A Guide to the Daniel Finlayson MacInnis fonds
Collection Number: MS-13-1Processed by Heather McCorriston
Collection Level Description
Title: Daniel Finlayson MacInnis fonds
Dates: 1909 - 1952
Extent: 20 cm. of textual records
Dr. 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 in 1918. While on staff as Senior Houseman at the Victoria General Hospital in 1917 he aided many victims of the Halifax Explosion. 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 part of the staff at the Colchester County Hospital during these years.
As an active member in several professional associations, Dr. MacInnis was made a senior member of the Canadian Medical Association and an Honorary president of the Dalhousie Medical Alumni Association. He passed away in May 1973.
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Accession 19-84. The records were donated by Dr. D. Ross MacInnis, son of Dr. Daniel F. MacInnis, in 1984.
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Fonds consists of 12 notebooks from Medical School, Dalhousie registration cards, transcript of marks, medical books, examinations and Provincial Medical Board papers.
[Identification of item], Daniel Finlayson MacInnis fonds, MS-13-1, Box [box number], Folder [folder number], Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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