Minutes of the 11th meeting of the Executive of the Associate Committee on Tuberculosis. Again, Dr. Ferguson and Dr. Simes receive a $2000 grant, though the NRC continues to question why the Department of Indian Affairs is not contributing more for Dr. Simes work.

Minutes of the 11th meeting of the Executive of the Associate Committee on Tuberculosis. Dr. Ferguson and Dr. Simes receive a $2000 grant, though the NRC questions why the Department of Indian Affairs is not contributing more for Dr. Simes work.

This fonds documents Allan Gonor’s active engagement with the people he met and the cultures he experienced. His was a curiosity borne of genuine interest, which manifested itself not only in his work as a physician, but also in his avocation: art; and in the numerous films and photographs he took. These document the local communities in and near North Battleford, Saskatchewan; including Hutterite colonies and First Nations reserves; as well as countries around the world. It documents his life and career, his interest in indigenous art and culture, and reflects his friendships with a wide variety of artists and writers, as well as the numerous individuals he met.

NRC Letter to Dr. McGill of the Department of Indian Affairs, requesting that the DIA assume the full costs of Dr. Simes salary.

Article: The Red Man and the White Plague, published by Dr. Stewart in 1936 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

NRC List of Tuberculosis Papers Published in the Canadian Journal of Research

Page from unknown history book showing the Fort Qu'Appelle Indian [Indigenous] Hospital sod breaking and finished building. The page heading reads "Condition of Discharged Patients."

Article: Some Simple Observations and Procedures of Assistance to the Practitioner in the Diagnosis and Eradication of Tuberculosis by Dr. Ferguson, published in The Canadian Medical Association Journal, 1935.

Letter to Dr. Irvine inquiring about his research on the B.C.G. Vaccine, published in Irvine's book "The B.C.G. Vaccine."

Fonds contains artifacts accumulated by SATL pertaining to the Fort Qu'Appelle Indian [Indigenous] Hospital operated by the Department of Indian Affairs. The Fort Qu'Appelle Indian [Indigenous] Hospital was located across from the Fort San Sanatorium on Echo Lake.

Collection contains documents from or pertaining to the Fort Qu'Appelle Indian [Indigenous] Hospital collected by the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League.

Series contains images from or pertaining to the Fort Qu'Appelle Indian [Indigenous] Hospital.

Captioned "It would now seem opportune to summarize the progress of this research to date as well as to report on the work we are now engaged in, so that you may view with perspective both present and future undertakings"

This Appendix provides more information on environmental and infrastructure concerns effecting the communities featured in Dr. Ferguson's work.

Captioned "The purpose of the research undertaken at Fort Qu’Appelle is to determine the various factors of importance in the epidemic of tuberculosis among the Indians [Indigenous Peoples] of the Western Plains; to determine the nature of the germ
causing this epidemic, whether bovine or human, or both; also to ascertain what practical preventive measures could be instituted which would reduce the frequency of the disease and the mortality from the same; furthermore, if advisable, to institute prophylactic vaccination against tuberculosis"