Archives and Special Collections
Fonds F0207 - Lewis E.C. Davies fonds.
Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU SPC F0207
Title
Lewis E.C. Davies fonds.
Date(s)
- 1950-1963 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.31 m of textual records and other material.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian medical doctor. Educated at Oxford University, England. Zone Superintendent of several regions, including the Mackenzie, Foothills and Northern Alberta regions, for the Canadian Department of National Health and Welfare in the 1950s and 1960s. As Zone Superintendent, he was in charge of five medical surveys of the western Arctic between 1956 and 1960. In 1971 Dr. Davies was Area Director, Vancouver Medical Services of Canada, Department of National Health and Welfare. Died in 1972 or 1973.
Repository
Archival history
Donated by Cherry Davies in 1987.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists chiefly of material relating to medical surveys in the western Canadian Arctic. Includes correspondence and memoranda, 1950-1960; reports of medical surveys, 1956-1960; travel diaries; and hospital reports of Inuit tuberculosis cases. Also includes copies of L.E.C. Davies's The medical history of the Western Arctic Eskimo, 1771-1960 (typescript with mounted black and white photographs); script for a talk on tuberculosis; illustrated report of communities flooded near Hay Lake, 1963; and slides of the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
File level inventory available at repository.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Note
Includes ca. 800 colour slides.
Note
Collection is part of the Arctic Institute of North American rare books collection.
Alternative identifier(s)
ckey
3911794