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A Visit to the Redpath Sugar Museum Number 61/Spring 2017 ELANELAN Ex Libris Association Newsletter www.exlibris.ca INSIDE THIS ISSUE Refined History: A Visit to the Redpath 1 Sugar Museum Refined History: A Visit to the By Tom Eadie President’s Report 2 Redpath Sugar Museum By Elizabeth Ridler By Tom Eadie Ex Libris Biography Project 2 n October 16, 2016, a group By Nancy Williamson of Ex Libris members ELA 2016 Annual Conference Report 3 toured the Redpath Sugar By Barbara Kaye OMuseum located in the Redpath Taking it to the Streets: 4 Sugar Toronto Refinery at 95 Queen’s Summit on the Value of Libraries, Archives Quay East. Richard Feltoe, Curator and Museums [LAMs] in a Changing World and Redpath Corporate Archivist, By Wendy Newman led the tour, which featured his Technology Unmasked: Hoopla 5 knowledgeable explanations, displays By Stan Orlov of artifacts, and an interesting Richard Feltoe, Curator and Redpath Corporate Archivist, above. Enjoying Church Archives, 5 video about sugar production. lunch at Against the Grain, below. one thing leads to another… Redpath Sugar began as the Canada By Doug Robinson Sugar Refining Company, established Celebrating Canada’s Stunning 6 in Montreal in 1854 by John Redpath Urban Library Branches (1796–1869). Born in Scotland and By Barbara Clubb orphaned when young, Redpath Stratford Festival Archives 6 rose from obscurity to eminence. An By Judy Ginsler apprentice stonemason, he immigrated to Canada at the age of 20. Over time A Memory of Marie F. Zielinska (1921–2016) 7 Prepared by Ralph W. Manning, Redpath became a building contractor with contributions from Irena Bell, involved in the construction of many Frank Kirkwood, Marianne Scott, well-known Montreal buildings, and Jean (Guy) Weerasinghe including Notre-Dame Basilica, the development of sugar production and Library Treasures of Britain: 8 Montreal General Hospital, and the refining in the context of social issues The Royal College of Surgeons Bank of Montreal headquarters. He was (such as the transporting of Africans to Library and Hunterian Museum By Guy Robertson a principal contractor for the Rideau serve as slave labour in the West Indies), Canal. An increasingly prominent and of the technical developments that News We Are Watching 8 citizen, he was actively engaged in reduced costs and led to increasing Why I Became a Librarian 9 key social and political issues, such as per capita consumption of sugar. The By Sandra Black the Rebellions of 1837, the Durham advertisements of the early 20th century, Report, the Underground Railroad, and promoting the healthy benefits of sugar, Libraries Named after Librarians 10 By Suzette Giles Canadian Confederation. The elements may seem ironic in light of current of his and his family’s activities are concerns about overconsumption, I Remember Brian Land 11 well represented in the museum’s but evoke a strong sense of the times By Jean Weihs collection, and provide insights into the for which they were written and Book Reviews 12 development of Canada as a nation. provide a fascinating example of the Edited by Susan Ibbetson The museum sets the historical industrialization of foodstuffs. News from the Provinces 13 The tour was followed by lunch at the nearby urban tavern Against the Grain. News from Canadian Library/ 16 The menu was interesting, the beer-and- Information Studies Schools Hold This Date! wine list excellent, and the view of the Milestones 17 November 6, 2017 — harbour superb. Conversation flowed! Ex Libris Association 2017 Many thanks to Shirley Lewis who n Annual Conference and AGM made the arrangements for the tour. 2 ELAN Number 61/Spring 2017 President’s Report Ex Libris Biography By Elizabeth Ridler Project he Ex Libris Bob Henderson, continues to oversee By Nancy Williamson Association the Ex Libris listserv and website. (ELA) has a Suzette Giles will continue her work s of January 2017, there are 106 T2017 membership in the on ELAN. Congratulations to board names in the database, including Canadian Federation of member Agatha Barc, who completed ADavid Sinclair, Maria Flora Zielinska, Library Associations/ her project to index all ELAN Aegidius Fauteux, Gerald Richard Fédération canadienne issues, posted to the ELA website Lomer, and Hugh Hornby-Langdon. des associations bibliothèques (CFLA- by Lorne Bruce. Congratulations to Among names being worked on FCAB) dating from the Ontario our Archivist, Nancy Williamson, for are Katherine Greenfield, Brian Library Association Conference, 106 biographies of notable Canadian Land, and Maureen Woods. when board member Barbara Kaye librarians, published in the Ex Libris Names and biographies are welcome. n observed the CFLA-FCAB AGM and database; Ex Libris members look Please contact Nancy Williamson. Treasurer Bob Henderson delivered forward to the biographies of the late the membership fee to the CFLA- Brian Land, Katherine Greenfield, FCAB Senior Project Executive and Maureen Woods. The Ex Write for ELAN Kevin Brennan. The Ex Libris board Libris board appreciates John and understands that the CFLA-FCAB has Liz Warrener for their 11 years of The Newsletter Committee an interest in Ex Libris historical work organizing Ex Libris exhibit tables welcomes contributions in ELAN, its bibliographic database at various library conferences. from our members. of famous Canadian librarians and Shirley Lewis arranged an library workers, Ex Libris plaquing informative October tour at Redpath We are seeking articles, news items, libraries named for Canadian librarians, Sugar Museum and Library. (See and ideas that you think would be and the W. Kaye Lamb Award. the cover story by Tom Eadie of interest to Ex Libris members Thanks to Rick Ficek and Bob in this issue.) Vivienne James for publication in ELAN. Please Henderson for their organization is arranging a tour of the Royal submit your articles on items of of the successful ELA 2016 Annual Canadian Military Institute Library interest to our members, including Conference. (See the article by on May 15, 2017. (See below). your memoirs of early days or Barbara Kaye in this issue, page 3.) Thank you to Rick Ficek, chairman important figures in librarianship, Work has already commenced for the of the W. Kaye Lamb Committee, library history, your own career, and 2017 Annual Conference, scheduled who reviews plans for the award your current activities in the field. for November 6, 2017. Rick Ficek to seek nominations for the 2018 will investigate possible speakers. Award for service to seniors; the We especially need contributions The Ex Libris board welcomed CFLA-FCAB has agreed to help to our regular feature, “Why Tom Eadie and Wendy Newman as with publicity for the award. I Became a Librarian.” elected new members; Tom Eadie Lorne Bruce and Peter McNally accepted the vice president’s position honour the 150th anniversary For submission information, to be confirmed at the 2017 AGM. of Confederation with articles see the back page. Thanks to Sam Coghlan, Lorne Bruce, throughout this issue. and Suzette Giles, who stepped down I wish to thank all Ex Libris as board members, for all of their members and board members for their contributions to Ex Libris. Thanks to support and participation in the ELA n Lorne Bruce who, in co-operation with during my second year as President. Welcome to New ELA Members Upcoming Event: Toronto Tour We’re proud to welcome the following new ELA members: The Ex Libris Spring 2017 Toronto library/museum tour will take place on Monday, May 15, 2017, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. We will tour the Royal Donna Burton, Toronto, ON Canadian Military Institute, which has an extensive reference collection of Dorothy Drew, London, ON military history, science, art, and artifacts. It is located at 426 University Avenue. Jim Forrester, Lakefield, ON Sally Press, Thornhill, ON The free tour will be followed by lunch (optional). Please Karen Wierucki, Toronto, ON contact Vivienne James if you are interested in attending or want more information ([email protected]). ELAN Number 61/Spring 2017 3 ELA 2016 Annual Conference Report Celebrating 150 By Barbara Kaye Years of Canadian Libraries: Carnegie and Rockefeller ndrew Carnegie (1835–1919), the Carnegie Corporation of New YorkA (1911–) and the Rockefeller Foundation (1913–) have profoundly influenced Canadian libraries and librarianship. Between 1883 and 1924, Carnegie funded construction of approximately 2,500 public libraries worldwide, including 125 in Canada. Marian Misters, above left, spoke about crime writers’ associations and awards After 1919, Carnegie focused on library education: accreditation standards and ur 2016 Conference was focused federation with a mandate to financial assistance to upgrade schools held on November 7 at the serve as the voice of Canada’s library — including McGill University’s Library Northern District Branch, communities. It is currently working School. Between 1927 and 1930, McGill OToronto Public Library. The main on four major issues: copyright, moved from being a summer school, morning speaker was Marian Misters, intellectual freedom, e-book pricing, to a sessional program, to a graduate co-owner of Sleuth of Baker Street and Indigenous library services. Also program offering a one-year Bachelor of in Toronto. She spoke about the under development is an issues/policy Library Science, and weathered falling evolution of national crime writers’ forum with conferences of member enrolment during the Great Depression. groups, beginning with the Mystery associations, which will move around The Carnegie Corporation supported Writers of America in 1945, followed the country. The first AGM of the Canada’s pioneering efforts in regional by the Crime Writers’ Association CFLA-FCAB took place February 1, libraries — Fraser Valley (1929–1936) (in the U.K.) in 1953, and finally the 2017, at the OLA Super Conference in and Prince Edward Island (1933–1936) Crime Writers of Canada (CWC) in Toronto (for information and updates, — which served as models worldwide. 1982. In 1984 the CWC instituted the visit http://cfla-fcab.ca).
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