Item consists of handwritten correspondence sent to Allison Gallant, likely in 1963, addressing questions about Prince Edward Island pharmaceutical history.
Includes correspondence from Wm. J. Semple Limited (Kensington), Waite's Pharmacy (Summerside), Foley's Drug Store (Summerside), Boates Pharmacy (Summerside), and E.M. Gorman (Deputy Fisheries Minister).
Item consists of facsimiles of handwritten research notes collected by J. Gordon Duff, related to Thomas DesBrisay and the history of the DesBrisay Block and Apothecaries Hall, Charlottetown.
Item is an A-Z index with accompanying note, "Index of Pharmacists, 1875-1930." The majority of the index is made up of typed entries on index cards. There are handwritten cards and notes throughout index, as well as newspaper clippings. Many of the cards provide biographical information.
Item consists of an typed manuscript, likely by J. Gordon Duff in 1977, titled "Medical History of Prince Edward Island", discussing important people and events in medicine and pharmacy in pre-Confederation Prince Edward Island.