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Memoir of Valentine St. John

The manuscript memoir by the surgeon Valentine St. John covering his whole life and experience as a surgeon all over the world. The St. John family includes the surgeon Valentine St. John (1883-1964) and his mother Aglae de Jora St. John. Aglae de Jora St. John was Romanian. Her husband, Dr. St. John's father, was a British diplomat and cousin of the 4th Viscount Bolingbroke. The surgeon Valentine St. John (1883-1964) who worked and lived in many countries around the world, served as Medical Health Officer in Alert Bay 1941-44 and in Campbell River from 1944-46, and was the physician to Maharaja of Jaipur.

In Collection:
Creator Subject Language Date created Resource type Rights statement Extent
  • 192 pages ; 28 x 21.5 cm
Alternative title
  • Roving Surgeon
Geographic Coverage Coordinates
  • 53.99983, -125.0032
  • 22.20775, 76.97021
  • 47.33333, 13.33333
  • 39.76, -98.5
  • 46, 25
  • 42.83333, 12.83333
  • 45.16667, 15.5
  • 23, -102
Additional physical characteristics
  • Typescript.
  • Missing Chapters 4-6.
Physical Repository Collection
  • St. John Family Collection
Provider Genre Archival item identifier
  • Accession Number: 2017-007
Fonds title Fonds identifier Is referenced by Date digitized
  • January 24, 2022
Technical note
  • Scanned on Plustek Opticbook3000 at 600DPI by PD. Each chapter was corner-stapled; after initial scans proved difficult, permission was received to remove the staples for scanning. They were not replaced but instead each chapter was contained by a folded piece of acid-free paper. Pages scanned in the order they were stapled. Metadata by KD.
Rights
  • Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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