Part VI. Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Collection: The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington fonds

Names: Charles Scott Sherrington, Sir, 1857-1952

Description: Sir Charles Scott Sherrington was a British physiologist. He won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1932. He was also a friend of Dr F. F. Wesbrook, first President of The University of

British Columbia. The fonds consists of letters, personal documents, and memorabilia of his career acquired from his son,

Carr E. R. Sherrington in 1964.

Dates: 1892-1951

Location: Memorial Room Rare Cabinet 27

Items: 24 cm of textual records

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Inventory:

Brief Index

Part I.

Correspondence

Part I. Section 1.

Letters by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Section 1. i.

To Sir John Carew Eccles (1903-1997)

Section 1. ii.

Removed from sequence

Section 1. iii.

Miscellaneous

Section 1. iv.

To Carr E.R. Sherrington

Section 1. v.

To Dr. William C. Gibson

Part I. Section 2.

Autograph letters to CSS

Part I. Section 3.

Letters relating to CSS

Part II.

Manuscripts

A. Manuscripts of the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Part III.

Miscellaneous articles or items about or pertaining to Sir Charles

Scott Sherrington

Part IV.

Photographs in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

(See also the Sherrington folder in the port.-biog. file)

Part IV. Section 1.


Part IV. Section 2.


Part IV. Section 3.

Book illustrations, frontispieces, etc.

Part IV. Section 4.

Photographs of laboratories, buildings, landscapes, etc.

Part V.

The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Diploma Collection (in the

Sherrington Room or map cabinet)

Part VI.

Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Part VI. Section 1.

Medals, stored or in the Sherrington Room

Part VI. Section 2.

Personal objects, stored or in the Sherrington Room

Part VII.

Books and Pamphlets in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Collection

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I.

Correspondence

Section 1.

Letters by Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

All letters are signed autograph letters unless otherwise stated i.

Letters to Sir John Carew Eccles

1.

Sept. 19, 1933.

2.

Christmas 1935; one signed postcard.

3.

Feb. 7, 1936; with envelope, stamp missing.

4.

July 30, 1936; with envelope, stamp missing.

5.

Oct. 3, 1936.

6.

Nov. 4, 1936; with envelope, stamp missing.

7.

Christmas 1936; one signed card.

8.

Feb. 6, 1937.

9.

May 4, 1937; with envelope, stamp missing.

10.

May 29, 1937.

11.

Dec. 17, 1937; with envelope, stamp missing.

12.

Christmas 1938; two signed cards with envelope.

13.

New Year's Eve 1938; two letters with envelope, stamp missing.

14.

Feb. 9, 1940; with envelope, stamp missing.

15.

Jan. 16, 1941.

16.

Apr. 4, 1941; with envelope, stamp missing.

17.

Aug. 24, 1943; with envelope, stamp missing.

18.

Dec. 12, 1944; with envelope.

19.

Nov. 18, 1945; with envelope, stamp missing.

20.

Oct. 20, 1946; envelope, stamp missing.

(a) Nov. 12, 1946; carbon of typed letter from JCE to CSS.

21.

Dec. 10, 1946; two letters with envelope, stamp missing.

22.

Dec. 1, 1947; envelope, with stamp.

23.

July 31, 1948; envelope, stamp missing.

24.

Jan. 4, 1949; envelope, with stamps.

25.

Oct. 1950; one signed Christmas card, with envelope and stamps.

26.

Jan. 4, 1951; envelope, with stamp; addendum: an incomplete typed copy of a letter from JCE to CSS (May 2, 1951).

27.

Dec. 1951; one signed Christmas card, with envelope and stamp.

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Collection: The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington fonds ii.

Removed from sequence iii.

Miscellaneous Letters

1.

To Frank Fairchild Wesbrook; April 26, 1915. This letter is the inclusion of

Bidloo's Anatomia (1685), a gift from CSS to the University of British Columbia.

2.

(Removed from sequence)

3.


4.

To Dr. W.C. Gibson; two letters, Dec. 15, 1948, with envelope and stamp;

Jan. 16, 1949.

5.


6.

To Alexander Forbes; May 18, 1948; typed unsigned copy.

7.

To Sir E.H. Starling; June 8, 1924. (Missing July 1976)

8.


9.

To Margaret Sherrington (daughter-in-law); Nov. 20, 1935; one signed card.

10.

To E.N. da C. Andrade; Oct. 1935? rough draft of letter; reply to Andrade's letter

(item I, 2, 259) about his (A's) forthcoming book.

11.

To Oliver Elton; May 19, 1940.

12.

To Lady Dale; October 7, 1941.

13.

To Sir Henry Hallett Dale; November 30, 1947.

14.

To Lady Dale; July 13, 1946, with envelope and stamp.

15.

To Lady Dale; July 13, 1946, with envelope and stamp.

16.

To Institut de France, Academie des sciences; January 10, 1924

(draft of a letter).

17.

To Margaret Sherrington; Oct. 2, 1929. Discusses debasement of English language and alternate spellings our/or: e.g. labour. iv.

Letters to Carr E.R. Sherrington

1.

Apr. 22, 1922.

2.

Sept. 27, 1922.

3.

Oct. 11, 1922.

4.

Apr. 18, 1923.

5.

June 11, 1927.

6.

May 18, 1921.

7.

Aug. 5, 1921.

8.

Sept. 18, 1922.

9.

Oct. 10, 1922.

10.

Mar. 26, 1918.

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Collection: The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington fonds v.

Letters to Dr. William C. Gibson

1.

Nov. 18, 1935(?).

2.

Feb. 27, 1936.

3.

July 19, 1936.

4.

July 30, 1936.

5.

Nov. 29, 1936.

6.

Dec. 4, 1936.

7.

Feb. 20, 1937.

8.

June 8, 1937.

9.

July 3, 1937.

10.

July 31, 1937.

11.

Oct. 12, 1937.

12.

Oct. 31, 1937.

13.

Dec. 20, 1937.

14.

Jan. 22, 1938.

15.

Feb. 10, 1938; 1 postcard.

16.

May 28, 1938.

17.

July 2, 1938; 1 telegram.

18.

July 3, 1938.

19.

Feb. 21, 1940; with envelope.

20.

June 28, 1940.

21.

Jan. 14, 1941.

22.

Jan. 8, 1943; with envelope.

23.

Jan. 9, 1946.

Note: two more letters to W.C.G. under I, 1, iii.

Section 2.

Autograph letters to Charles Scott Sherrington

All letters are signed autograph letters unless otherwise stated

1.

ACLAND, Theodore Dyke, 1951-1931; two typed, signed letters, March 4, 1919 and March 12, 1919.

2.

ADAMI, John George, 1862-1926; two letters, June 3, 1919 and Oct. 18, 1920.

3.

ADAMI, Marie; four letters, Nov. 10, 1935, Feb. 19, 1936, May 12, 1936, Oct.22,

1936; on the Keats family and on two letters of John Keats.

4.

ADRIAN, Edgar Douglas, Lord, 1889 -; thirteen letters, March 17, 1924, July 8,

1924, Oct. 24, 1929, March 27, 1930, July 14, 1930, Oct. 30, 1932, Oct. 27, 1933,

May 25, 1946, Nov. 24, 1951, Dec. 19, 1933, Nov. 8, 1934, June 11, 1936, April

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8, 1937.

(The Oct. 27, 1933 letter has a penciled draft of a reply by CSS on the back)

5.

ALEXANDER, Samuel, 1859-1938; June 7, 1930.

6.

ALEXANDER, Frederick Matthias, 1869 - ; Aug. 5, 1946.

7.

ANDERSON, Sir Hugh Kerr, 1865-1928; five letters, Mar. 10, 1920, June 6,

1922, Nov. 13, 1925, June 2, 1928 (typed, signed), Oct. 15, 1928 .

8.

ANDERSON, Louisa Garrett; Oct. 30, 1924.

9.

ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa, 1887-; four letters, July 9, 1942, Oct. 29,

1949, June 9, 1951, Nov. 3, 1949 (typed, signed), also one typed copy extract of letter from Miss Ruth Pitterto Andrade on Sherrington's poems and reprint of

Andrade’s Newton article from Royal Society Proceedings, 1943, ser.A, 181, pp.

227-243. See also I, 2, 259.

10.

ASAYAMA, Chuai; three letters, Feb. 26, 1916, Sept. 26, 1915, Dec. 31, 1917.

11.

ASTOR, John Jacob, 1886-; two letters, May 30, 1924, Feb. 6, 1930 (typed with salutation, close, and signature hand-written).

12.

BALDWIN, Stanley; Oct 8, 1934 (typed, signed).

13.

BALFOUR, Arthur James, 1848-1930; June 6, 1921 (typed, signed).

14.

BALLANCE, Sir Charles Alfred, 1856-1936,?, 1922 (card) sent with the Thomas

Vicary Lecture.

15.

BARCROFT, Sir Joseph, 1872-1947; July 4,1939.

16.

BARRAQUER-FERRE, Luis; Feb. 7, 1949 (typed, signed).

17.

BATESON, William, 1861-1926; three letters, Nov. 17, 1920, May 23, 1923, Dec.

23, 1925.

18.

BAYLISS, Sir William Maddock, 1860-1924; two letters, Oct. 17, 1915, Nov. 21,

1920.

19.

BAZETT, Henry Cuthbert, 1885-1950; April 17, 1921?

20.

BEIT, Sir Otto (John), 1865-1930; Nov. 8, 1924.

21.

BELL, Robert Anning, 1863-1933; three letters, May 21, 1931, June 1, 1931, Jan.

28, 1932.

22.

BENNETT, Joan, 1896-; Aug. 12, 1942.

23.

BENNETT, E.K.; July 31, 1946.

24.

BERITOV, Ivan Solomonovich, 1884-; four letters, Jan. 27, 1915, April 30, 1916,

Nov. 23, 1916, June 7, 1937 (typed, with envelope).

25.

BLACKALL, E.; two letters (typed, signed), May 21, 1948, May 30, 1948.

26.

Omitted from sequence.

27.

BOSE, J.C.; Nov. 14, 1920.

28.

BOTTAZZI, Filippo, 1867-1941: five letters. Dec. 28, 1914, Nov. 24, 1915; Dec.

16, 1917, Feb. 2, 1918, n.d.

29.

BOWER, Frederick Orpen, 1855-1948; July 26, 1942.

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30.

BOWES & BOWES; two letters (typed, initialed), May 20, 1947, June 27. 1947, also one typed list of books donated by CSS to the Royal College of Surgeons or the British Museum.

31.

BOWLBY, Sir Anthony Alfred, 1855-1929; Nov. 12, 1920.

32.

BOYS, Sir Charles Vernon, 1855-1944; two letters, June 8, 1938, Nov. 5, 1938.

33.

BRAGG, Sir William Henry, 1-862-1942; Thursday, Oct. 8,?

34.

BRAGG, Sir William Lawrence, 1890- ; May 27, 1937.

35.

BREMER, Frédéric; two letters, June 18, 1912, June 8, 1924.

36.


37.

BROWN, William; Nov. 19, 1937.

38.

BRYCE, Lord; Dec. 21, 1915.

39.

BURDON-SANDERSON, Sir John Scott, 1828-1905; two letters, July 23, ?, Sept.

29, ?

40.

BUTLER, Nicholas Murray; Dec. 21, 1908 (typed, signed) – an invitation to accept a position as Professor of Physiology at Columbia University. [ Link ]

41.

BUZZARD, Sir E. Farquhar, 1871-1942: Oct. 19, 1936 (typed, signed).

42.

CADMAN, Lord John, 1877-1941; March 7, 1940.

43.


44.

CAMIS, Alberto Marin, 1878-1946; six letters, June 17, 1913, July 10, 1926, May

12, 1934, Jan. 7, 1937, July 12, 1938, Aug. 4, 1939; also one postcard, Dec. 21,

1915; for obituary, see MORUZZI, Giuseppi, I, 2, 170.

45.

CANNON, Walter Bradford, 1871-1945; two letters, July 19, 1905, Feb. 14; 1916

(typed, signed).

46.

CARR-SAUNDERS, Alexander Morris, 1886- ; June 18, 1937.

47.

CASTFLNUOVO, Guido, 1865-1952; April 24, 1946 (typed, signed)

48.

CHAPMAN. R.W.; n.d. (typed, signed).

49.

CHAUVEAU, A.: July 29, 1892.

50.

CHELMSFORD, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1868-1933: March 15, 1933.

51.

CHICK, Dame Harriette, 1875- ; Aug- 3, 1.942.

52.

CHRISTOPHERS, Sir Samuel Rickard, 1873- ; Aug. 25, 1942.

53.

CLARK, Kenneth; July 11, 1934.

54.

COBB, Stanley, 1888-1968; May 31, 1934 (typed, signed).

55.

CORDIER, D.

; two letters, Dec. 15, 1945, June 1, 1946 (with a note on the back from Geneviève Cordier).

56.

COUNCILMAN, Willis Thomas, 1854-1933; March 7, 1916.

57.

CREED, Sybil (Cooper): four letters, July 30, 1933, Aug. 6, 1933, May 30, 1940,

July 5, 1942.

58.

CUSHING, Harvey Williams, 1869-1939; July 2, ?, also May 3, 1904

(handwritten poem, writer not known), and a humorous syllabus of gastronomic experiments.

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59.

DALE, Sir Henry Hallett, 1875-1968; Feb. 28, 1936 (typed, signed).

60.

DARWIN, Sir Francis, 1848-1925; Nov. 5, 1923.

61.

DARWIN, Sir Horace, 1851-1928; two letters, Dec. 11 1916, Dec. 16, 1916 (one letter mistakenly addressed to Turner).

62.

DAVIES, W. L.; June 13: 1940 (signed: official note of acknowledgement), June

13, 1949 (typed, signed).

63.

DAVISON, Wilhurt C.; Aug, 21, 1919.

64.

DENEKE, Margaret Clara Adele, 1882-1969: two letters, May 16, 1942, July 10,

1942.

65.

DEWAR, Sir James, 1842-1923; Nov. 7, 1920.

66.

DODD, Francis, 1874-1949; two letters, March 28, 1944, March 31,1944-

67.

DODGE, Raymond; June 8, 1923 (typed: signed).

68.

DUDGEON, Leonard Stanley, 1876-1938; Oct. 30: 1929 (typed, signed).

69.

DYSON, Sir Frank Watson, 1868-1939; May 14, 1925.

70.

ECCLES, Sir John Carew, 1903- ; Jan. 16: 1939, n.d. (with a short message from

CSS penned in at the bottom).

71.

EDDINGTON, Sir Arthur Stanley; May 16, 1922.

72.

EDINGER, Ludwig, 1855-1918; Sept. 8, 1912 (typed, signed, with a sketch of the brain and spinal cord).

73.

EHRLICH, Paul, 1854-1915; Jan. 4, 1909 (typed, signed).

74.

EINSTEIN, Albert, 1879-1955: June 13, 1921.

75.

EKEHORN, Goösta; two letters (typed, signed) Jan. 3: 1934, Feb. 2, 1939.

76.

ELLIS, A. I.; Aug. 3, 1940 (signed, official note of acknowledgement).

77.

ELTON, Oliver, 1861-1945; nine letters, June 13, 1914. Jan. 6, 1915, June 3,

1916, June 18, 1918, Nov. 30, 1918, Dec. 4, 1928, July 31, 1936, Feb. 5, 1938,

Jan. 16, 1940.

78.

EVES, Reginald Grenville, 1876-1941; Dec. 14, 1927?, also Dec. 14 (no year) to

Lady Sherrington.

79.

EWALD, Ernst Julius Richard, 1855-1921; n.d.

80.

FALCONER, Sir Robert Alexander. 1867-1943; Jan. 4, 1927.

81.

FARQUHARSON, Spenser; Nov. 9, 1935 (with poem).

82.

FICK, Adolf Eugen, 1829-1901; Feb. 18, 1895.

83.

FIELD, Herbert Haviland, July 14, 1919 (postcard) (appeal to aid Pavlov who is

“destitute” in Moscow, starving and penniless).

84.

FINDLAY, Leonard, 1878-1947; Dec. 15, 1914.

85.

FISHER, Herbert Albert Laurens, 1865-1940; four letters , Sept. 6, 1932, April 30,

1934 (typed, signed, with handwritten P.S.), Feb. 6, 1937, Aug. 26, 1938.

86.


87.

FOLIGNO, Cesare, 1878-1963; Feb. 4, 1938.

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88.

FLETCHER, Marion; June 8, 1933?

89.

FLETCHER, Sir Walter Morley, 1873-1933; two letters, Nov. 6, 1917, July 14,

1932 (typed, signed).

See also I, 2, 264.

90.

FLECHSIG, Paul Emil, 1847-1929; July 25, 1927.

*FLETE, Baron, See MILDMAY.

91.

FLEXNER, Abraham, 1866- ; Dec. 14, 1928 (typed, signed).

92.

FLOREY, Sir Howard Walter, 1898-1968: Aug. 2, 1942 (on the making of penicillin).

93.

FORBES, Alexander, 1882-1965; nine letters, July 23, 1913, Dec. 7, 1914, Nov.

17, 1915, Jan. 16, 1916, May 26, 1916, May 10, 1917, June 30, 1919, May 3,

1939, May 5, 1948 (carbon copy of typed copy).

(research discussion on galvanometry)

94.

FORSDYKE, John; Oct. 21, 1947 (signed, official note of acknowledgement).

95.

FOSTER, Sir Michael, 1836-1907, March 27, ?

96.

FRANCIS, Sir Frank E., Oct. 29, 1947 (signed, official note of acknowledgement).

97.

FRANCIS, William Willoughby, 1878-; Jan. 7, 1935 (typed, signed).

98.

FRANKLIN, Kenneth James, 1897-; May 12, 1940.

99.

FREDERICQ, Léon, 1851-1935; Dec. 7, 1921.

100.

FRIED, Henry; April 17, 1939 (appeal to Sherrington for his assistance in helping the author to emigrate from Nazi-occupied Bohemia to England).

101.

FROEHLICH, Alfred, 1871?- ; Dec. 1, 1939.

102.

FULTON, John Farquhar, 1899-1960; seven letters, Jan. 7, 1929, Aug. 2, 1930,

Oct. 1, 1930, Feb. 19, 1936, Sept. 28, 1936 (mainly typed, signed), Aug. 1, 1938,

Nov. 25, 1939 (typed, signed), also Nov. 27, 1950 (telegram).

103.

FULTON, Lucia P.; Nov. 6, 1939.

104.

GEIKIE, Sir Archibald, 1835-1924; Nov. 12, 1921.

105.

GERARD, Ralph Waldo; Feb. 2, 1932 (typed, signed).

106.

GODLEY, Alfred Denis, 1856-1925; Sept. 21, ?

107.

GOLTZ, Friedrich Leopold, 1834-1902; Feb. 18, 1895 (testimonial)

(letter torn, handle with care).

108.

GOTCH, Francis, 1853-1913; Jan. 12, 1908.

109.

GORDON, George Stuart, 1881-1942; four letters, Jan. 29, 1931, Nov. 2, 1936,

June 9, 1939, June 26, 1940.

110.

GOW, Andrew Sydenham Farrar, 1886- ; June 15, 1946 (incomplete draft of letter by Sherrington included).

111.

GRAHAM BROWN, Thomas; seven letters, June 30, 1934, Aug. 30, 1934, Nov.

15, 1935, June 2, 1936, Jan. 4, 1938, May 8, 1938, March 14, 1940 (typed, signed).

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112.

GRANIT, Ragnar Arthur, 1900- ; three letters, March 30, 1939, Nov. 7, 1939, n.d.

113.

GRIER, Linda; Aug. 9, 1942.

114.

GRIERSON, Sir Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960; Aug. 3, 1942.

(See also I, 2, 261).

115.

GRIFFITHS, Ezer, 1888-1962; Nov. 15, 1938.

116.

HALDANE, John Burdon Sanderson, 1892-1964; Jan. 17, 1928.

117.

HAMBURGER, Hartog Jacob, 1859-1924; four letters, Oct. 15, 1914, Nov. 15,

1914, Jan. 4, 1915, Jan. 4, 1923, also 2 copies of letters from HJH: March 1, 1915, to M. Rubner (typed, signed) and April 14, 1915, to A. Penck (typed, signed), also

Dec. 18, 1914, t o CSS (handwritten telegram).

118.

HARDY, Sir William Bate, 1864-1934; two letters, June 25, 1915, Feb. 20, 1929.

(See also I, 2, 265).

119.

HEAD, Sir Henry, 1861-1940; seven letters, Jan. 21, 1923, Jan. 3, 1924, Jan. 7,

1927 (dictated) Oct. 28, 19?? (dictated) Dec. 20, 1924 (typed, signed), Oct. 8,

1925 (typed, signed) April 11, 1939 (typed, signed but not by HH himself), also

Jan. 1915 (typed poem) and carbon copy of a typed parody of the Athanasian

Creed (enclosed with the Oct. 8, 1925 letter).

120.

HEGER, Paul, 1846-1925; July 15, 1919 (typed, signed).

*HENDERSON, L. J., - see I, 2, 179.

121.

HENSCHEN, Salomon Eberhard, 1847-1930; Dec. 5, 1914 (typed, signed).

122.

HERING, Ewald, 1834-1918; two letters, April 12, 1896, June 11, 1897.

123.

HERRICK, Charles Judson, 1868-1960; Dec. 23, 1926.

124.

HERSCHELL, Richard Farrer Herschell, 2d Baron, 1878-1929; July 8, ?

125.

HILL, Archibald Vivian, 1886- ; eleven letters, June 14, 1924, Oct. 21, 1938, Nov.

13, 1938, March 9, 1939, July 22, 1939, Feb. 16, 1940, Nov. 5, ?, May 30, 1921

(typed, signed), Nov. 10, 1938 (typed, signed), Nov. 21, 1938 (typed, signed),

July 26, 1939 (typed, signed).

126.

HILL, Margaret (Mrs. A.V. Hill); March 15, 1940 (typed, signed).

127.

HOLT, Edwin Bissell, 1873- ; Jan. 3, 1931.

128.

HOPKINS, Sir Frederick Gowland, 1861-1947; four letters, June 19, 1922, Jan. 1,

1925, Oct. 23, 1931, Nov. 15, 1934.

129.

JEANS, Sir James Hopwood, 1877-1946; six letters, March 24, 1922, March 25,

1922, Dec. 6, 1925, May 30, 1934 (penciled note to CSS included), two undated letters, also two unsigned, undated notes t o CSS.

130.

JOHN, Augustus; two letters, Feb. 14, 1924, Aug. 29, 1951 (about his portrait of

CSS).

131.

KEEN, William Williams, 1837-1932; Sept. 29, 1916 (typed, signed).

132.

KOSSEL, Albrecht, 1853-1927; July 9, 1906.

133.

KORKE, Vishnu T.; Dec. 15, 1916.

134.

KUEHNE, Wilhelm, 1837-1900; March 23, 1895.

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135.

LANGLEY, John Newport, 1852-1925; seven letters, Oct. 2 , 1883, Jan. 20, 1908?

(lacks concluding page?), Aug. 28, 1918, Dec. 5, 1921, May 8, 1922, May 9, 1922,

Nov. 15, 1923.

136.

LANKESTER, Sir Edwin Ray, 1847-1929; five letters, March 3, ? , July 25, ? ,

Oct. 30, ? , Nov. 9, ? , Nov. 17, ?

137.

LAPICQUE, Louis Edouard, 1866-1952; eight letters, Aug. 5, 1923, Jan. 19, 1928,

May 6, 1929, Nov. 6, 1930, Nov. 26, 1931, Oct. 28, 1932, June 10, 1946, May 11,

1923 (typed, signed), also one postcard, n.d.

138.

LARMOR, Sir Joseph, 1857-1942; two letters, Jan. 9, 1912, Jan. 16, 1938.

139.

LE BEL, Joseph Achille, 1847-1930; three letters, March 24?, 1923, March 25,

1923, March 29, 1923.

140.

LEE, Frederic Schiller, 1859- ; three letters, Dec. 7, 1920, Feb. 28, 1916 (typed, signed), April 20, 1917 (typed, signed).

141.

LE FANU, William Richard, 1904- ; July 22, 1930 (signed, official note of acknowledgement).

(See also photocopies of letters from CSS t o Librarian of Royal College of

Surgeons.)

142.

LEISHMAN, Sir William Boog, 1863-1926; March 5, 1925.

143.

LEPINE, Jean, 1876- ; Dec. 20, 1925.

144.

LEWES, Lesley; July 30, ? .

145.

LEWIS JONES, H.; Feb. 2, 1942.

146.

LIDDELL, Edward George Tandy, 1895- ; Feb. 17, 1940.

147.

LISTER, Joseph, 1st Baron, 1827-1912; three letters, Oct. 29, 1894, Sept. 20,

1898, May 28, 1901.

148.

LLOYD MORGAN, C.; three letters, Aug. 15, 1923, Aug. 21, 1923, Aug. 26,

1923, also one postcard, May 9, 1923.

149.

LODGE, Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851-1940; Oct. 7, 1900 (?1901), Dec. 21, 1923

(typed, signed).

150.

LODGE, Sir Oliver Joseph, 1851-1940; Oct. 7, 1900 (?1901), Dec. 21, 1923

(typed, signed).

151.

LOEB, Jacques, 1859-1924; Sept. 22, 1922.

152.

LUSK, Graham, 1866-1932; July 8, 1924.

153.

MACALLUM , Archibald Bruce, 1859-1934; seven letters , all typed, signed,

Nov. 30, 1920, Dec. 21, 1921, April 27, 1922, Jan. 22, 1925, Dec. 14, 1927, Dec.

19, 1927, Sept. 29, 1933.

154.


155.

MACDONALD, John Smyth, 1867-1941; Jan. 10, 1919.

156.

MCDOUGALL, William, 1871-1938, three letters, Dec. 7, (1919), Aug. 26, ? ,

Dec. 22, ? .

157.

MACLEOD, John James Rickard, 1876-1935; Feb. 23, 1923.

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158.

MAGNUS, Rudolph, 1873-1927; four letters, all typed, signed, Dec. 19, 1913,

June 1, 1914, Aug. 25, 1914, Apr. 24, 1915.

159.

MARIE, Pierre, 1853-1940; July 24, 1923.

160.

MARINESCO, Georges, 1864-1938; Dec. 31, 1936.

161.

MARSDEN, Wilfred Alexander, 1878-1949; July 7, 1938.

162.

MATHEWS, Albert Prescott, 1871-1957; Dec. 2, 1925.

163.

MELLANBY, Sir Edward, 1884-1955; June 26, 1937, also a letter to Lady

Sherrington dated Nov. 20, 1932.

164.

MELLANBY,John, 1878-1939; Nov. 24, 1938.

165.

MILDMAY OF FLETE, Francis Bingham Mildmay, 1st Baron, 1861-1947; three letters, April 13, 1924, Aug. 1, 1929, May 14, 1934 (typed, signed).

166.

MILES, Sir John; Nov. 10, 1938.

167.

MILLER, Frederick Robert, 1881-1967; three letters, April 13, 1916, May 5,

1918, Nov. 28, 1918.

168.

MILNE, Edward Arthur, 1896-1950; June 8, 1930.

169.

MONSARRAT, Keith Waldegrave, 1872- ; two letters, May 10, 1936, Aug. 7,

1942.

170.

MORUZZI, Giuseppe, 1910- ; Aug. 29, 1946 (typed, signed).

171.

MOSSO, Angelo, 1846-1910; June 14, 1905.

172.

MOURGE, Raoul; Oct. 31, 1946.

173.

MUNK, Hermann; March 14, 1904.

174.

MYERS, Charles Samuel, 1873-1946; Jan. 1, 1935.

175.

MURRAY, George Gilbert ~img, 1866-1957; April 11, 1942 (typed, signed) .

176.


177.


178.

NISSL, Suzanne; Oct. 15, 1933.

179.

HENDERSON, Lawrence Joseph, 1878-1942; Sept. 16, 1936 (typed, signed).

180.

ODORIX, José Bernardo; May 24, 1939.

181.

OLDMAN, C.B.; Feb. 26, 1948, (typed, signed).

182.

ORBELI, Leon Abgarovich, 1883-1958; Jan. 31, 1933 (typed, signed).

183.

OSBORNE, William Alexander, 1873- ; Sept. 23, 1917.

184.

PAGET, Stephen, 1855-1926; Jan. 3, 1923.

185.

PARSONS, Sir Charles Algernon, 1854-1931; June 7, 1927.

186.

PARSONS, Sir John Herbert, 1868-1957; July 28, 1942.

187.

VALLERY-RADOT, Louis Pasteur, 1886- ; four letters, Dec. 22, 1930, Aug. 26,

1936, April 4, 1940, Dec. 17, 1938 (typed, signed) .

188.

PATON, Diarmid Noel, 1850-1928; Sept. 26, 1913 (handwritten telegram with envelope).

189.

PATTERSON, Thomas Stewart, 1872-1949; Jan. 3, 1939.

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190.

PAVLOV, Ivan Petrovich, 1849-1936; Sept. 26, 1913 (with envelope).

191.

PEMBER, Francis William, 1862-1954; Sept. 21, 1925.

192.

POOLE, Reginald Lane, 1857-1939; Dec. 28, 1923.

193.

POULTON, S i r Edward Bagnell, 1856-1943; Aug. 26, 1939.

194.

POWER, Sir D’Arcy, 1855-1941; July 11, 1934 (typed, signed D’A - presumably

D’Arcy Power), also June 28, 1935.

195.

PRAIN, Sir David, 1857-1944; one letter, undated.

196.

RALEIGH, Sir Walter, 1861-1922; three letters, July 4, 1911, Nov. 12 , 1914, n.d.

197.

RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago, 1852-1934; four letters, July 2, 1925 (on the translation of “I1 generacion y degeneracion del sistema nevroso”), March 6,

1924 (typed, signed), Dec. 1, 1931 (typed, signed), Nov. 7, 1932 (typed, signed).

198.

RAYLEIGH, Robert John Strutt Rayleigh, 4th Baron, 1875-1947; July 20, 1933.

199.

RICHARDSON, Sir Owen Willans, 1879-1959; Oct. 28, 1932.

200.

RICHET, Charles, 1882- ; four letters, all n.d., and two postcards, Nov. 24, 1924 and n.d.

201.

ROAF, Herbert Eldon, 1881-1952; three letters, Oct. 22, 1914, July 11, 1916, Oct.

30, 1917.

202.

ROBERTSON, Giles; April 17, 1940.

203.

ROLLESTON, Sir Humphrey Davy, bart., 1862-1944; four letters, May 26, 1924,

Jan. 24, 1928, Nov. 7, 1934, Feb. 11, 1936.

204.

ROSS, Alex G.; Oct. 15, 1921.

205.


206.

RUDLER, Gustave, 1872-1957; Sept. 27, 1939.

207.

RUFFINI, Angelo; three letters, Dec. 26, 1914, May 26, 1915, Jan. 6, 1920.

208.

RUTHERFORD, Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron, 1871-1937; nine letters, Nov. 28,

1923, Jan. 21, 1925, Oct. 12, 1926, Nov. 17, 1926, Nov. 8, 1927, Jan. 4, 1931, Oct.

28, 1932, May 5, 1936 (typed, signed), March 22, 1923?

209.

SAMPSON, John; May 5, 1921.

210.

SATAKE, Yasutaro, 1884- ; three letters, Feb. 18, 1919, Oct. 10, 1924, March 12,

1949.

211.

SCHOLDERER, Julius Victor, 1880- ; thirteen letters, June 24,1938, Oct. 25,

1938, April 6, 1939, May 26, 1939, Oct. 28, 1939, Dec. 31, 1939, April 16, 1940,

April 24, 1940, May 13, 1940, May 30, 1940, June 6, 1940, July 18, 1940, June 5,


212.

SCHUSTER, Sir Arthur, 1851-1934; Feb. 9, 1925.

213.

SCOTT, Alexander, 1853-1947; Nov. 17, 1931.

214.

SCREMIN, Luigi; two letters, Feb. 18, 1935, ? , 1939.

215.

SEWELL, Sir Sidney Valentine, 1880-1949; Sept. 14, ? .

216.

SHARPEY-SCHAFER, Sir Edward Albert, 1850-1935, Jan. 9, 1916.

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217.

SINCLAIR, Hugh Macdonald, 1910- ; June 21, 1937

(See also I, 2, 256).

218.

SISSON, Edward; Sept. 27, 1946 (typed, signed).

219.

SMITH, Sir Grafton Elliot, 1871-1937; Jan. 21, 1929 (typed, signed).

220.

SMITH, Julian; May 4, 1935 (typed, signed).

221.

SPOONER, William Archibald, 1844-1930; July 28, 1924.

222.

SPRIGGE, Lady Ethel; July 5, ? .

223.

STEWART, George Neil, 1860-1930; two letters, Sept. 28, 1895, Aug. 26, 1918.

224.

STOKES, Sir George Gabriel, 1819-1903; July 20, 1898 (typed, signed).

225.

STRONG, Thomas Banks, 1861-1944; July 5, 1916 (typed, signed).

226.

SUMNER, John Andrew Hamilton Sumner, 1st Viscount, 1859-1934; Jan. 9,

1927.

227.

THOMAS, Sir Henry; three letters, Dec. 16, 1947, Sept. 3, 1948, Nov. 20, 1947

(typed, signed).

228.

THOMPSON, Silvanus Phillips, 1851-1916; Oct. 21, 1915.

229.

THOMSON, Joseph John, 1856-1940; five letters, Oct. 28, 1920, Oct. 30, 1921,

Oct. 23, 1922, Dec. 15, 1922, Dec. 20, 1926.

230.

THORNDIKE, Lynn, 1882-1965; July 19, ? .

231.

THRELFALL, Sir Richard, 1861-1932; Nov. 8, 1924.

232.

TODD, John Lancelot, 1876-1949; March 17, 1915, Aug. 12, 1921, two letters

(both typed, signed).

233.

TREVELYAN, George Macaulay, 1876- ; Nov. 20, 1950 (typed, signed).

234.

TURNER, Sir George, 1836-1915; two letters, Jan. 19, 1901, Oct. 20, 1901.

235.

VIETS, Henry Rouse, 1890- ; three letters, Jan. 11, 1921, Aug. 6, 1939, Jan. 23,


236.

VIRCHOW, Rudolph Ludwig Karl, 1821-1902; three letters, May 20, 1887, July

22, 1890, July 22, 1898.

237.

WALLER, Augustus Desiré, 1856-1922; two letters, Oct. 12, 1917, Nov. 27,

1921.

238.

WALSHE, Sir Francis Martin Rouse; Nov. 4, 1939 (typed, signed).

239.

WARD, James, 1843-1925; two letters, Feb. 9, 1911, Nov. 12, 1914.

240.

WATSON, David Meredith Seares, 1886- ; Aug. 10, 1942.

241.

WEISS, Pierre Ernst, 1865-1940; Dec. 30, 1927.

242.

WELCH, William Henry, 1850-1934; June 3, 1928.

243.

WESBROOK, Frank Fairchild, 1868-1918; two letters, June 1, 1915, Jan. 11,

1916 (early growing pains of U.B.C.; thanks to CSS for gift of Bidloo's

ANATOMIA, 1685) (both typed, signed).

244.

WOODWARD, Sir Arthur Smith, 1864- ; Feb. 20, 1931.

245.

YARROW, Sir Alfred Fernandez, 1842-1932; three letters, Dec. 26, 1925, Aug. 3,

1927 (typed, signed), June 12, 1929.

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246.

YOUNG, John Zachary, 1907- ; Feb. 12, 1939.

247.

ZEEMAN, Pieter, 1865-1943; two letters, Nov. 28, 1922, Feb. 16, 1923.

248.

GOLDSCHMIDT, E.P.; April 18, 1946 (typed, signed).

249.


250.


251.


252.


253.


254.


255.


256.

SINCLAIR, Hugh Macdonald, 1910- ; ?, 1948? (initialed; discusses article and review HMS wrote of the new edition of The integrative action , See item 111, 43)

(See also 1,2,217).

257.

BENTLEY, Madison, June 30, 1948 (typed, signed).

258.

KING, Mackenzie; Jan. 13, 1948 (typed, unsigned letter, carbon copy).

259.

ANDRADE, Edward Neville da Costa, 1887- ; Oct. 11, 1948,

(See also items I, 1, iii, 10 and I, 2, 9)

260.

MALLOCH, Archibald; June 27, 1926.

261.

GRIERSON, Sir Herbert John Clifford; June 12, 1940

(See also I,2,114).

262.

BURTON, Dolores; June 3 [Possibly 1925 or 1926].

263.

MASTERMAN, Kay C. (?); July 17, 1926.

264.

FLETCHER, Sir Walter Morley; Dec. 17, 1925

(See also I, 2, 89).

265.

HARDY, Sir William Bate; Feb. 25, 1926

(See also I, 2, 118).

266.

PETAVEL, Sir Joseph Ernest, 1873-1936; Feb. 1, 1926 (body of letter in another hand?).

267.

WRIGHT, Samson; June 11, 1945 (typed, signed).

268.

CLEGG, H[ugh]?; Sept. 25, 1947.

269.

Watt, Henry J ; 1879-1925; 1914 (signed Christmas card), n.d. (letter)

(See also I, 2, 240)

270.

WATT, Nellie; three letters, Nov. 23, 1914 (with 2 enclosures), Nov. 25, 1914

(with 2 enclosures), Dec. 7, 1914.

271.

UEXKǕLL, Jakob Johann, Baron von, 1864-1944; Dec. 1, 1914 (typed, signed, with envelope).

272.

PAVY, Frederick William, 1829-1911; Nov. 1, 1896 (with enclosure).

273.

GIBSON, William Carleton, 1913- ; four letters, July 31, 1936 (typed, signed),

Aug. 26, 1938 (typed, signed) June 5, 1940 (typed, signed), Nov. 22, 1950.

Also:

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Letter from James Alexander Gibson; Sept. 1, 1938 (typed, signed).

Letter from Doris McDiarmid; February 19, 1940.

Letter from John Ridington, August 26, 1938 (typed, signed).

274.

COPPOLA, Alfredo; Nov. 1, 1929 (signed postcard with stamps).

275.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH: Nov. 4, 1907 (typed, signed).

276.

ACADGMIE ROYALE DES SCIENCES A AMSTERDAM; May 16, 1912

(printed, signed by P. Zeeman).

277.

ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE DEL ISTITUTO DI BOLOGNA; Feb. 20,

1917 (typed, signed by Augusto Righi and Ercole Giacomini).

278.

ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE; July 23, 1920 (typed, signed by Sir John

Y.W. MacAlister).

279.

R. ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE DI TORINO; July 15, 1922 (printed, signed).

280.

ACADEMIE ROYALE DE M~DECINE DE BELGIQUE; Jan. 2, 1922 (typed, signed, with envelope, no stamp), also Jan. 28, 1922 (typed, signed), also royal decree.

281.

NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE; June 28, 1926 (typed, signed by

Samuel A. Brown).

282.

REGIA ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM SUECICA; March 13, 1926 (typed, signed by H.G. Söderbaum?).

283.

UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN; May 12, 1927 (typed, signed by

P. Ladeuze, with stamped envelope).

284.

UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG; April 1, 1927 (typed, signed, with stamped envelope), also May 11, 1927 (typed, signed, with stamped envelope).

285.

MEDICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON; April 4, 1927 (written and signed by Sir

Humphrey Rolleston).

286.

SOCIETA ITALIANA DELLE SCIENZE; Aug. 26, 1927 (typed, signed).

287.

UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES; June 26, 1930 (typed, signed by Hubert

Philippart and Jean Servais).

288.

SOCIETAS MEDICORUM FINLANDIAE; July 15, 1935 (printed, signed).

289.

R. ACCADEMIA DELLE SCIENZE DI TORINO; April 14, 1934 (typed, signed by Vittorio Cian), also March 30, 1934 (typed, signed).

290.

SOCIETAS SCIENTIARUM FENNICA; Dec. 20, 1937 (handwritten, signed).

291.

UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON; April 3, 1946 (typed, signed).

292.

ATHINISIN ETHNIKON KAI KAPODISTRIAKON PANEPISTIMION; May

17, 1937 (typed, signed by Grégoire Papamichaïl).

293.

DALE, Sir Henry Hallett, 1875-1968; Nov. 8, 1927 (typed, signed).

294.

PONTIFICIA ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM; April 5, 1949 (typed), April 12,

1949 (typed, signed), also a circular on the “Semaine d’études” to which CSS is being invited.

295.

WARD, Harry Marshall, 1854-1906; October 11, 1898

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296.

STRONG, Thomas Banks, 1861-1944; November 6, 1913

297.

WARREN, Sir Thomas Herbert, 1853-1930; November 6, 1913. Regarding the appointment of CSS to the Waynflete Professorship of Physiology,

298.

HUMPHREYS, Robert H.; June 3, 1924, inviting CSS to accept honorary life membership in the Royal Societies Club.

299.

GASKELL, Walter Holbrook, 1847-1914; November 25, 1881

300.


301.


302.


303.


304.


305.


306.


307.


308.


309.


310.


311.


312.


313.


314.


315.

AMERICAN NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; June 9, 1924, typed letter, signed by Frederick Tilney.

316.

ACADEMIE ROYALE DE MEDECINE DE BELGIQUE: February 19, 1907

317.

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (U.S.); May 15, 1924, envelope is in

Scrapbook II

Section 3.

Letters relating to Charles Scott Sherrington

All letters are signed autograph letters unless otherwise stated

1.

ADRIAN, Edgar Douglas, Lord, 1889- ; To Dr. William C. Gibson; March 14,

1971.

2.


3.

ECCLES, Sir John Carew, 1903- ; Letter to the editor of Listener (carbon copy of typescript); March 1952.

4.

FORBES, Alexander, 1882-1965; To A. Vivian Hill (typed, signed); Jan. 31,

1940.

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5.

FULTON, John Farquhar, 1899-1960; To Sir John Eccles (typed, signed) ; Dec. 3,

1931 (xerox copy)

5.(a) Citation by Prof. Thom. Bodkin, University of Birmingham, recommending

John Farquhar Fulton for the degree of Doctor of Laws honoria causa (carbon copy of typescript).

6.

GRAHAM BROWN, Thomas; To Sir John Eccles, two letters (typed, signed, xerox copies); Jan. 14, 1932, Jan. 15, 1932.

6.(a) ECCLES, Sir John Carew, 1903- ; To W.C. Gibson (typed, signed), June 9,

1969.

7.

GREGORY, Roderic Alfred, 1913- ; To Dr. W.C. Gibson (typed, signed); Nov.

14, 1966 (copies of items mentioned as enclosed, not found. See note on letter,

Sept ‘75.).

8.

HUNTER, Richard Alfred; To Dr. W.C. Gibson (typed, signed); Mar. 15, 1971

(copies of the Sir C.S. Sherrington-Sir Geoffrey Jefferson correspondence in the

Hunter-Macalpine collection. See I, 1, iii, 3)

9.

LANGLEY, John Newport, 1852-1925; To Winkler (typed copy); March 3, 1919; concerning the revival of the Brain Commission, and his reluctance to meet with

German representatives. A few remarks on scientific progress and ethics.

To Sharpey-Schafer (typed copy); December 30, 1922; about reasons for postponing the Congress.

10.

MILLER, Frederick Robert, 1881- ; To Carr E.R. Sherrington (carbon of typescript); Jan. 10, 1958; on the wisdom of CSS's decision to remain in England and not come to Canada and the U.S.A.

11.

RAMON Y CAJAL, Santiago, 1852-1934; To Wilhelm His (in French; photocopy).

12.

RAYLEIGH, Lord William Strutt, 1842-1919; To Dr. Eltringham; Aug. 11, 1917.

13.

SATAKE, Yasutaro, 1884- ; To Mr. and Mrs. C.E.R. Sherrington (typed, signed);

April 1955; concerning research on de-afferented dogs and publication procedures in Japan.

14.

Removed from sequence.

15.

SHERRINGTON, Margaret; To W.W. Francis (xerox), Dec. 20, 1951.

16.

SHERRINGTON, Margaret, to Alison Todd, June 24, 1976

17.

TODD, Alison, to Dr. W. C. Gibson; March 1, 1977, with obituary notice of

Margaret Sherrington attached.

18.

Rush Medical College; To Prof. A.B. Macallurn, University of Toronto,

September 5. 1903. Typed letter. signed by John M. Dodson

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II.

Manscripts

A.

Manuscripts of the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

1.

One notebook containing Sherrington's notes for The Endeavour of Jean Fernel .

2.

One Terrier Memo Book with notes on the mind-matter relationship and short drafts of letters.

3.

One Basildon Bond notebook containing writings by CSS on biology.

4.

Laboratory notes with drawings, August 10, 1906.

5.

Laboratory notes, May 14, 1929.

6.

Laboratory notes, February 5-6, 1928 (by Sherrington and Eccles).

7.

One chart with note by CSS.

8.

One notebook belonging to CSS containing random notes, more or less in alphabetical order.

9.

One notebook belonging to Sir John C. Eccles, used while he was at Magdalen

College, Oxford (photocopy).

10.

Eight pocket diaries belonging t o CSS (1941-1951) principally used as address books.

11.

Five notebooks: a ) and b) Lists, mostly of books donated to B.M., College of Surgeons, etc.; c) , d) and e) Random notes on books, etc.

12.

Fragmentary notes, mainly on Goethe.

13.

Unidentified paper, 1948.

14.

Draft of an article on Sir William Osler.

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III.

Miscellaneous articles or items about or pertaining to Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

1.

A book review by Matthew J. Wayner of Ragnar Granit's “Charles Scott

Sherrington; an appraisal”, London, Thomas Nelson, 1966 (from Contemporary psychology, 1967,12(9)) (photocopy).

2.

The Royal Society. Note on membership of German academies and scientific societies.

3.

An advertisement for the second edition of CSS's Man on his nature.

4.

A handwritten draft of a speech by A.V. Hill presenting CSS for a Doctor of

Science honoris causa at the University of Manchester.

5.

A review of CSS's “Integrative action of the nervous system” from the Times literary supplement, Saturday, Dec. 6, 1947 (2 copies).

6.

A typescript section on Lacock Abbey, Wiltshire from Moule's English counties,

Vol. I, 1837.

7.

Obituaries, memorial tributes, etc. a.

Fulton, John F., Charles Scott Sherrington, O.M., 1857-1952.

(xerox copy). b.

Typescript draft of an article by Carr E.R. Sherrington.

(2 carbon copies). c.

Sir C. Sherrington, O.M. (from the Times, March 6, 1952). d.

A handwritten manuscript, notes for article on Sherrington, by Sir John C.

Eccles. e.

Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, O.M., a great physiologist (from The Manchester guardian, March 6, 1952). f.

“Charles Scott Sherrington” (from The Lancet, March 15, 1952, pp. 569-570). g.

“Memorial tribute, Sir Charles Scott Sherrington, O.M.,” by Alexander Forbes

(from E.E.G. journal, 1952, pp. 213-214). h.

Adrian, E.D. “Charles Scott Sherrington” (from Journal of physiology, 118 (2),

1952. i.

Bates, J.A.V. Centenary of Charles Scott Sherrington.

(2 pages, typescript, carbon copy, copyright). j.

Huxley, Sir Julian, “The importance of Sherrington”, Sunday Times, May 16,

1958 (review of “Sherrington: Physiologist, philosopher and poet” by Lord

Cohen of Birkenhead. k.

Gibson, William C., “Young endeavour”, Chapter X Sir Charles Sherrington. l.

LeFanu, William, A few recollections of Sir Charles Sherrington.

(typed, signed).

8.

A proof-copy of Gosta Ekehorn's Sherrington's Endeavour of Jean Fernel and

Man on his Nature, Stockholm, 1947.

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9.

Lundholm, Helge, “The psychological self in the philosophies of Kohler and

Sherrington” (reprinted from Psychological review, March 1946, 53(2), 119-131.

10.

Xeroxed pages from Geoffrey Lapage's Man against disease, 1964, Re:

“Sherrington and diphtheria antitoxin”, pp. 82-86.

11.

A list of published papers and articles by CSS (8 leaves).

12.

Scholderer, Victor, “The early editions of Johannes Vallensis”, (Reprint from The

National Library of Wales journal, 3(3-4) Summer 1944).

13.

Johnstone, Jas., Materialism and vitalism in biology by Sir Peter Chalmers

Mitchell, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1930, (Book review).

14.

Paget, Sir Richard, Human speech….., London, Kegan, Paul, Trubner and Co.,

1930, (Book review).

15.

Bello, Francis, “New light on the brain”, (from Fortune, Jan. 1955, 104-107, 126,

128).

16.

Two obituaries for Lady Makins, The Sunday Times, Oct. 4, 1931, and The Times,

Oct. 5, 1931.

17.

“In Memoriam” for W.B. Hadden, from the St. Thomas Hospital gazette, July ?,

3,(6).

Also from same journal “Hospital news” section, pp.73-74, with news that

Dr. Brodie has been elected to the Lectureship on Physiology.

18.

Extracts from an article (source unknown), “The planets and the moon”.

19.

A book review of “Lectures on the method of science” by T.B. Strong, Oxford,

Clarendon Press. (from The Guardian, July 11, 1906) by CSS?

20.

A proof for a book review for The Lancet of “A manual of physiology with practical exercises”, by G.N. Stewart, London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox. By

CSS?

21.

“The community control of diphtheria”, British medical journal, 1927.

22.

“Sir Charles Scott Sherrington and diphtheria antitoxin”, Nature, 1948, 161, 4086.

(xerox copy)

23.

“Britain and Medicine”, MD of Canada, March 1964.

24.

Two xerox copies of The Sphinx (Students' Magazine, University College), vol.

6(1), Oct. 1898. Copy 1: pp. 1-21, Copy 2: pp. 1-34.

25.


26.

Invitations - The Darwin Centenary, Pembroke College a.

Sir C.S. Sherrington Centenary Dinner, Magdalen College, Oxford, June 10,

1957 (Sir John Eccles' invitation). b.

Dinner at Buckingham Palace, March 13, 1924 (with envelope and newspaper clipping; draft of regrets on back of card). c.

Afternoon party in the garden of Buckingham Palace, July 26, 1923. d.

University of Dublin Bicentenary, 1912.

27.

10 copies of the Memorial Service for CSS.

28.

Menus

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Collection: The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington fonds a.

Royal Society, 1920 b.

Royal Society, 1925 c.

Magdalen College, 1957 d.

Empire Club e.

Rhodes Scholarship Trust (in envelope addressed to W.C. Gibson) f.

University of Toronto, Centenary Dinner g.

Trinity House, London, 1921 h.

Trinity House, London, 1923 i.

Fellows of the Royal Society resident in Oxford, 1921.

2 copies, one with signatures j.

Commemoration Dinner (sponsors unknown), 1957 (centenary of birth of CSS).

(2 photocopies) . k.

Royal Society Club, Nov. 30, 1931

29.

Club Registers a.

Oxford Graduates' Medical Club, 1950 b.

Cambridge Graduates' Medical Club, 1950-51 c.

The College Club, 1931 d.

Medical Research Club, 1952 e.

Cycle of the Ray Club, 1883

30.

Seating Plans a.

Harveian Dinner, 1928 b.

Royal Society Anniversary Dinner, 1905 c.

Royal Society Anniversary Dinner, 1924 (2 copies, one with invitation) d.

Royal Society Anniversary Dinner, 1927 e.

Trinity House, 1923

31.


32.

Assorted miscellaneous items a.

1 blotter, “Suffolk Worthies”, with portrait of CSS b.

1 piece of leather from a book by Jean Fernel c.

1 maroon scarf d.

various notes by Dr. W.C. Gibson pertaining to CSS e.

1 recording by the B.B.C. of CSS reading from The physical basis of the mind

(tape of broadcast in workroom) f.

1 poster entitled “Popular health lectures”, 1904 g.

1 xeroxed announcement of Carr E.R Sherrington's lecture at the Canadian

Railway Club, 1960 h.

1 clipping from The Times entitled “Keats' Chapman sonnet”, a letter from

John H. Wagenblass

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Collection: The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington fonds i.

1 notice for dues payable to the Royal Society signed by Thomas R. Merton j.

1 copy of the illuminated birthday tribute of November 27, 1938

(black and white, original in Sherrington Room) k.

“Fulfillment of a prophecy”, brief note about CSS in Schering publication [n.d.] l.

1 clipping from The Times entitled “Cambridge honours eminent scientists from overseas” m.

1 clipping, source unknown, entitled “British Museum acquisitions”

33.

Book reviews of Man on his nature (2 editions): In Theosophical forum, Jan. 1942;

Bulletin of the history of medicine, Jan. 1953; Litterair paspoort (Neth.), June

1952; Freethinker, Oct. 19, 1952; Standard, Feb. 1942; Medical officer, 0ct. 3,

1942; Philosophical Review, March 1942; Spectator, Dec. 37, 1940; Nature magazine, Nov. 1941; Nature magazine, April 1942; Tomorrow, Sept. 1941; and numerous shorter reviews.

34.

Book reviews of Goethe on nature and science: In Nature, Sept. 5, 1942; Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences, Oct. 1949; Manchester Guardian, Sept. 2,

1942; Literary guide, Oct. 1949; and an identified review.

35.

The 90th birthday of Sir Charles Scott Sherrington. From British medical journal,

Nov. 22, 1947.

36.

Young, J.Z., “The mystery of mind and brain”, The listener, March 6, 1952.

37.

Brain, Sir Russell, “Brain and mind”, The Lancet, Sept. 6, 1947. Review of “The integrative action of the nervous system”. 2 copies, one with covering note by

R.B., typewritten and signed.

38.

Book reviews of “The endeavour of Jean Fernel”. In The Oxford magazine, Nov.

14, 1946; British medical journal, July 13, 1946 (2 copies); Literary guide, Oct.

1946 (2 copies); Science progress, Oct. 1946; New York Times book review, Sept.

8, 1946 (2 copies); and several shorter reviews.

39.

“Social responsibility in the modern world”, Nature, Sept. 4, 1954.

40.

“Thoughts on reading Sherrington's Man on his nature”. Manuscript poem, Dec.

30, 1944 (author unknown).

41.

Carbon copy of a letter (unsigned) from G. Lambertini to Sir John Carew Eccles, about the life of Angelo Ruffini (see items no. I, 1, ii, 69 to 80); mentions

Ruffini’s collection of letters from CSS; very faint copy.

42.

Sherrington, Sir C.S., “The physical basis of mind”, fragment of an article in The listener, May 5, 1949. Also, “Mind and matter”, from the same issue.

43.

Sinclair, Hugh M. “Integrative action in physiology: A tribute to Sir Charles

Sherrington on the 90th birthday”, Oxford Magazine, Nov. 27, 1947. Erroneously set up as a book review. For letter to CSS from HMS about the article, see item no.

I, 2, 256.

44.

Adrian, E.D., Book review of The integrative action of the nervous system (1947 ed.), In Nature, Nov. 8, 1947.

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IV.

Photographs in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Section 1.

Removed from the collection.

Section 2.

Removed from the collection.

Section 3.

Illustrations from books, frontispieces, etc.

-including one page with passage, copied by CSS, from De Phlebotomia

(including an envelope with a note by CSS.)

-illustrations from Jean Fernel, etc.

Section 4.

Photographs of buildings, landscapes, laboratories, etc.

1.

A view of the flag flying at half mast for CSS (Gonville and Caius?).

2.

Four photographs of Thompson Yates laboratories, Liverpool.

3.


4.

Macallum’s summer house at Ippewash Bay, Lake Huron, Ontario.

5.

Photographs of the Char (1915); Grindelwald (1879); University Parks, Oxford

(1911); Gate of Courage, Gonville and Caius College (c. 1890).

6.


7.

Laboratory apparatus (found in the Forbes to Sherrington correspondence).

8.

Two pictures (coloured) of CSS’s medals, etc.

9.

Unidentified laboratory apparatus.

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V.

The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Diploma and Certificate Collection

NOTE: The number indicated in front of each item has been lightly marked on the document itself (and on related correspondence)

CODES:

S = Mounted in Sherrington Room h.m. = Honorary (or equivalent) membership in a society [etc] h.d. = Honorary degree (nature not specified)

1.

St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, 1879.

(Certificate of honor - anatomy teacher)

CODE: S

2.


(Certificate of honor for attendance on maternity cases)

CODE: S

3.


(Grainger Prize)

CODE: S

4.

Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1884.

(Diploma - membership)

CODE: S

5.

Royal Medical and Surgical Society of London, 1899.

CODE: (h-m.) S

6.

Société de neurologie de Paris, 1900.

CODE: (h.m. ) S

7.


8.

Harvard University, 1906.

CODE: (h.d.)S

9.

K. Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen [Akademie der Wissenschaften in Ggttingen] 1906.

CODE: (h.m.) S

10.


11.


11.

a. Gesellschaft deutscher Nervenaerzte, 1907.

CODE: (h.m.) S

12.

Physikalisch-medizinische Sozietät zu Erlangen, 1908.

CODE: (h.m. ) S

13.

University of Glasgow, 1909.

CODE: (h.d.) S

14.

Società italiana di neurologia, 1912.

CODE: (h.m. ) S

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15.

Academia regia scientiarum neerlandica [Académie royale des sciences à

Amsterdam]

CODE: S

[? K. Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen] 1912. Letter in I, 2, 276

CODE: (h-m.)

16.

Società italiana di neurologia, 1912.

CODE: (h.m. ) S

17.


18.

Societas regia scientiarum hauiensis, 1914. [Det K. Dansk Videnskabernes

Selskab (Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters)]

CODE: (h.m.) S

19.

Imperatorskaia Akademiia NAUK, Petrograd, 1915. [Modern name not established]

CODE: (h.m.) S

20.

Accademia delle scienze del Istituto di Bologna [Academia scientiarum Instituti bononiensis] 1917.

Letter in I,2,277

CODE: (h.m.) S

21.


22.


23.

Royal Society of Medicine, 1919. Letter in I, 2, 278

CODE: (h.m.) S

24.

Royal College of Medicine of London, 1912. (Membership)

CODE: S

25.

Societas medico-chirurgica edinburgensis, 1921. [Modern entry not found]

CODE: (h.m.) S

26.

Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1921.

CODE: (h.m.) S

27.

Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1921.

CODE: (h.m.) S

28.

Société royale des sciences mcdicales et naturelles de Bruxelles, 1922.

CODE: S

29.

R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino [Regia taurinensis academia] 1922.

Letter in I, 2, 279

CODE: (h.d.?) S

30.

McGill University, 1922

CODE: (h.d.) S

31.


32.

Regia societas scientiarum upsaliensis, 1924.

[Modern entry not verified - ? Kungl. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien?]

CODE: (h.m.) S

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33.

Accademia medico-fisica fiorentina, 1924. [Modern entry not found]

CODE: (h.m.) S

34.

Philadelphia Neurological Society, 1924.

CODE: (h.m.) S

34.

a. Société française de psychologie, 1924. In letter form.

CODE: (h.m.)

35.

National Academy of Sciences, U.S.A., 1924.

CODE: (h.m.) S

35.

a. American Neurological Association, 1924.

CODE: (h.m.) S

36.

Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher zu Halle, 1925.

CODE: (h.m.) S

37.

New York Academy of Medicine, 1926. Letter in I, 2, 281

CODE: (h.m.) S

38.

Regia academia scientiarum suecica, 1926. [Modern entry not verified - Royal

Swedish Academy of Science - Cf. #32 above]

Letter in I, 2, 282

CODE: (h.m.) S

39.

Université catholique de Louvain, 1927. Letter in I, 2, 283.

CODE: (h.d.) S

40.

Université de Strasbourg, 1927. Letters in I, 2, 284.

[?Modern entry: Université Louis Pasteur (Université de Strasbourg I)]

CODE: (h.d. ) S

41.


42.

Medical Society of London, 1927. [Societas medica londinensis]

Letter in I, 2, 285

CODE: (h.m.) S

43.

Società italiana delle scienze, 1927. Letter in I, 2, 286

CODE: (h.m.) S

43.

a. Institut scientifique Lesshaft, Leningrad , 1927.

[I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology? Modern entry not verified]

In letter form.

CODE: (h.m.)

44.

Université de Paris, 1928.

CODE: (h.d.) S

44.

a.Warszawski Towarzystwo Neurologiczne, 1929. In letter form.

CODE: (h.m.)

45.


46.

University of London, 1931.

CODE: (h.d.) S

47.

Universität Bern, 1931.

CODE: (h.d.) S

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48.

Royal Society of Medicine. Section of Neurology, 1932.

CODE: (h.m.) S

49.

Gesellschaft der Aerzte, 1933. [Vienna Society of Physicians]

CODE (h.m.) S

50.

Società italiana di biologia sperimentale, 1933.

CODE: (h.m.) S

51.


52.

Physiological Society (Cambridge) 1935.

CODE: (h.m.) S

53.


54.

Societas medicorum Finlandiae, 1935. [Finska Läkaresägllskapet (Medical

Society of Finland)] Letter in I, 2, 288

CODE: (h.m.) S

54.

a. Removed from sequence.

55.

R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino [Regia taurinensis academia] 1934.

Map Cabinet. Letters in I, 2, 289 Cf. #29 above

CODE: (h.m.)

56.

Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux arts de Belgique, 1936.

CODE: (h.m.) S

57.

British Psychological Society, 1937.

CODE: (h.m.) S

58.

Societas scientiarum fennica, 1937.

[Finska Vetenskaps - Societeten - Suomen Tiedeseura - Finnish Scientific Society]

Letter in I, 2, 290

CODE: (h.m.)

59.

Asociación médica argentina [Modern entry not found] Map cabinet.

CODE: (h.m.) O

59.

a. Institut de France. Académie des sciences, 1945. In letter form.

CODE: (h.m.)

60.

Royal Society of Medicine. Section of Pathology, 1946.

CODE: (h.m.) S

60.

60a. Uiniversité de Lyon, 1946. Map cabinet. Letter in I, 2, 291.

CODE: (h.d.) S O

61.

Bose Institute, Calcutta [n.d.].

CODE: (h.m.) S

62.

Athinisin Ethnikon Kai Kapodistriakon. [National Capodistrian University of

Athens]

Letter in I, 2, 292

CODE: S

63.

University of Melbourne, 1905. In Scrapbook II

CODE: O (Lee pls check as I think scrapbooks have been returned)

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64.

Oxford University, 1921. In Scrapbook II

CODE: O (Lee pls check as I think scrapbooks have been returned)

65.

Nobel Prize certificate [1932]. In cabinet in Sherrington Room.

CODE: S

66.

Académie de médecine, 1933. In letter form.

CODE: (h.m.)

67.

Illuminated birthday tribute to C.S.S. (with signatures - N.B. Some of these are

NOT contemporary with the original document, but represent other illustrious friends of C.S.S.)

CODE: S

68.

Gesellschaft für innere Medicin und Kinderheilkunde in Wien. 1906.

In letter form. Map cabinet.

CODE: (h.m.)

69.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, Mass., 1918.

Map cabinet.

CODE: (h.m.) O

70.

Tartu (Dorpat) Clinique des maladies nerveuses. [Modern entry not found] 1923?

In letter form. Map cabinet

CODE: (h.m.)

71.

Regia Tavrinensis academia 1934

CODE: O

VI.

Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Section 1.

Section I: Medals stored or on display in the Sherrington Room

CODES:

O = Sent to Oxford (1984)

1.

Auguske Slosse

CODE: O

2.

Newton

3.

University of Strasbourg

4.

Pontifica Academia Scientiarum, Rome, 1936

5.

University of Paris

CODE: O

6.

Sharpey-Schafer

CODE: O

7.

Copley

8.

Académie de Médecine

CODE: O

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9.

WHO

10.

Gabriel Hanotaux

CODE: O

11.

Spallanzani

CODE: O

12.

Jean Demoor

CODE: O

13.

Hughlings Jackson

14.

William Harvey

15.

Harvard Tercentennial, 1936

16.

Pázmány

CODE: O

17.

Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Rome

18.

Order of Merit

19.

G.B.E.

Section 2.

Personal possessions stored or on display in the Sherrington Room

1.

Sherrington' s first watch.

2.

A book of fairy tales belonging t o Sir C. S. S. and his brother, dated Aug. 1864.

CODE: O

3.

C. S. S.'s thermometer.

4.

A large ram's horn snuff box originally intended for the British Consul at Toledo at the time of the cholera outbreak in 1885.

CODE: O

5.

Sherrington’s ice skates.

CODE: O

6.

Cap and stole from the University of Lyons.

7.

Court suit, hat, stockings, shoes and sword worn by Sherrington while President of the Royal Society.

8.

McGill University hood.

9.

Two unidentified academic stoles.

10.

Tea caddy.

11.

Dining room chairs.

12.

Necklace and ring, property of Lady Sherrington, presented t o Catherine Ann

Gibson by Mrs. John Farquhar Fulton and by Miss Gibson to the Woodward

Biomedical Library.

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VII.

Books and pamphlets in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

1.

CHEREAU, Achille , La Bibliothèque d 'un Médecin au commencement du XV e siècle. Paris, J. Techener, 1864.

2.

CUMBERLAND, Richard, The Battle of Hastings. A Tragedy. Dublin,

Marchbank, 1778.

3.

EKEHORN, Gösta, Sherrington' s “Endeavour of Jean Fernel” and “Man on his

Nature”. Stockholm, 1948 (uncorrected proofs)

4.

FIGARD, L. Un médecin philosophique au XVI e siècle. Etude sur la psychologie de Jean Fernel. Paris, Félix Alcan, 1903. (incomplete)

5.

HYDRO-SIDEREON: or, a Treatise of Ferruginous-Waters, expecially The

Ipswich-Spaw; being An Excellent Spring of the Nature There lately Discovered: with The Vast Differences of such Mineral-Waters, . . . London, Printed by W.P. and sold by J. Morphew, near Stationer's Hall, 1717.

6.

KUHNE, Dr. W., Untersuchungen über das Protoplasma und die Contractilität.

Leipzig, Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1864.

7.

Lists of books donated to the British Museum and the Royal College of Surgeons.

Sotheby's catalogue with listings of Sherrington's books for sale.

8.

RENOUVIER, Jules, Des Portraits dlAuteurs dans Les Livres du XV e siècle.

Paris, Chez Auguste Aubry, 1863.

9.

VON BEZOLD, Albert, Untersuchungen cber die Electrische Erregung der

Nerven und Muskeln. Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1861.

10.

An Impartial View of English Agriculture, from permitting the exportation of corn, in the year 1663, to the present time. 2nd ed. London, Kearsley, 1766.

11.

One Xerox copy of an account of William Cowper's Anatomy from D.N.B.

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Part VI. Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Part I.

Correspondence

Part II.

Manuscripts

Part III.

Miscellaneous articles or items about or pertaining to Sir Charles

Scott Sherrington

Part IV.

Photographs in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Part V.

The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Diploma Collection (in the

Sherrington Room or map cabinet)

Part VI.

Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Part VII.

Books and Pamphlets in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Collection

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Part VI. Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

Part I.

Correspondence

Part II.

Manuscripts

Part III.

Miscellaneous articles or items about or pertaining to Sir Charles

Scott Sherrington

Part IV.

Photographs in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Part V.

The Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Diploma Collection (in the

Sherrington Room or map cabinet)

Part VI.

Objects in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington Collection

Part VII.

Books and Pamphlets in the Sir Charles Scott Sherrington

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