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York University Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections

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The Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections (CTASC) of York University Libraries collects manuscript, rare book and primary source materials to support research and learning by York University's faculty, students, and a community of international scholars. We are strong in the areas of Canadian history, fine arts (design, photography, music, film, theatre), philosophy, environmental history, and sexual diversity.

University Archivists

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The head of the archives has been known as the university archivist since ****. x have held this position. This position was merged with the head of Special Collections in 19##

Clara Thomas

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The Archives was renamed in honour of Clara Thomas[2] in 2005.[3] Clara McCandless Thomas (1919-2013) was an educator, author and feminist, was born in Strathroy, Ontario in 1919. She was educated at the University of Western Ontario (B.A. 1941; M.A. 1944), and the University of Toronto (Ph.D. 1962). A founding woman faculty member of York University, she began teaching in the English Department at York University in 1961 and retired from there in 1984. She was subsequently named a Canadian Studies Research Fellow in the York University Libraries and Emeritus Professor of English.

Thomas has received honorary degrees from York University, Trent University and Brock University, and she is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She has served on the editorial board of such academic journals as Journal of Canadian Studies, Journal of Canadian Fiction, and the Literary Journal of Canada (second edition), as well as writing articles on topics in Canadian literature for many journals. She is the author of several works including, Love and Work Enough: The Life of Anna Jameson (1967), Margaret Laurence (1969), Ryerson of Upper Canada (1969) and, among others, The Manawaka World of Margaret Laurence (1975). She co-authored William Arthur Deacon: A Literary Life (1982) with John Lennox. Her memoirs entitled Chapters in a Lucky Life were published in 1999.

Collections

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Some of the foundation collections that established the university's reputation as a research archives include the records of the (FWTAO), The Toronto Telegram, The Mariposa Folk Festival[4] [5] and the literary papers of Margaret Laurence. Collections reflect research strengths of York's faculty and students, including:

References

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  1. ^ Shanahan, Noreen (2008-10-29). "Hartwell Bowsfield, 86, Academic. Attention to detail defined York U historian and archivist". The Globe and Mail. p. S8 – via ProQuest Canadian Major Dailies.
  2. ^ York University Libraries. "Renaming of York University Archives". Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Archives named after York pioneer of Canlit studies". YFile. York University. 27 May 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ Carson, Sara (6 July 2010). "Legendary Mariposa going digital". Orillia Packet & Times. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ "York acquires Mariposa Folk Festival archives". YFile. York University. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
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