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Description and Finding Aid J. ALLAN WALTERS FONDS F2029 Prepared by Caese Levo and Lynn McIntyre 2010 J. Allan Walters fonds J. ALLAN WALTERS FONDS Dates of creation: 1908-1990 Extent: 1.89 m of textual records 63 photographs 11 artefacts Biographical sketch: James Allan Walters, BA, MD, DPM (London, Eng.), FRCP (C), was born in Napanee, Ontario, on 21 July 1906, the son of Charles Augustus Walters and Stella Grace Wagar. He received his early schooling there and went to Queen‟s University 1925-26 before attending Trinity College where he obtained his BA in 1930. He received an MD from the University of Toronto in 1933 and was on staff at the Ontario Hospital in Whitby in 1934. The ten years after graduation were spent in postgraduate training in neurology and psychiatry in Canada and England. He served as a major during the Second World War and in early 1943 he was appointed to #1Canadian Neurological and Psychiatric Hospital in Basingstoke, England, and in 1944 to Northwest Europe. In 1945 Walters returned to the University of Toronto as attending physician on the Neuropsychiatric Service at the Toronto General Hospital and later to the Psychiatric Division of the Wellesley Hospital. His chief interests were in Parkinson‟s Disease and the new concept of psychogenic regional pain which he first described in 1959 and which became the major focus of his later work. Throughout these scientific studies, and for over thirty years of consulting practice, he was known for his sense of humour, kindness, and great understanding. During his lifetime, Walters received a number of honours including Honorary Fellow at Trinity College in 1978, the Ontario Medical Association Glenn Sawyer Award in 1979, the Queen Elizabeth Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and an Academy of Medicine (Toronto) Honorary Life Membership award in 1975. Walters was an active member of the Trinity College Friends of the Library, the Corporation of Trinity College and the year 3T0. In the 1950s he established the Kathleen and Allan Walters Bursary Fund which, over the years, has provided scholarships and bursaries to many students in the Faculty of Arts. In June 1936 Walters married Kathleen Jane Wark who died 12 December 1977. In 1980 he married Anne Hewitt Thompson (née Amys). He died on 26 February 1986 after a brief illness. Scope and content: Fonds consists of extensive correspondence from Dr Walters to his parents, his brother and sister from 1925 to 1945, when he wrote home every few days. They cover student life at Queen‟s University and more extensively at Trinity College, his working experiences on a Great Lakes steamer, his early married life, his experiences during the Second World War and his career as a doctor. Contains series 1. Trinity College 2. Correspondence 3. Dr Kathleen Wark Walters 4. Medical notes 5. Personal 6. Subject Files 2 J. Allan Walters fonds Notes: James Allan Walters is referred to as JAW and his wife, Kathleen or Kathleen Jane Wark Walters, as KW. Acquisition history: The first donation of materials was received directly from Dr Walters in 1983. Following his death, the remainder of the material was donated by Anne Walters in several accessions. Arrangement: The material has been arranged by the archivist. Restrictions on access: None Terms governing use and reproduction / publication: Various copyright holders. It is the researcher‟s responsibility to obtain permission to publish any part of the fonds. Provenance access points Walters, J. Allan, 1906-1986 SERIES 1: TRINITY COLLEGE Dates of creation: 1921-1988 Extent: 45.5 cm textual records 14 photographs: b&w ; 19 x 23.5 or smaller 11 artefacts Scope and content: Series consists of material from Walters‟ student days at Trinity College and from his involvement with the College during his later years. It includes student newspapers, invitations, programs, booklets, photographs, and ephemera as well as scrapbooks created by Walters as reminiscences of a wide variety of Trinity events and activities. Material about his later involvement with Trinity College and his subsequent medical degree at the University of Toronto includes reunions through the years and the creation of scholarships as well as fundraising efforts for special events. Box/file listing: FOLDER/UNIT TITLE START END CONTENTS BOX/ DATE DATE FILE # 3T0 1951 1951 Correspondence regarding the class of 1-1 correspondence 1930‟s participation in Operation Centenary fundraising campaign. Letter from Provost Seeley announcing election of JAW to the Corporation of Trinity College. Letter from H.H. Clark when he was Dean of Ottawa. 3T0 1952 1952 Correspondence regarding Operation 1-2 3 J. Allan Walters fonds correspondence Centenary and class of 1930. 3T0 1953 1953 Correspondence re 3T0 reunion 1953. 1-3 correspondence 3T0 1954 1954 Correspondence re fundraising. 1-4 correspondence 3T0 1955 1955 Correspondence re 3T0 twenty-fifth 1-5 correspondence anniversary reunion, 27-29 May 1955. 3T0 25th reunion 1955 1955 Correspondence in response to 25th 1-6 anniversary reunion invitation. 3T0 1969 1969 Letters from Trinity College, Office of 1-7 correspondence Convocation, and University of Toronto Alumni Association about the university‟s Spring Reunion. 3T0 1978 1978 Correspondence regarding the class 1-8 correspondence reunion. Program from Convocation, 3 May 1978, when JAW was admitted as an honorary fellow of Trinity College, including letter from Provost Ignatieff. 3T0 Cosgrave TV 1967 1970 Fundraising by the class of 3T0 to 1-9 purchase a television set for the retired Provost Cosgrave. 3T0 Dickinson- 1956 1980 Correspondence re the creation and 1-10 Cartwright maintenance of the Dickinson-Cartwright scholarship scholarship by the class of 3T0. Includes pamphlet Trinity College, Toronto: Past, Present and Future circa 1964. 3T0 Fragments 1927 1975 Invitations, programs and a dance card 1-11 from St Hilda‟s dated 1930. Booklet, Trinity College, in advance of the move to Queen‟s Park site, dated by JAW “1926-27”. “Souvenir Programme, Trinity College Dramatic Society present Trelawny of The ‘Wells’” [1930] with autographs. Undated newspaper clipping [1930] from the Mail and Empire announcing events at Trinity including JAW‟s receipt of the John H. Moss award. Program from 3T0‟s first annual dinner, autographed. Program from installation of R.S.K. Seeley as provost 1945. Record of 1926 1930 Handwritten note dated 25 June 1980 from 1-12 Sayings, Doings JAW: “This record of the year 3T0 at Trinity and Misdoings of College from 1926-1930 was compiled … 4 J. Allan Walters fonds 3T0 by Canon E. Arnold Brooks. He preserved it and presented it to the year Archives 10 years ago.” The scrapbook is divided into the four years spent at Trinity and chronicles all events including debates and sports through handwritten comments and articles and ephemera such as TCDS programs. The Privateer 1929 1930 Complete set of The Privateer, issues 1 to 1-13 10 published weekly from 4 October 1929 to Easter 1930. Contains columns by Dorothy Livesay 3T0 Treasurer‟s 1929 1930 Men of 3T0 Treasurer‟s Book chronicles 1-14 Book, 1929-30, shared expenses for events: inserts include JAW, Trinity invoices and an At Home card from the House Cosgraves. 3T0 Reunion 1965 1965 1965 Correspondence and questionnaires 2-1 collected by JAW in preparation for the 35th reunion supper, 4-6 June 1965. 3T0 Reunion 1970 1926 1970 Photocopy of edited diary notes Walter 2-2 - Diary of Walter McCracken kept while at Trinity College McCracken (1926-27) distributed to the class of 3T0 at their 40th reunion. 3T0 Reunion 1975 1971 1975 Correspondence and registration forms for 2-3 the 35th class reunion, 6-8 June 1975. Toronto Star article, 6 June 1974, “Padre‟s longest day…” about role the Rev. Jack Clough played on D-Day. 3T0 Reunion 1978 1978 1978 Correspondence regarding the 48th 2-4 reunion, 2-4 June 1978. 3T0 Reunion 1980 1980 1980 Correspondence, programs, brochures 2-5 regarding the 50th anniversary reunion, 6-8 June 1980. Words to “Met‟ Agona” including verses for 3T0 and other years. Trinity College 1952 1978 Correspondence, invitations, notices 2-6 relating to Corporation (includes membership of KW). Invitation to installation of George Ignatieff as provost, 18 October 1972 Trinity College - 1971 1973 Information about and notes from courses 2-7 College attended by JAW at Trinity College through Community this program. Program Trinity Convocation Bulletin, Vol.9:3, winter 1972. W.K.W. Baldwin 1951 1952 Three offprints of articles by Baldwin in 2-8 5 J. Allan Walters fonds Bulletin No. 128, Annual Report of the National Museum for the Fiscal Year 1951- 52: “Botanical Investigations in the Reindeer-Nueltin Lakes Area, Manitoba,” “List of Plants Collected on Prince Charles and Air Force Islands in Foxe Basin, N.W.T.,” “Plants from Two Small Island Habitats in James Bay.” [A slip of paper notes “W.K.W. Baldwin a distinguished member of Trinity 3T1 - Botany and became an important member of the staff of the Dominion Herbarium in Ottawa. D.1978 or 1979”.] Pearl McCarthy [196-] 1981 Christmas card from Pearl McCarthy [art 2-9 critic, Globe and Mail, 1894-1964] Notice of exhibition and sale at The Pollock Gallery [11-13 May 196-?] to raise funds for the Pearl McCarthy Scholarship Fund, a fine arts scholarship sponsored by St Hilda‟s and Trinity Colleges. Note dated 24 April 1981 from JAW saying these items were for the archives and noting that Pearl McCarthy was “one of Canada‟s most discerning art critics.” Walter McCracken 1971 1979 Letter from LTC Walter M. McCracken 2-10 dated 4 August 1971, Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia. Photograph of McCracken in Masonic uniform: b&w ; 5 cm x 7.5 cm.