Alexander Calhoun: Calgary's first librarian, 1911-1945

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dc.contributor.advisorKlassen, Henry C.
dc.contributor.authorDingwall, Gloria Ann
dc.coverage.spatial20000055en
dc.date.accessioned2005-07-29T21:27:29Z
dc.date.available2005-07-29T21:27:29Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 111-116.en
dc.description.abstractAlexander Calhoun was the first public librarian in Calgary and the province of Alberta. He was born in Fenelon Falls, Ontario, in 1879 and attended Queen's University from 1898 to 1902 where he studied classics. After a short career as a teacher in Fort William (Thunder Bay). Calhoun became interested in the library profession in 1910. In February 1911, Calhoun moved to Calgary to begin work as the chief librarian of the new Carnegie funded public library which was still under construction. This study examines Calhoun's experience as the founding director of the Calgary Public Library, a position he held from 1911 to 1945. It also deals with other aspects of Calhoun's public life during a period of radical change as the economic boom of the early twentieth-century was followed by World War I. the Great Depression and World War IL
dc.format.extentvii, 116 leaves ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationDingwall, G. A. (1996). Alexander Calhoun: Calgary's first librarian, 1911-1945 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/20738en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/20738
dc.identifier.isbn0612128245en
dc.identifier.lccZ 720 C34 D56 1996en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/29323
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subject.lccZ 720 C34 D56 1996en
dc.subject.lcshCalhoun, Alexander, 1879-1979
dc.subject.lcshLibrarians - Alberta - Calgary - Biography
dc.titleAlexander Calhoun: Calgary's first librarian, 1911-1945
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1026 520538449
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