Showing 41 results

Series consists of minutes of the Admission, Inpatient and Discharge Committee from 1976 to 1978, the Admission & Discharge Committee from 1978 to 1991, and the Inpatient Care Committee from 1991-1995. Minutes of the committee had been kept in four binders, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date.

The series has one subseries:
13A) Inpatient Care Subcommittee minutes

Series consists of minutes of the Ambulatory Care Committee of the Medical Advisory Committee. Minutes of the Ambulatory Care Committee had been kept in two separate binders, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date. File SF2: 2.55 has an agenda and supporting material only, no minutes.

Series consists of biographical files on key players in the history of cancer care in Ontario compiled by Dr. Cowan. Individual files can consist of Dr. Cowan’s notes, interview transcripts, slides from talks given, copies of papers written either by or about the individual in question, related booklets and in some cases photographs. These files were compiled by Dr. Cowan while preparing a history of Cancer Care Ontario and talks and articles on Dr. Harold O. Warwick. File 2.1 contains Dr. Cowan’s research material in support of his argument that Dr. Warwick was Canada’s first medical oncologist.

Files were organized by Dr. Cowan in manila envelopes. Details transcribed on each envelope have been included as part of the file titles. When notes on the envelopes were extensive, the envelope itself has been included as part of the file contents.

Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Board along with correspondence, reports, financial records, recommendations for staff appointments, curriculum vitae, hospital by-laws and other documentation referred to in the minutes. Series reflects the involvement of the Board with the establishment and maintenance of the Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, and the Board's relationship with the University of Toronto and other teaching hospitals. Minutes of the Board had been kept in nine separate binders, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. Files have been arranged chronologically by date.

Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Board Planning Committee for 1993 to 1996. The minutes had been kept in a single binder and have been arranged in chronological order.

Series consists of minutes of the Budget & Finance Committee of the Medical Advisory Committee for part of 1993 as well as notifications that the committee was to disband. Minutes of the Budget & Finance Committee of the Medical Advisory Committee had been kept in one binder, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date.

File SF2: 3.6 contains supporting documentation only, no minutes.
File SF2: 3.7 contains an agenda only, no minutes.
File SF2: 3.8 contains notifications of and cancellations of meetings as well as the disbandment of committee notice.

Series contains the Building Management Committee minutes from 1992 to 1994.

Minutes of the Building Management Committee had been kept in one separate binder, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date.

Series consists of minutes of the Clinical Trials Committee of the Medical Advisory Committee. Minutes of the Clinical Trials Committee from 1977-1995 had been kept in three separate binders, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date. Minutes for 1997 had been kept chronologically; their original order has been maintained.

Series consists of minutes of the Computer Services Committee of the Medical Advisory Committee. Minutes of the Computer Services Committee had been kept in one binder, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date

File SF2: 5.2 contains the Hospital Systems Sub-Committee minutes from13 Jan. 1978.
File SF2: 5.9 contains the Subcommittee on Backup minutes.

Series consists of the signed merger agreement between The Toronto Hospital and the Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital:

4.2.1 Merger agreement between TTH and OCI/PMH (1997)

Series consists of correspondence and position papers regarding Princess Margaret Hospital’s relocation and the merger between Toronto General Hospital and Toronto Western Hospital. The material related to the Princess Margaret Hospital relocation was compiled while Dr. Cowan was Chair of the Oncology Coordinating Council at the University of Toronto. The material related to the TGH-TWH merger is from Dr. Cowan’s time as Head of the Department of Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center. Opinions on the proposed merger had been requested of the Chairs of Clinical Departments in the Faculty of Medicine by the Dean of Medicine, University of Toronto in 1985. Each head of a hospital’s Department of Medicine were sent copies.

Dr. Cowan organized these files with both names and numbers. File titles retain Dr. Cowan’s original titles and his file numbers are included at the end of the file titles in brackets. Arrangement is according to Dr. Cowan’s original numbering. There were two different files numbered 23. Files 1-21 and 37 were not donated to the Archives.

Series consists of accounts and correspondence of the Ontario Cancer Institute; minutes of the Board of Trustees and the Building Committee; lecture notes, speeches and memorandums; reprinted articles; grant applications and correspondence regarding Dr. Ash's research on adrenalectomy; minutes and reports from the Ontario Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation; correspondence by Dr. Gordon E. Richards, President of the Ontario Institute of Radiotherapy; cancer statistics and annual reports from the Ontario Institute of Radiotherapy; and minutes of the National Cancer Institute. Records reflect the varied administrative, teaching and research activities undertaken by Dr. Ash while Director of the Ontario Cancer Institute and contain files relating to his previous and concurrent positions as radiologist under Dr. Gordon E. Richards at Toronto General Hospital(1940-1949), senior radiologist at the Toronto General Hospital (from 1949), Professor of Radiotherapy at the University of Toronto and Radiotherapist in Chief to The Toronto General Hospital. Records do not include files from the offices of subsequent holders of this position. The statistics files include cancer statistics from 1924 to 1956. Files 2.50-2.57 relate to the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation. Files 2.84-2.108 are the files of the President of the Ontario Institute of Radiotherapy which were created at the Toronto General Hospital and probably accumulated by Dr. Ash in 1949 when he was appointed Senior Radiologist at the Toronto General Hospital. Dr. Ash probably brought these files with him to the Ontario Cancer Institute when he became Director. Files have been arranged as close as possible to the order in which they were found, although the original order had probably been tampered with prior to their transfer to the Archives.

Gaps exist in the records between 1926 and 1934, 1966 and 1969, and 1969 and 1975.

Series consists of correspondence and a three-year report to the National Cancer Institute of Canada prepared under the direction of Dr. A.W. Ham. Series reflects the initial development of the Division of Biological Research and its activities during the period documented in the report.

Series consists of minutes of the Committee on Informed Consent and the Special Committee on Consent, research and presentation slides, research and lecture notes, preliminary architectural drawings of the University Avenue site, and annual reports from the Ontario Institute of Radiotherapy, all accumulated by Dr. Richard Hasselback of the Department of Medicine. Series reflects the varied responsibilities and interests of the clinical staff. Files 5.6 to 5.12 may originally have been before file 5.1 but were in the present order when they arrived at the Archives.

There is one subseries:
5A1: Leukemia Service records.

Series consists of nursing histories and handbooks, press releases, financial statements, minutes of the Ambulatory Care Committee, Forms Committee and other meetings, an unpublished history of the Ontario Cancer Treatment & Research Foundation, administrative reports, memorandums, photographs, research slides and architectural drawings. Series includes five subseries:

1A) Office of the Administrator records
1B) Department of Public Relations photographs and records.
1C) Director of Public Relations [unprocessed]
1D) Director of Library Services [unprocessed]
1E) Department of Pharmacy newsletters

Series consists of correspondence with Dr. H.E. Johns, copies of grant applications, research reports, curriculum vitae and articles relating to Dr. Johns' appointment as Consultant with the Committee on Federal Research on Biological and Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation (FREIR) in 1980, and the appendices of the -Beam Project at TRIUMF which is comprised of photocopied and reprinted articles and reports. Series reflects some of the research activities and outside appointments of the Head of the Physics Division. Files 3.1-3.19 relate to Dr. H.E. Johns's appointment with FREIR. Files 3.20-3.64 relate to the Triumf Project.

Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Executive Committee of the Board and its subcommittee meeting minutes. Series includes minutes from the following subcommittee: Department Heads & Senior Staff Committee. Files are arranged by committee, and then chronologically by date, as per original binders. Minutes of the Executive Committee of the Board had been kept in eight separate binders, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. Files have been arranged chronologically by date. There is one subseries:

2A) Department Heads & Senior Staff Committee

Series consists of minutes of the Infection Control Committee of the Medical Advisory Committee. Minutes of the Infection Control Committee had been kept in one binder, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date.

Series consists of minutes of the Joint Conference Committee of the Board. Minutes of the Board had been kept in one separate binder, within which minutes were filed in reverse chronological order. The files have been arranged chronologically by date.

Series consists of minutes of meetings of the Medical Advisory Committee and includes one subseries.

The series has one subseries:
1A) Medical Advisory Committee Correspondence