Accession B2017-0007 - Michael Bliss 2017 accession

5.5 m of records (38 boxes)
4104 digital files (7 GB)

Further personal records of Michael Bliss, Professor Emeritus of History, consisting of personal and family correspondence, and photographs; other correspondence; scrapbooks; interviews; files relating to the University of Toronto, including memorabilia from his years as a senior fellow on the Massey College; addresses; drafts of articles, a play, books (including biographies of Sir William Osler and Harvey Cushing, and Bliss’ memoirs), short stories and book reviews; files on consulting and editing projects; files on professional organizations, especially the American Osler Society.

Digital folders were transferred to the Archives on a USB flash drive from the donor and folders were arranged into series by the Digital Records Archivist based on their content to align with the existing series of textual records.

All files are open, with the exception of the following:

• Series 1: B2017-0007_df009

This file is closed until January 1, 2041

• Series 3: B2017-0007_df010
• Series 7: B2017-0007/001P(45)

These files have been restricted to protect the privacy of third parties. Please contact the University Archivist for access requests.

• A spreadsheet inventory of all digital files is available by email, upon request.

• There is no box 016 in this accession.
• In nearly every instance where it has been found, fax paper has been photocopied and the originals destroyed.

• Original description by Harold Averill, March 2018
• Added to AtoM with born-digital files description, E. Sommers, March 2023