a list of Board of Trustees with information on when they were first appointed and their base hospital; and Terms of Reference and membership lists of the various Committees of the Board as of October 21, 1986.

CA ON00343 RG 1-TH 7 · Fonds · 1916 - 1991
Part of The Toronto Hospital record group

Fonds consists of the bound minutes of the Medical Advisory Committees (or Boards) for the Toronto Western Hospital, the Toronto General Hospital, and later The Toronto Hospital. Minutes include discussions of by-laws, clinical policies, salaries, credentialing, and building/renovation projects; lists of appointments to staff and interns; sub-committee reports; and from time to time discussion of a patient and/or disciplinary action on staff.

The fonds includes five series:

7.1 Medical Advisory Committee Minutes / Toronto Western Hospital
7.2 Medical Advisory Board Minutes / Toronto General Hospital
7.3 Medical Advisory Committee Minutes / Toronto Hospital
7.4 Medical Advisory Board Minutes / Toronto Hospital
7.5 Ambulatory Care Committee Minutes

The Toronto Hospital. Medical Advisory Committee
CA ON00343 RG 1-TH 8-8.1 · Series · 1986-1998
Part of The Toronto Hospital record group

Series consists of minutes of the TGH and TTH Board of Trustees. Minutes from 1822-1994 are in 39 bound volumes. Minutes from 1995-1998 were kept loose in binders. As of the meeting of October 1986, a joint meeting of the Boards of both the Toronto General Hospital and the Toronto Western Hospital, the minutes change from being for the TGH Board of Trustees to those of the TTH Board of Trustees. It was at that meeting that the Chairman, Vice-Chairmen and Secretary for the new Board of Trustees for The Toronto Hospital were elected. However, all minutes continued to be bound identically and labeled as Minutes of Meetings for the Board of Trustees of the Toronto General Hospital. Minutes for the period of May 1848 to February 1866 are missing. Several items and appendices are also missing from the minutes for July, September and December 1997. A sheet listing the items missing from 1997 can be found in file 8.1.61 along with the minutes for January 1997.

The Toronto Hospital. Board of Trustees
Miscellaneous Publications
CA ON00343 RG 2-UHN 3-3.4 · Series · [ca. 1981] - 1998
Part of University Health Network record group

Series consists of miscellaneous publications or documentation collected or created by the Department of Public Affairs & Communications during their regular course of business.

File 3.4.1 contains memoirs from Dr. E.A. McCulloch, which were excerpted into UHN News (both print and online versions) in 2008. It also includes a series of anecdotes of Dr. McCulloch’s interactions with notable people: J.C.B. Grant, Arthur Worth Ham, L. Siminovitch, Roscoe Graham, K.J.R. Wightman, Ian MacDonald, Harold Johns, and William Boyd.

File 3.4.2 was originally sent to Dr. Bob Bell from Dr. Bernard S. Goldman and includes a hand-written note explaining the origins of the sculpture on Elizabeth Street.

File 3.4.4 contains three issues of Strategic Directions@uhn, a periodic update published by Public Affairs and Communications about the UHN Strategic Directions long-term planning process. These are from June 2011, Fall 2011, and Winter 2002.

File 3.4.6 contains issues 1 and 2 of Vision Insight, the newsletter of the Joint Oncology Program of The Toronto Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital. There are two versions of Volume 1, Number 1 in this file—one dated February 19, 1996 and one dated February 26, 1996. The content of the two versions is similar with some changes to content, formatting and style.

University Health Network. Public Affairs & Communications
CA ON00343 DHC-3 · Series · 2001-2003
Part of Dr. Donald Henry Cowan fonds

Series consists of photographs documenting the destruction of the TGH Bell Wing and the construction of the Clinical Services Building. These photographs were taken by Dr. Cowan from his offices across the street at Cancer Care Ontario (620 University Avenue, Toronto, 15th and 13th floors) from May 2001 to July 2003, in order to document the event. Eight of these pictures were used by UHN’s Public Affairs Department at the official opening of the Clinical Services Building. Photographs had been arranged by Dr. Cowan in a binder entitled <i>Toronto General Hospital Pictures Before & After</i> and divided by film number and date. These divisions are reflected in the file titles.

Medical Staff Appointments
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 1-TG 1.1 · Subseries · 1948-1975
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of lists of appointments to the TGH medical staff, as prepared by the Office of the Medical Director in consultation with the heads of the various medical departments and services, sanctioned by the Medical Advisory Board and the Joint Hospital Relations Committee and approved by the Board of Trustees. Some files contain separate courtesy staff appointment lists.

Toronto General Hospital. Board of Trustees
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 1-TG 1.6 · Subseries · 1911-1981
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of various materials relating to special events and ceremonies associated with the TGH and organized by the Board of Trustees, including invitations, event programs and commemorative publications, guest lists, statements by event organizers and participants, correspondence.

File 1.6.1 contains materials deposited in a cornerstone box in April 1911 during a ceremony marking the start of the building of the College St. site of the TGH, including lists as of April 11, 1911 of TGH House Medical Staff, nursing staff (including student nurses), and honorary governors of the Board of Trustees; “A Brief Historical Sketch of the Toronto General Hospital, its Origin and its Progress…1818 to 1911”, a manuscript by A.F. Miller, TGH Secretary and Treasurer 1876-1917; a “List of Special Grants and Subscriptions to the new TGH Building Fund” 1905-1911; and an “Original Estimate of Cost of the new Buildings of the TGH” adopted by the Board of Trustees March 2, 1910.

File 1.6.11 contains a sketchbook commissioned by Toronto General Hospital and presented to Sir John M Gibson, Lt. Governor of Ontario, to mark the opening of its new buildings, designed by Darling & Pearson at 101 College Street, June 1913 to January 1914. Gold-stamped leather binding design, title page inscription, and six black-and-brown ink drawings by J.E.H. MacDonald depicting various TGH buildings.

File 1.6.12 contains a booklet on the Private Patients Building printed by Grip Limited, Toronto for W.G. Macfarlane Ltd. With decorative borders and cover by J.E.H. MacDonald and line drawings by Tom Thomson. Undated, but probably to commemorate opening of new TGH buildings, June 1913 to January 1914.

File 1.6.13 contains the menu and program for a dinner in honour of W.E. Gallie on the occasion of his retirement from the chair of surgery at the University of Toronto, 1947. Includes illustrations designed and drawn by Mabel Gill with the aid of R.I. Harris.

Toronto General Hospital. Board of Trustees
Executive Committee records
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 1-TG 1.10 · Subseries · 1917-1946
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of minutes of monthly meetings of the Executive Committee of the TGH Board of Trustees December 1917-May 1946. Minutes principally contain monthly Hospital financial account records, specifically itemized lists of cheques issued to cover Hospital expenses, including pay roll, medical supplies and drugs, and food.

Minutes for November 1926-December 1927 and for February 1930-September 1932 are missing.

Toronto General Hospital. Board of Trustees