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OTTAWA,
September 29, 2000 -- The National Archives of Canada is about to
acquire the archives of Lucille Teasdale and Piero Corti, an
exceptional couple, both physicians, who devoted their lives to the
patients of St. Mary’s-Lacor hospital in Gulu, Uganda. The archival
collection consists of correspondence, including the letters the
couple exchanged before they were married; lists of the surgical
operations performed by Lucille Teasdale; photographs taken at the
Gulu hospital; medals and plaques for the highest honours awarded to
the couple in recognition of their great work and courage; and films.
The official
signing ceremony will take place in Montreal in the presence of the
National Archivist, Ian E. Wilson, Mr. Corti and Ms. Teasdale’s two
sisters who created the Lucille Teasdale and Piero Corti Foundation.
Mr. Wilson will present the cheque for the amount of the purchase to
the Foundation, which strives to ensure that the couple’s work lives
on, to promote their example and to contribute financially to the
operations of St. Mary’s-Lacor Hospital.
This event will
be held at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, October 10, 2000, at the Guy Favreau
Complex, 200 René Lévesque Boulevard, 6th Floor West, Salle du
Patrimoine 1 and 2, Montreal (Quebec). A selection of varied documents
from this collection will be on display during this event.
Media
representatives wishing to attend this private ceremony should
contact, before October 6, 2000:
Pauline Portelance
Media Relations Officer
Telephone: (613) 996-6128
E-mail: media@lac-bac.gc.ca
Further
information about the National Archives of Canada and the Lucille
Teasdale and Piero Conti Foundation can be found on their respective
Web sites: www.lhospital.org, www.collectionscanada.gc.ca.
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