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:
- 192 pages ; 28 x 21.5 cm
- Roving Surgeon
- 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
- Typescript.
- Missing Chapters 4-6.
- St. John Family Collection
- Accession Number: 2017-007
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/st-john-family-fonds
- January 24, 2022
- 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.
- DOI
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