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Finding aid created by: SEH
Date: Dec 1993
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| 06 Nov 2008 | converted to EAD (LDC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940. |
| Title: | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Drawing |
| Dates: | Undated |
| Quantity: | 1 item (SC) |
| Abstract: | Papers of the English physician and author. Missionary to Labrador and Newfoundland who initiated child welfare work and built several hospitals and orphanages. Signed pen and ink sketch, "A Christmas Dinner in Labrador." |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell (1865-1940) was an English physician, author, and missionary who promoted child welfare work and built several hospitals and orphanages in Labrador and Newfoundland, Canada.
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell was born on February 28, 1865 in Parkgate, England. He attended London Hospital Medical School in 1883. While in London Grenfell decided to join the Royal National Mission to Deep Sea Fisherman. The organization sent him to Newfoundland in 1892. While there, Grenfell built several hospitals and established both schools and orphanages for the children of the region. On a return trip from England, Grenfell met Anne Elizabeth Caldwell MacClanahan and the couple wed on November 18, 1909. Together they had three children, Wilfred Thomason, Jr., Kinloch Pascoe, and Rosamond Loveday. Grenfell was made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George in 1928. He died in Vermont on October 9, 1940.
The Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Drawing is a signed pen and ink sketch, "A Christmas Dinner in Labrador," by the English physician and author (1865-1940).
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Persons
Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940.
Subjects
Authors, English.
Missionaries, Medical.
Genres and Forms
Drawings (visual works)
Occupations
Authors.
Physicians.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Wilfred Thomason Grenfell Drawing
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift of George and Lena Arents.
Drawings
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| SC 118 | "A Christmas Dinner in Labrador" undated - pen and ink sketch by Grenfell | ||||||||||