File consists of a selection of Florence Murray's travel journals related to leprosy missionary work in South Korea in the late-1950s and 1960s. Includes handwritten journals of trips to Cheju (Jeju), Taegu (Daegu), and Ulleungdo.
File contains various photographs including of Dalhousie's alumni, Presbyterian church in Pictou Landing, Mrs Foster and others. Mostly of the photographs were took in Canada.
File contains various photographs of the Korean mission of the United Church of Canada, including staff members of a hospital, of the community and of Florence Jessie Murray examining a patient.
Series consists of Florence Jessie Murray's correspondence, manuscripts, pamphlets and photographs regarding her involvement in the Korean mission of the United Church of Canada.
File consists reports, correspondence and two postcards collected and drafted by Florence Murray regarding leprosy missionary work in Korea in the 1960s and early 1970s.
Item consists of Florence Murray's daily calendar planner, spanning October 1st, 1962 to January 1st, 1963, covering her time spent working at the Mission leprosy clinic in Taegu (Daegu), South Korea.
Item consists of Florence Murray's handwritten notes, likely from 1961, stemming from discussions with Drs. Cochrane and Fraser, about the necessities for developing a program to control and treat leprosy in Korea.
Item consists of Florence Murray's typed notes and statistics related to examining the blood of leprosy patients at The Mission to Lepers in Taegu, Korea.
Item consists of the fourth draft of an Atlantic Child Guidance Centre position paper, dated August 31, 1972, prepared by the Atlantic Child Guidance Centre Policy Committtee (Dr. Alexander Murchison, Dr. G. Gordon, Norris Turner, Paul Norton, Dr. S. Bijoor, and Everett Harris). The item is addressed to "all Atlantic Child Guidance Centre staff for comment" before final submission, and has the goal of ensuring that "adolescents [...] not be forgotten either in terms of bureaucratic strucutre or in terms of submergence in adult designed and orientated programs," and that they "require advocates" to ensure that any public health legislation does not overlook the needs of those who are "underage [... in a] largely adult orientated society."
Item consists of a postcard collected by Florence Murray from the Mission leprosy clinic showing what donations can do to raise living standards of the Mission's patients.
Item consists of an early draft of a "Group home development proposal" compiled by the Alexander Murchison (and others) for the Group Home Advisory Committee, Children's Aid Society of Halifax, dated March 5, 1973. The committee consisted of Dr. Murchison (chairman), Ron Smith, Pat Corkery, T. Daley, Mrs. Cleveland, and Father O'Neil. The purpose of the document is "to recommend proposals relative to the development of group homes by the Children's Aid Society of Halifax". Item also contains handwritten inked marginal notes and corrections.
Item consists of a later draft of group home development proposal compiled by the Alexander Murchison and others for the Group Home Advisory Committee, Children's Aid Society of Halifax, dated March 9, 1973. The committee consisted of Dr. Murchison, Ron Smith, Pat Corkery, T. Daley, Mrs. Cleveland, Father O'Neil and John Letkeman. The purpose of the document is "to recommend proposals relative to the development of group homes by the Children's Aid Society of Halifax."
File also contains copies of presentations given at the 23 May 1973 meeting: "Why an Alternate Family? (The Child and the Group Home," by Alexander Murchison; "The Orphan and Society," by Jean Paton-Kittson; "Social Services and the Group Home," by Frank Capstick; "Democratic Perspectives on Group Home Supervision," by Ronald L. Smith; "Houseparents Forum," by Mr. and Mrs. Salvador Renaldo; "Public Relations in a Group Home Program," by A.S. Kyte; and "Funding of Group Homes," by Timothy T. Daley.
Item consists of handwritten research notes about Dr. A.P. Reid's medical work in Nova Scotia, mainly a selection of cited quotations from Dr. Reid's articles.
Fonds consists of Harold Scammell's correspondence associated with both the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Nova Scotia and the Provincial Medical Board. Other papers include financial records, miscellaneous publications, personal notes and records from his years at Dalhousie University.
Fonds consists of a Hector Pothier's medical school diploma, a Dalhousie song book (ca. 1912-1913), photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, election paraphernalia, invoices, and speeches made to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
Item consists of a facsimile of a chapter on hygiene written by Dr. A.P. Reid, which appeared in the "original communications" section of the June 1891 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. III, No. 6)
Item consists of a facsimile of a chapter on hygiene -- "Surveying the Territory" written by Dr. A.P. Reid, which appeared in the "original communications" section of the July 1891 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. III, No. 7)
Item consists of a facsimile of a chapter on hygiene -- "Dirt, or Matter Out f Place" -- written by Dr. A.P. Reid, which appeared in the "original communications" section of the October 1891 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. III, No. 10).
File contains invitations sent to Florence Jessie Murray including from the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Christian Medical Fellowship of Britain.
Item consists of two handwritten journals entries (one on loose paper, laid in at the front of the other) by Florence Murray, documenting her first two trips to the island of Cheju (Jeju), South Korea. The first, likely in 1958, was undertaken with Ed Baker, while the second took place in autumn 1960.
Item consists of Florence Murray's handwritten journal entries documenting her third and fourth trips to Cheju (Jeju), South Korea, in the spring (third) and autumn (fourth) of 1967.
Fonds comprises a history of Nova Scotian physicians compiled by Alexander Mackenzie in 1950. There is also a scrapbook, correspondence, papers, published articles, and a history of Camp Hill Hospital in Halifax.
Item consists of correspondence submitted by A.P. Reid to the April 1903 issue of Maritime Medical News (Vol. XV, No. 4) on the topic of a leper hospital in St. Jago de la Vega, Jamaica. Correspondence is dated February 28th, 1903.
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