Original manuscript diary of Dr. Thomas Robinson Dupuis' trip to Europe in the spring and summer of 1881. Of particular note are his many visits to hospitals and medical schools - witnessing curriculum, operating procedures, as well as sitting an exam for a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons.
Diary of a young woman touring the Thousand Islands for the month of August 1883 starting in Hartford, Connecticut on August 1st, 1883 and ending in Montreal on September 1st, 1883. The author spends much of the diary remarking on the beauty of the scenery, the quality of the food and variations in the weather. She recounts day excursions on both American and Canadian islands and towns and mentions Clayton, Alexandria Bay, Gananoque, Brown's Bay, Hay's Island, Whitney Point, Guernsey Point, and Stave, Bluff and Skinner islands. She is traveling with the Redfield family (Mr. and Mrs. Redfield and their children George and Henry) and the "Professor". They encounter a Dr. Norris who is known to the family. When they arrive in Montreal they stay at the Windsor Hotel, which is greatly admired.
There is an additional three page entry at the end of the diary describing a trip to the White Mountains in New Hampshire in September of 1885.
This album holds the name plate of Charles L. Worsley but documents the life of George Stanley Worsley. Includes hunting and fishing photographs (staged, purchased, spontaneous) from big game hunting predominantly in India with some North American hunting scenes. There are also a number of purchased tourist photographs from Cairo, Malta and Aden intermingled with various Canadian locales - Edmonton, NWT, Halifax, all places that G.S. Worsley served. Also includes some family portraits including Violet A. Worsley.
Byer's Cancer Cure advertising pamphlet. Published in Markham, Ontario, in 1899 by Daniel Byer outlining causes of cancer as well as testimonials from "patients who have been cured."
