Homecoming - Casey Wood: The Birdman of McGill

Thursday, October 15, 8 am – 10 pm.
Friday, October 16, 8 am – 10 pm.
Saturday, October 17, 10 am – 6 pm.
Sunday, October 18, 10 am – 6 pm.

Great library collections are enriched by donations from great individual collectors. McGill Library’s extraordinary strengths in its ornithological collections, palm leaf manuscripts, Kashmiri lacquer and bible boxes are largely the result of the personal collecting of benefactor Casey Wood. Born in Ontario in 1856, Casey Wood was educated at Ottawa, Bishop’s and McGill universities, with further studies in Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London. He was a widelytravelled ophthalmologist, ornithologist, author, translator, editor and bibliophile. Dr. Wood maintained his ties to McGill and bestowed his magnificent collections on the University. The treasures on display are drawn from the holdings of Rare Books and Special Collections, the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, the Redpath Museum and the Faculty of Medicine.