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Jean Flatt Davey fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1938-1945.

Reference:

R5080-0-6-E, MG30-E386

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101971

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Jean Flatt Davey fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1938-1945.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

58 photographs b&w.
10 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of photographic material depicting: personnel and activities of the Canadian Women's Auxialiary Air Force (C.W.A.A.F.) Training Depot, R.C.A.F., Toronto, Ontario, 1941; personnel of the Women's Division stationed at No. 3 Service Flying Training School, R.C.A.F., Calgary, Alberta, 1943; portraits of HRH Princess Alice and of F/O Jean F. Davey, R.C.A.F.

Textual material consists of lectures, addresses, informal talks, n.d., 1942-1945; memorandum, daily routine order, Air medical circulars, 1944-1945; medical reports, n.d., 1942-1945; Command Women's Division Staff Conference reports, 1944-1945; questionnaires, statistics, n.d., 1942-1943; Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force Physical Recreation Instructors Course outline, 1942; R.C.A.F. (W.D.) blank attestation papers and medical examination record, 1941, 1943; transcripts of published articles, 1938-1944; lists of R.C.A.F. women medical officers and Airwomen in the Directorate of Medical Services (Air). As well as correspondence, memorabiliia and certificate of service, n.d., 1942-1945; issues of May Air & D&D magazine, July 1943 and the Toronto Weekly News, 15 November, 1943 devoted to women at war; newspaper and magazine clippings, n.d., 1941-1944 concerning Dr. Jean Davey, women doctors in the R.C.A.F. and the R.C.A.F. (W.D.).

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Daney, Jean Flatt, 1909-1980
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Daney, Jean Flatt, 1909-1980

Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force. Women's Division

Canada. Aviation royale. Women's Division
Biography/Administrative history:

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Daney, Jean Flatt, 1909-1980 : Dr. Jean Flatt Davey, air force officer physician, was born in 1909 at Hamilton, Ont., the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.E. Davey, and graduated in medicine from the University of Toronto in 1936. She interned for two years at Toronto General Hospital and later was resident physician at Women's College Hospital, Toronto, before entering private practice.

In August of 1941 Dr. Jean Davey became the first woman member of the R.C.A.F. Medical Division when she joined the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force as medical supervisor with the rank of flight officer. She rose to the rank of squadron officer and was chief medical officer of the R.C.A.F (Women's Division). She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1943. Dr. Davey retired from the R.C.A.F. in May, 1945.

From 1950 to 1965, Dr. Davey served as Physician-in-Chief, Department of Medicine at the Women's College Hospital, Toronto. In 1958 the Department of Medicine at Women's College Hospital became a teaching department affiliated with the University of Toronto and Dr. Davey was appointed to the Faculty of Medicine. In 1968 she was promoted a full professor and in 1973 she was awarded the Order of Canada.

See also: The Canadian Who's Who, 1980.

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General note:

Received in 1981 from Miss Alice M. Hill of Toronto, Ont._
Subject heading:

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Physicians Canada

Médecins Canada

World War, 1939-1945 Canada

Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Canada
Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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1981-155 NPC

Former archival reference no.:

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MG30-E386
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 E 386] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [DAVEY, JEAN FLATT 1981-155] 6225

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Date modified:: 2024-04-09