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Title: History of the Bibliographical Society of Canada / la Societe Bibliographique Du Canada: The First Fifty Years.
Author : Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
Release Date : January 22, 1996
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines,Books,Professional & Technical,Education,
Pages : * pages
Size : 351 KB

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Beginnings On 24 June 1942, a trio of distinguished scholars Lorne Pierce, Editor of The Ryerson Press, Ernest Cockburn Kyte, Chief Librarian of Queen's University, and Marie Tremaine, the future doyenne of Canadian bibliography, met at The Ryerson Press editorial office in Toronto to consider the creation of a Canadian bibliographical society. (2) Informal discussions and correspondence relating to this idea had been conducted for some time, (3) but now a genuine commitment was made and a first executive formed with Pierce as President pro tem, Kyte as Vice-President (he was also to draft a project for a constitution), and Tremaine as Secretary. However, to quote Marie Tremaine: `It was agreed that while these anxious days [of the Second World War] were not the time to launch a formal programme, the beginnings of a Canadian Society should be made.'