Series 7 - Department of Soldier’s Civil Re-establishment

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UTA 1260-7

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Department of Soldier’s Civil Re-establishment

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  • 1905 – [194-], predominant 1916-1923 (Creation)

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1.0 m of records (multimedia)

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(1874-1970)

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This series documents Dr. Farrar’s work with the Canadian Federal Department of Soldier’s Civil Re-establishment. In 1916, Dr. Farrar joined the Canadian Army. Initially posted to a hospital unit in Kingston, Ontario, he was transferred to Ottawa for duty in the Military Hospitals Commission. Dr. Farrar would eventually become Chief Psychiatrist in the Federal Department of Soldier’s Civil Re-establishment. In this capacity, he treated invalided soldiers suffering from psychiatric illnesses including post-traumatic stress disorder. Though primarily based in Ottawa during the war, Dr. Farrar also worked out of the military hospital in Cobourg, Ontario, a photograph of which can be found in B1999-0011/003P(11). Records in this series consist of professional correspondence, reports, patient files, plans for a military hospital. There are also lantern slides depicting hospitals and mental health facilities throughout North America in the early 1900s. It is believed that Dr. Farrar may have collected and used these images in his capacity as Chief Psychiatrist to put forth a proposal for a new military hospital.

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Researchers must request access to the Clarence B. Farrar fonds given the volume of personal health information distributed across the fonds. Please contact us for additional information or to make a request.

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