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Jason Albert Hannah fonds
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[ca. 1905]-1974 (Creation)
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- Hannah, Jason Albert
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1.8 m of textual records
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Jason Albert Hannah was born 11 November, 1899 in Stittsville, Ontario. In 1903 the family moved west to Saskatchewan, then the Northwest Territories. After serving in the Canadian army from 1916 to 1919, Hannah returned to school. He attended Queen's University and received a B.A. in 1926 and an M.D. in 1928. During 1928-29 Dr. Hannah did postgraduate work in neuropathology. In 1929-30 he received the George Christian Hoffman Fellowship in Pathology and sudied in the Royal Asylum's Laboratory in Edinburgh. From 1930 to 1937 Dr. Hannah was a neuropathologist for the Ontario Department of Health and concurrently a research fellow at the Banting Institute in Toronto. During this period he won the Institute's Silver Medal for work on the cause of subdural hematoma. In 1937 Dr. Hannah left his government post to organize and preside over Associated Medical Services, Canada's first prepayment plan operating on a fee for service basis for medical and hospital care. Dr. Hannah continued with AMS until his death in 1977.
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The fonds consists of material chiefly from the late 1940's to 1973 and reflect Hannah's relationship with Queen's University. The fonds is comprised of correspondence, manuscript reminiscences (The Hannah Saga), printed material, and diplomas of Weston L Herriman (Queen's M.D 1855).
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Donated by Mrs. Jason Hannah - 1978
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- English
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2318
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