Fonds 1153 - Donald Walter Clarke fonds

Identity area

Reference code

UTA 1153

Title

Donald Walter Clarke fonds

Date(s)

  • 1944-1973 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

0.78 m of records (textual, graphic, architectural) (2 boxes, oversized folders)

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Associate professor in Physiology, Faculty of Medicine; Professor in and acting head (1967) of the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto.

Archival history

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

Correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, minutes and addresses relating to Donald Clarke's involvement with the Banting and Best Department of Medical Research. Included are files on the opening of the Best Institute, and the following activities linked to the impending construction of the Medical Sciences Building: a review of the BBDMR, renovations to the Banting Institute (including a blueprint), and meetings Faculty of Medicine Advisory Committee on Audio-Visual Resources. Included is a photograph of Clarke and Charles H. Best (1970), and of a frigate and corvette on which Clarke served as a group radar officer during World War II (1944-1945).

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Accruals

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Conditions governing access

Open

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      No finding aid.

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      Accession

      B1990-0045

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, Summer 2015

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