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Dr. W.G. Bigelow fonds
CA ON00343 0094 · Fonds · 1932-1993

The Dr. W.G. Bigelow fonds consists of 21 series of textual records documenting the life and work of the pioneering Canadian heart surgeon, medical researcher, and co-developer of the cardiac pacemaker, Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow:

0094-1 Appointment books
0094-2 Medical textbooks
0094-3 Case histories
0094-4 Medical conference programs
0094-5 Patient/surgery lists
0094-6 General patient files
0094-7 Correspondence
0094-8 Experimental and clinical research files
0094-9 Lectures and speeches
0094-10 Diagnoses and procedures
0094-11 Medical research grants-in-aid
0094-12 Professional Societies, Associations and Committees
0094-13 Toronto General Hospital files
0094-14 Medical insurance accounts
0094-15 University of Toronto files
0094-16 Medical journal publications
0094-17 Meetings
0094-18 Japanese publications on hypothermia research
0094-19 Travel files
0094-20 Medical office expenses
0094-21 Income tax returns

Collectively, the materials comprising this fonds illustrate virtually every aspect of Dr. Bigelow's personal and professional life as a surgeon and hospital division head, academic instructor and researcher, clinical investigator, author, lecturer, medical conference presenter and panellist, and member of numerous medical societies and medical/scientific committees.

In particular the fonds provides information about Dr. Bigelow's contributions to the advancement of cardiac surgery and the treatment of heart disease, especially his central accomplishments in contributing to the innovation and development of the surgical use of hypothermia in open-heart surgery and the electrical artificial cardiac pacemaker.

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CA ON00343 DHC-1 · Series · 1985-1988
Part of Dr. Donald Henry Cowan fonds

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.

CA ON00343 RG 1-TH 13-13.1 · Series · 1986-1991
Part of The Toronto Hospital record group

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence accumulated by William Louth who served as TTH Executive Vice-President from 1986 to1992. Most files relate to the TGH/TWH Merger.

CA ON00343 RG 2-UHN 2-2.1 · Series · 1999-2005
Part of University Health Network record group

The first Annual General Meeting for the University Health Network occurred on September 15th, 1999. Series includes the contents of a binder labeled “Annual General Meeting Minutes Jun 1947-2005”. This binder included minutes of the University Health Network’s Annual General Meetings (1999-2005) as well as the minutes of the Annual Meetings of the Subscribers of its predecessor corporations The Toronto Hospital (1987-1998) and the Toronto General Hospital (1947-1986). The original purpose of these meetings was to elect Trustees. The annual meeting was extended to several meetings in 1947 and 1949 due to a lack of nominations. Minutes from September 17, 1997 are missing. Most minutes are signed originals.

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Reports to Board of Trustees
CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 2-2.1 · Subseries · 1911-1971
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of monthly and annual reports submitted to the Board of Trustees by the chief executive officer of the TGH. Reports include financial statements, statistics illustrating major hospital and departmental functions and activities, summary accounts of major events occurring within the Hospital.

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CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 2-2.10 · Subseries · 1936
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence and general administration files maintained by the Superintendent in conducting the day-to-day administration of the TGH.

All files originally included in this sub-series are missing, except the annual audit reports prepared by the Hospital’s accountants Clarkson, Gordon Chartered Accountants (file 2.10.2)

File 2.10.1 contains an index of the original contents of the sub-series, based on numbers assigned to each file.

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CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 2-2.12 · Subseries · 1938
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence and general administration files maintained by the Superintendent in conducting the day-to-day administration of the TGH. The original numbers given to each file are included in the file list.

The original file titles for files 2.11.19, 2.11.20, and 2.11.48 included the full names of patients. In order to assure compliance with Ontario’s Personal Health Information, 2004 (PHIPA), the full names have been replaced with initials.

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CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 2-2.2 · Subseries · 1928
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence and general administration files maintained by the Superintendent in conducting the day-to-day administration of the TGH. Materials in this Sub-series include correspondence with members of the Board of Trustees (files 2.2.8 to 2.2.19) and members of the TGH medical, nursing, engineering and professional staff; reports by medical and other TGH departments; financial statements summarizing the Hospital’s revenues and expenses; correspondence and reports concerning the management of TGH properties and endowments; correspondence with TGH consulting architects concerning the planning and development of construction projects within the Hospital, particularly the new Private Patients Pavilion, and architectural drawings depicting planned, continuing and completed constructions; lists of annual medical staff appointments and accompanying correspondence; correspondence with various suppliers of products and services required in the daily maintenance of the Hospital and in equipping the Private Patients Pavilion, with attendant specifications and contractual documents; and correspondence with officials of various municipal, provincial and federal government bodies concerning taxation, public health and security and other issues.

Files 2.2.35 to 2.2.39, 2.2.45, 2.2.67, and 2.2.83 contain architectural drawings.

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CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 2-2.21 · Subseries · 1955-1962
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of correspondence, chiefly letters of request and approval for expenditures from the Hospital’s annual Special Capital Grant allocation. Much of the correspondence involves the Office of the Superintendent and the Ontario Hospital Services Commission, Hospital Grants Division, the body responsible for administering the Special Capital Grants allocated to Ontario hospitals on an annual basis. Sub-series consists of 4 files:

2.21.1 Letters of Request and Approval 1955-1956
2.21.2 Letters of Request and Approval 1956-1957
2.21.3 Letters of Request and Approval 1957-1958
2.21.4 Letters of Request and Approval 1958-1962

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CA ON00343 TG fonds-TG 2-2.22 · Subseries · 1963
Part of Toronto General Hospital fonds

Sub-series consists of copies of the outgoing correspondence of Superintendent Sharpe, January-February 1963. Sub-series consists of one file:

Superintendent’s Correspondence Log 1963 [restricted until 2083]

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