CAIN No. 198836

TITLE:
Dr. Daniel Finlayson MacInnis fonds

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
20 cm textual records

DATES:
1909-1952

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH:
Dr. Daniel Finlayson MacInnis was born in Middle River, Victoria County, Nova Scotia in 1889. He earned his teaching certificate and moved to Saskatchewan for employment. He then returned to Nova Scotia and graduated from Dalhousie Medical School, Halifax, N.S. in 1918. MacInnis aided many victims of the Halifax Explosion while on staff as Senior Houseman at the Victoria General Hospital in 1917. During the First World War, he joined the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps and earned the rank of Major. After the war, he settled in Shubenacadie and opened a medical practice, which he maintained until his retirement in 1963. He was a member of staff at the Colchester County Hospital during these years. Dr. MacInnis was made a senior member of the Canadian Medical Association and an Honorary president of the Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association. He died in May 1973.

SCOPE AND CONTENT:
Fonds consists of 12 notebooks from Dalhousie Medical School, Dalhousie registration cards, transcript of marks, medical books, examinations and Provincial Medical Board papers.

REPOSITORY:
Dalhousie University Archives

ONLINE FINDING AID:
http://webarchives.nsarm.gov.ns.ca/webcat/request/Action?Sys temName=Nova+Scotia+Archives&UserName=WA+Public&Password=&AP PL_LOGO=http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/img/nsarm2750.jpg&URI_CSS =/webcat/systems/nova_scotia.arch/mainstlyle.css&PATH_CSS=&T emplateProcessID=6000_512_512&PromptID=&ParamID=&CMD_(Detail Request)[0]=&ProcessID=6000_571(0)&KeyValues=KEY_1002501

CUSTODIAL HISTORY:
Accession 19-84. Dr. D. Ross MacInnis, son of Dr. Daniel F. MacInnis, donated the records in 1884

RETRIEVAL NUMBER:
MS-13-1

PROVENANCE:
MacInnis, Daniel Finlayson, 1889-1973

SUBJECTS:
Physicians
Dalhousie Medical School
Medical Care - Study and teaching