Fontanus - (E-Journal - McGill University)

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Frost, Stanley Brice

English

The Redpath Hall: The Portraits

Contributors 
Allan Bell has a B.A. (Honour. ) in English Language and Literature from Queen' Universi ty, King ·ton, Ontario 
and an M.L.I. . from McGill University (1992) . He i the A. istant Computer Services Library in the Humanities 
and Social ciences Library. McGill Univer ity. 
tanle · Bruce Fro ·t joined McGill Univer ·ity in 1956 a · Professor of Old Testament Languages and Literature 
and during the next two decades became intimately concerned with the admini Irati n and direction of the 
Unive ity . He wa · appointed Dean of the Faculty of Divinity in 1957, Dean of the Faculty of Graduate tudi 
and R • ·earch in 1963, and Vice-Principal (Admini tration) in 1970. For ten year ·, he wa · chairman of the 
University Libraries Committ~. amed Director of the History of M Gill Project in 1974, he has been the moving 
spiri t in the organization of the popular James McGi ll ociety , serving first as it executive ecretary and now a<; 
Honounuy President. Hi publications include Old Testamem Apocalyptic 1952, Standing and Under tandin , 1969 
and the two volumes of the McGill hi ·tory , 1980 and 1984. A biography of Cyril Jam wa published in 1991 
and a Life of lame. McGill is scheduled for 1994. 
John Hobbins obtained hi B.A. (Hon . . Hi. tory, 1966) and hi s M.L .. (1968) from McGill niversi ty. Since thc::n 
he has worked for the McGill University Libraries a. Reference Librarian, Instructional ervices ibmrian, Head 
of Interlibrary Loan, Head of Acquisitions, entral Tt:<:hnical Services and Acting Law Area Librarian. He i 
currently A ociate Director of Libraries with a pecial re pon ibility for Sy tem and Technic-al Services. He i 
a former contrihutor to Fonranu , including two articl ba ed on the Humphrey papers. 
Peter F. 1cNall . is an A ·sociate Prof~ sor in McGill Uni ver ity' Graduate School of Library and Information 
Studie · where he lectur and publi hes ex tensively in Reference, Bibliography, and the Hi ·tory of Book ·, Printing 
and Libraries. Before joining th School's faculty he was a librarian in the McG ill Universi ty Libraries where he 
held the po ition, among other , of Librarian of the Lawrcn e Lande Canadiana Coli tion. His degree.<; are in 
Hir;to ry and Librarian hip from McGill and the Universi ty of Western Ontario. He i Convenor of the Library 
Hi tory Interest Group of the anadian Library A sociation. 
Rohert H. Michel i · an archivi ·t in the McGill Uni ersity Archi ~ and a faculty lectun:r in th~ rautlat~ S hool 
of Library and In formation Studies for the team-taught archives oursc. He hold · a doctor.tte in hi ·to ry from 
McGill University. He i a member of the Acquisi tion ommitt:e of the Canadian Council of Ar hives, establi ·hed 
to h lp preserve Canada' documentary heritage. He serves on the executive of the Jam McGill Society, which 
present lecture on M Gill's hi to ry. 
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Contributors

Ormsby, Eric

Introduction 
Though the limestone portals of the entrance to the Redpath Library are worn by a century of Montreal winters 
and have an unexpectedly venerable appearance, one can still clearly discern the word LIBRARY cut into the arch 
and the somewhat mysterious initials RLB, as well as the Latin motto which remains as apt today as when the 
Redpath Library first opened its doors, one hundred years ago: Ne timeas recte faciendo. The Redpath Library 
has not served as a library for many years now, serving instead the honourable role, under the jurisdiction of the 
Faculty of Music, of a ceremonial hall for the University at large. Even so, Redpath Hall remains in certain 
respects the very embodiment of McGill's libraries, as much for its graceful and dignified exterior, complete with 
tower and gargoyles (out of which the newer Redpath and McLennan Libraries extend to the south), as for its 
beautiful interior whose spaciousness and radiance evoke that attitude of respect for learning which has long 
characterized McGill. In its stately outward appearance and festive, almost indefinable atmosphere within, Repdath 
Hall seems to epitomize some essential spirit of McGill itself. 
It is therefore appropriate that the sixth volume of Fontanus focus on Redpath Hall, the doors of which opened 
on October 31, 1893, almost exactly a century ago. In this centennial compilation, some six articles or notes deal 
with Redpath Hall, both the building itself as well as some of the exceptionally significant collections which as a 
library it housed and indeed, attracted. The building and the book collections, most notably the Redpath Tracts, 
were among the most generous gifts of Peter and Grace Redpath, two extraordinary benefactors to McGill 
University. It is of particular interest that Grace Redpath, until her death in 1907, actively continued building the 
Redpath Library's collections, and did so for many years following her husband Peter's sudden death only months 
after the opening festivities for the library which bore his name. 
Fontanus VI includes among its articles a "celebratory anthology" of texts of historical interest on Redpath Hall, 
beginning with Sir William Dawson's In Memorium for Peter Redpath. There are many interesting, moving and 
even amusing passages in these texts. The vivid descriptions of the Redpath Library in 1901 and thereafter by 
Sydney B. Mitchell are especially entertaining; Mitchell makes the place itself, and the people who filled it, come 
briefly alive again. And for a librarian, the report at half-century by then University Librarian Gerhard Lomer 
makes fascinating, if at moments melancholy, reading: so many essential problems remain with us! 
Fontanus VI contains two important and fascinating essays on subjects not directly linked to Redpath Hall and 
its centennial - one essay on 17th-century England and another on Quebec in the 1940s - as well as a number of 
notes and comments of particular significance. 
It is a pleasure to acknowledge, with thanks, the indefatigable efforts of Dr. Hans Moller, Research and 
Development Librarian and Editor of Fontanus. Under his editorship, Fontanus has grown into an outstanding 
Canadian scholarly journal which is read with admiration both here and abroad. Special thanks are due as well to 
Dr. Richard Virr, Curator of Manuscripts in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, for his expert 
editorial assistance. 
As Director of Libraries, I am especially proud to have the honour of introducing this edition of Fontanus and 
thus to see some lasting connection forged between our predecessors - benefactors, administrators, faculty, librarians 
and students of a century ago, - ourselves today, and those still to come after us. 
Dr. Eric Ormsby 
Director of Libraries 


Introduction

Papius, Hanna

Notes and Comments 
York 1988), p. 194 reports that they exchanged charges of homosexuality and mistreatment of wives. According 
to Kenneth S. Lynn, Hemingway (New York 1987), p.417, Hemingway heard McAlmond planned to write 
unpleasant things about him in his reminiscences (returning Hemingway's uncomplimentary portrayal of McAlmond 
in Death in the Afternoon) and beat him up without waiting for confirmation or denial. 
10. The match took place on Sunday, 27 Oct. 1935 in New York before a crowd of 32,000 including the 
Postmaster-General James Farley. The New York Times, 28 Oct. 1935 and 3 Nov. 1935 reports the game, noting 
that Chicago had won the game from behind (14-13) through a strong running attack and a wide-spread passing 
formation, particularly a forward pass from Ike Peterson to Bill Smith which gained 46 yards and a touchdown. 
Perhaps, that was the play Callaghan meant but the columnists do not mention the strategy in Callaghan's terms. 
11. Letter, Morley Callaghan to Dink Carroll, undated (accompanying envelope postmarked 2 Dec. 1935), MG 
415 1, c.4, file: "Letters from Morley Callaghan". 
12. Letter, Loretto Callaghan to Margaret Carroll, 18 March 1949, MG 4151, c.4, File: "Letters from L. 
Callaghan". The Montreal novel was The Loved and the Lost (1951). 
13. MG 4151, c.1, untitled. 
14. Archives MATCH Volunteer Elizabeth Shapiro, who helped arrange and describe the Carroll Papers, undertook 
the daunting task of identifying and piecing together the often-disordered works of fiction. 
15. MG 4151, c. 1, untitled story. 
16. MG 4151, c. 1, file 4: drafts for an untitled novel(?) 
17. MG 4151, c. 1, untitled. 
18. Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (1926), chapter 3: "Brett was damned good looking. She wore a 
slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's. She started all that." 
History of the Polish Institute Library in Montreal 
By Hanna M. Pappius, Ph.D. 
Director of the Library, Polish Institute 
In 1943 a group of Polish academics who had found refuge in Montreal, together with a number of their 
Canadian colleagues and with the enthusiastic support of the eminent Polish historian Professor Oskar Halencki, then 
at Columbia University, established the Canadian Section of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America. 
One of the first decisions of the new section was to start a library. Subsequently, the Canadian Section became the 
Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Canada (PIASC). As PIASC approaches its 50th anniversary the Polish 
Library at McGill University can be considered as its most important and enduring achievement. 
In 1943 the library consisted of a small collection of books for the use of members of PIASC. By the end of 
World War I1 its character had changed with a readership extending to the whole Polish community in Montreal 
and beyond, although it continued to be run exclusively by volunteers. It was only in 1982 that PIASC obtained 
a grant from the City of Montreal for the services of a professional librarian. This was a crucial development for 
the Polish Library as its operation without professional staff was begining to seriously impair its growth. In the 
last decade the Polish Library has steadily increased its holdings and its activities. 
Notes and Cotntnetzts 
The Polish Institute Library 
157 
Notes and Commertts 
From its inception the Polish Library was a special concern of Mrs. Wanda Stachiewicz its founder, for many 
years its Director and to this day its Curator. While over the years many individuals have contributed to the growth 
of the library under the leadership of Mrs. Stachiewicz, it is she who must be credited with its development over 
the decades into an important Polish cultural institution in North America. In appreciation of her invaluable 
contributions, at the annual meeting in 1984, members of PIASC voted to name the library The Wanda Stachiewicz 
Polish Library. 
Polish Library Holdings 
The Polish Library collections consist primarily of the humanities divided (approximately) between literature 
(35 %), history and social studies (35 %), arts (15 %), religion (5 %), and children's literature (10%). The majority 
of the books are in Polish, but both English and French publications on Polish subjects or by Polish authors are 
included. 
The total number of items in our inventory book, which lists acquisitions since the Library's inception, is 40,000 
as of July 1992. This, however, includes duplicates and does not account for losses in the intervening years. The 
actual total of books currently in the library is estimated as between 30,000-35,000. About 1,000 books are now 
added to the holdings each year, partly by purchase, partly from private donations and as gifts from various 
publishers. 
About 15,000 of the books in the Polish Library can be considered as part of our "academic" collection, as 
defined by our agreement with the McGill University Libraries, and these are included in the MUSE on-line 
catalogue. The remaining 20,000 books are translations into Polish from other languages and material for our 
popular lending library. The Polish Library also contains several hundred periodical titles and a valuable collection 
of old maps and graphics. 
Activities of the Polish Library 
The Polish Library is a reference library for staff and students of McGill University and other Montreal 
universities. Items already listed in the McGill on-line catalogue and hence in the UTLAS database are available 
to users of most university libraies in Canada and some in the United States. 
The Polish Library in Montreal is also a community lending library open to interested individuals on payment 
of a modest fee. Currently the library has over 1,300 registered regular users who in the academic year 1991-92 
borrowed 16,500 books. The library operates a reading room with a large number of periodicals and newspapers 
published both in Poland and in North America. The Polish Library receives daily from Warsaw via electronic mail 
a bulletin of lastest events in Poland, called DONOSY. 
Support 
From the beginning of its existance PIASC and its library have found their home at McGill. After a modest 
beginning in a single room, the Polish Library is now housed in a University building on Peel Street. Without this 
very substantial support by McGill, the Polish Library could not have developed and prospered as it has. The Polish 
Library is a unique insitution in that it is an independent library owned and operated by a Polish-Canadian cultural 
organization but closely associated with a prestigious North American university. 
While the financial situation of the Polish Library has sometimes been difficult, in recent years the support of 
the Polish community in Canada has made it possible for the Library not only to maintain the level of its services 
but also to grow substantially and initiate its modernization by the computerization of its catalogue. Currently the 
Notes and Comrnents 
Library's operating funds come from several sources. Since 1982 the Library receives an annual grant from the 
City of Montreal towards the salary of a professional librarian. During the last ten years the Library has received 
annual support from the Polish Cultural Foundation of Quebec and the Millenium Fund of Toronto. Finally, since 
1988 the Library has organized an annual public appeal for funds, directed to the Polish community in Canada. 
Personnel 
Since 1985 Mr. Stefan Wladysiuk, M.L.S., graduate in Library Science of University of Gdansk, has been the 
Polish Library Librarian. He is responsible for all aspects of library activities. In 1988 Ms. Sophie Bogdanski, 
M.L.S., graduate in Library Science from University of Toronto joined the library staff as Librarian Cataloguer. 
From its inception the Polish Library has relied on the work of a dedicated group of volunteers. At present, 
under the guidance of the Librarian, 18 persons are responsible for the operation of the lending library, internal on- 
line cataloguing of acquisitions, binding and general maintenance of the holdings. 
Currently the position of the Director of the Polish Library is held by Dr. Hanna M. Pappius, Ph.D., Professor 
in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University and, since 
1988, Vice-President of PIASC. 
Modernization of the Polish Library 
In 1989 a decision was made to modernize the Polish Library. Discussions were initiated with Dr. Eric Ormsby, 
Director of McGill University Libraries to have the Polish Library holdings incorporated into the McGill on-line 
catalogue in order to make them more widely known and used, and to connect the Polish Library to the MUSE 
system. A 1989 review of the Polish Library holdings by McGill Library representatives showed that approximately 
13,000 volumes of monographs (history of Poland 4,500; Polish literature 2,400; social sciences 1,700; biography 
1,500, fine arts 1,200; religion and philosophy 950; reference 1,000) represented a "valuable, unique collection of 
material relating to one country" whose "growth and preservation was very much of interest. " Subsequently, it was 
agreed that material meeting McGill University criteria would be incorporated in the MUSE on-line catalogue with 
the Polish Institute Library as the "location." Briefly, it was decided that books on Polish history and culture in 
the widest sense and classics of Polish literature would all be included in MUSE, while translations from other 
languages into Polish and material obviously suitable only for the general public would be excluded. 
The decision to include the Polish Library material, previously catalogued according to the Dewey classification, 
in the MUSE catalogue necessitated its recataloguing according to the Library of Congress classification into 
UTLAS database in use at McGill. It was agreed that this would be done in the Technical Services Department of 
McGill Libraries by a cataloguer hired by the Polish Library. 
As a part of the modernization process it was decided that Polish Library's internal catalogue would also be 
computerized. 
Since September 1989 all new "academic" acquisitions have been catalogued by Ms. Sophie Bogdanski from 
Technical Services at McGill with some help from a part-time library technician and all acquisitions have been 
incorporated into our internal computerized catalogue by two volunteers under the supervision of the librarian. 
During the intervening three years the mechanisms for the cataloguing of the Polish Library material were developed 
according to our rather unique needs and fine-tuned for efficient operation. They were shown to be workable and 
can now be considered as fully operative. The Polish Library is totally committed to re-cataloguing its entire 
"academic" collection and funds are being sought currently for this purpose. 
Notes and Comments 
The Reading Room of the Polish Institute Library. 
Highlights of the Polish Library Collection 
The most important items of the Polish Library collection are found in its reference section of approximately 
1,500 volumes. Of particular interest are The Geographical Dictionary of the Polish Kingdom and other Slavic 
Countriesy,' by Filip Sulimierski and others (1880-1914) in 16 v.; Polish ~ r m o r i a l s , ~  by Kasper Niesiecki (1839- 
1846) in 10 v. and anothe9 by Adam Boniecki (1899-1913) in 16 v.; The Polish Bibliography started by Karol 
Estreicher in 1872 and The Polish Bibliographical Dictions$ beginning with 1935 vol. 1. The Polish Library also 
has numerous statistical annuals and language dictionaries. 
An unusual item in our collection is a facsimile of the manuscript popularly known as the Codex of Behem, 1505. 
The manuscript contains the privileges and statutes of the city of Cracow. The twenty-seven anonymous miniatures, 
inspired by Flemish and south German art, are an integral part of the manuscript. These depict Christ on the Cross, 
the coat of arms of the city of Cracow, the emblems of certain guilds, and above all, scenes from the daily lives 
of merchants and artisans. The Codex of Behem, with its miniatures, is a unique source of history of municipal 
law, economics, culture and customs of a 16th century Polish city. The original belongs to the Jagiellonian Library 
of Cracow. 
Sources pertaining to Polish history and jursidiction in the Polish Library deserve special attention. The Polish 
Library owns an English edition of the 3rd of May Constitution of 1791 and a four-volume "Annals of Law" passed 
by the Duchy of Warsaw (1807-1815) published in both Polish and French. There is also a 6-volume "Annals of 
Law" of the Kingdom of Poland, as the country was known between 1815-19 18 under the Russian occupation. It 
Notes and Comments 
is of interest that these ukases (decrees) were published in Polish and Russian. Finally, the Polish Library has 
copies of the two constitutions of Poland and the "Annals of Law" for the period between World Wars I and 11, as 
well as a number of commentaries on Polish consitutional and legal matters. All these provide a valuable and in- 
depth material for research on the history of the Polish parliamentary system that had been in existence in one form 
or other for nearly 500 years. 
During the post-war period when writing in Poland was under strict censorship, the Polish Library developed 
a unique co l l ec t i o~  of materials dealing with Polish history and culture published clandestinely in Poland and openly 
in the West. 
Conclusion 
The Polish Library at McGill owes its continuing development to the generosity of the enlightened members of 
the Polish-Canadian community, to efforts of its devoted volunteers and last, but not least, to the support of McGill 
University. 
During almost half a century the library contributed to preserving independent Polish thought and culture. With 
the recent political changes in Central Europe it is possible to establish uncensored contacts with academic 
institutions in Poland, where currently western advances in library technology are being implemented. This will 
allow the Polish Library to take advantage of a variety of resources available in Poland, for example on-line access 
to the Polish National Bibliography and catalogues of various university libraries. These contacts with sources in 
Poland will make them more accessible to interested users in Canada. At the same time, researchers in Poland will 
be able to make full use of the unique holdings of the Polish Library. Thus the future of the Polish Library is 
bright. 
The Polish Library is located at 3479 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1W7. Telephone: [5 141 398-6978. 
Fax: [5 141 398-81 84. E-mail: CXSW@MUSICA.McGILL.CA 
Notes 
1. Slownik Geograjinny Krolestwa Polskiego i Intzych Krajow Slowianskich (Geographical Dictionary of the Polish 
Kingdom and other Slavic Countries), by Filip Sulimierski and others 1880-1914 (facsimile reprint) in sixteen 
volumes. 
2 .  Herbarz Polski (Polish Armorials), by Kasper Niesiecki, 1839-1846 (reprint) in ten volumes. 
3. Herbarz Polski by Adam Boniecki, 1899-1913 (reprint) in sixteen volumes. 
4.  Bibliograjica Polska (Polish Bibliography) started by Karol Estreicher in 1872. 
5. Polski Slownik Biograjiczny (Polish Biographical Dictionary) begun in 1935. 


History of the Polish Institute Library in Montreal

Michel, Robert H.

Pseudochristus: A Religious Romance, 1649–1650

McNally, Peter F.

Dignified and Picturesque: Redpath Library in 1893

Hobbins, A.J.

Canadian Unity and Quebec in 1942: A Roundtable Discussion among John Humphrey, Hugh MacLennan and Émile Vaillancourt

Grew, John

Notes and Comments 
Notes 
1. Scrapbooks, McGill University Archives, no. 1, p. 22. Provenance not indicated, but probably from The Gazette 
at some time in 1866. 
2. McGill University Archives, file RG40 c2 1452. 
3. For an interesting example, see Dionysios Hatzopoulos and Richard Virr, "The Voyage of Giovanni da 
Verrazzano: A Newly Discovered Manuscript," Fontanus V (1992), 7-32. 
4. Preserved in the Retrospective Conversion Unit, Central Technical Services, McGill University Libraries. 
5. Scrapbooks, no. 1, p. 220, (Gazette, 7th July 1894). 
6. Scrapbooks, no. 2, p. 34 (Gazette, 4th July, 1903). 
7. Scrapbook, no. 2, p. 261 (Montreal Star, 28 May 1908). 
8 .  McGilE News, 3, 3 (1921/22), 4. 
9. Financial information from the files of the Secretariat of McGill University now lodged in the University 
Archives, and oral information from Mr. Calvin D. Evans, Area Librarian, Humanities and Social Sciences Area 
Library, and Mr. Matthew Collier, Treasurer's Department. 
10. Information from the order books of the Redpath and McLennan Libraries, now housed in the Monograph 
Acquisitions Unit, Central Technical Services. Further order information provided is drawn from the same source. 
Redpath Hall and the Faculty of Music 
By John Grew 
Dean, Faculty of Music 
Over the years Redpath Hall has played a major role in the life of the Faculty of Music, and prior to the 
construction of Pollack Concert Hall it served as the Faculty's main concert hall. The sixties were especially 
significant for the growth of the Faculty of Music, and under the leadership of Dean Helmut Blume the concert life 
in Redpath Hall took on a new dimension. Hundreds of CBC broadcasts originated from this hall, and the "Faculty 
Fridays" were heard from coast to coast. 
With the opening of Pollack Concert Hall in the spring of 1975, Redpath Hall was temporarily lost too the 
Faculty of Music. However, the gift of the University Organ gave new life to this great hall, and eventually 
returned it to the Faculty of Music as a concert venue. As part of our academic exercise the Faculty presents over 
400 concerts a year, and well over 100 of these take place in Redpath Hall. In addition, the organ is the main 
teaching instrument for what has become one of the most flourishing programmes of organ study in North America. 
And the concert going public of Montreal has rediscovered the splendid acoustics of this hall as it has become home 
to organizations such as Musica Camerata, Allegra, Le Clavier d'autrefois, and Ensemble Arion. 
The University Organ (see illustration on page 34) was inaugurated in May 1981 with a four day symposium 
entitled "The Organ in Our Time." Subsequently, the papers and proceedings of this symposium were edited by 
Notes and Comments 
GRAND-ORGUE (C-g"') RECIT (f-dm') 
Dessus de fliite 
Bourdon 
Prestant 
Nazard 
Quarte de nazard 
Tierce 
Larigot 
Foumiture I Ill 
Cymbale 11, I I 
Crornorne 8 
ACCESSORIES 
POSIGO, GOIPED, POSIPED 
8 Bourdon 16 Bourdon 8 
8 Montre 8 Prestant 4 
4 Bourdon 8 Comet 111 
2 2 ~ 3  Prestant 4 Hautbois 8 
2 Grosse tierce 3 
1 3/5 Nazard 2 21, 
I ' I ,  Doublette 2 PEDALE (C-f, reeds AA-P) 
Trernblant fort 
Trernblant doux 
Rossignol 
Plein-vent 
Tierce 
Fourniture 2 
Cyrnbale 
Cornet (c'-d) 
Trornpette 
Clairon 
Voix hurnaine 
Bourdon 
Fliite 
Gros nazard 
Fliite 
Grosse tierce 
Fliite 
Bornbarde 
Trornpette 
Clairon 
Unequal temperament according to  
d'Alernberc A=4 15 
the late Professor Donald Mackey and published at McGill. Over four hundred scholars, organ builders, and 
players of the instrument from every corner of the globe came together for this occasion. Reviews of the conference 
in scholarly journals praised it as quite possibly one of the finest ever on organological matters. 
The donor of the organ had a vision of adding something beautiful to this splendid hall. Certainly the organ case 
itself, modeled as it is after that of St. Etienne-du-Mont in Paris, complements well the architecture of the room 
as it tends to draw the eye towards the intricacies of the hammer beam ceiling. Also, being in a university allowed 
us to entertain a pedagogical purpose, thus the decision to create a twentieth century organ in the French classical 
tradition - the goal being to play the music of DeGrigny and Couperin with the appropriate colours and correct 
accent. Although this organ is not a slavish copy of a particular instrument, the builder had as a resource that great 
18th century treatise L 'Art du facture d'orgue written by the Benedictine scholar Dom &dos de Celles. Most of 
the pipe scales and other details of construction are based on information contained in this treatise. However, during 
the four year planning period, solutions had to be found to such problems as pitch, tuning system, winding system, 
and placement of the pedal division. 
Again the architecture of Redpath Hall played a decisive role. Owing to the shape of the roof it was impossible 
to house the pedal division in the main case as would have been the tradition. It was decided to opt for the Alsatian 
solution by placing the pedal division behind the main case as did Andreas Silbermann at Marmoutier and 
Ebersmunster. This placement of the pedal also allowed us to build a larger division (notably the 16' reed), which 
thereby extended the repertoire possibilities. This is just one example of the organ builder's creative solution to 
a problem which produced salutary effects for the music. 
Notes and Comments 
As Redpath Hall celebrates its 100th Anniversary the builder of the University Organ, Hellmuth Wolff, celebrates 
the 25th anniversary of his firm. Mr. Wolff is of Swiss origin and he established his organ buiding business in 1968 
in Laval, Quebec. The Redpath Hall organ stands at mid-point in his career and he is widely recognized today as 
one of the world's leading organ builders. It would be no exaggeration to say that decisions made during the 
Redpath Hall installation have informed all his subsequent work. But all creation begins with a vision, and as 
Hellmuth Wolff wrote in the inaugural programme, "The opportunity to build an organ in French classical style and 
the chance to install it in such a marvellous building as Redpath Hall has surely been a rewarding experience for 
all who have collaborated in the project. For once we have been permitted to realize a dream and we owe the 
realization of that dream to a benefactor without whose generosity the gallery of this hall would still be empty." 
The Austin "Dink" Carroll Papers in the University Archives 
By Robert Michel 
Archivist, McGill Utliversiry Archives 
The papers of Austin "Dink" Carroll (1899-1991) in the University Archives document the career of one of 
Montreal's best known sports editors and reveal a talented author of fiction.' They include articles on sports as well 
as letters from hockey and baseball figures, and from readers of Carroll's columns, commenting on issues such as 
the riot that followed the suspension of Montreal Canadiens hockey player Maurice Richard in 1955. Most 
important, the papers also contain unpublished short stories and novel fragments as well as letters from Carroll's 
close friend, writer Morley Callaghan (1903-1990). What follows will offer a glimpse of Carroll's literary side. 
Carroll played football at McGill University, where he received his law degree in 1923. He never practised law; 
instead he made sports and writing his vocation. He was a travelling road secretary for the Toronto Maple Leafs 
of the International Baseball League, worked in advertising for the Canadian Pacific Railway, and wrote freelance 
before establishing himself as a sports journalist at the Montreal Gazette from 1941 until 1987.' He boxed, fly- 
fished, and golfed and wrote on these sports as well as on hockey, football and baseball. Other reporters admired 
Carroll for his literacy, honesty, refusal to accept gifts from team promoters, and tactful omission from his column 
of things blurted out by athletes drinking too long into the night in Montreal bars3 According to Peggy Carroll, 
her husband never took notes, relying wholly on his memory. This encouraged the athletes and managers he 
interviewed to speak freely. Carroll would track down some of the players he wanted to interview with the help 
of tipsters. Other athletes would drop into his Gazette office - among them was Maxie Berger, a leading Montreal 
boxer in the 1940s and 1950s. Once they were talking about books and Carroll asked what he'd read lately. Berger 
replied: "No novels but I have been dipping into S p i n o ~ a " . ~  
While other sports writers may have dreamed of being athletes, Carroll probably dreamed of being a novelist 
like his friends Morley Callaghan, Hugh McLennan and Mordecai Richler (Figure 1). At ninety Carroll advised 
young journalists: "Use simple words. But use them in a fresh way - the way Churchill did. "* His Gazette columns 
and his stories show he followed his rule. McLennan told his McGill classes to read Carroll's column for prose 
style,6 while Callaghan gave stories to Carroll for comment before sending them to the publisher.' 
The Carroll Papers include about thirty letters from Callaghan to Dink and Margaret Carroll from the 1930s to 
the 1980s, with news about friends and writing projects, comments on sports, and occasional gossip about writers. 
Writing to Carroll in December 1935 from New York, Callaghan related the story of a fight a year or two earlier 
between Ernest Hernmingway and his ex-publisher Robert McAlmon. Callaghan seems to have picked up 
McAlmon's version after running into him in New York. Callaghan wrote: 


Redpath Hall and the Faculty of Music

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All manu, cript (in two c pies) mu ·t be ty~written and double- ·pa ed. Articles may also be submitted on computer 
di k , u ing WordPerfect 4.2, 5.0 or 5 . 1 software. Ole! hould be numbered consecutively and follow the text of 
the article . Author's name ·houkl appear after the title and before the text of the article . A short biographical note 
of no more than 100 word · ·hould be included. Degrees, current and previous po ition. and major publication 
·hould be listed . 
Ab tracts 
A brief ab tract (of no more than 200 words) of the content of the article should be prepared by the author. 
Fonn of Citation 
Manu ript should conform to the tandard outlined in The Canadian Style: a guide to writing and editing (by the 
Department of the ecretary of State of Canada) Toronto, London: Dundum , 1985. Translation of passage: in other 
than French or Engli ·h ·hould be provided in the text. 
Illustrations 
Photocopie of vi ual material (with brief caption ) mu 1 be ·ubmitted for initial evaluation. Once an article ha 
been ac cpted, the author is responsible for upplying clear black and white glo · y photo 0 and for ·ecuring the 
permi ion to publi h opyright material if nece sary. 
Fomanu i publi ·hed in the early part of each calendar year. Arti les 0 uhmitted before St:ptemher 15 are eligible 
for con ·ideration for the following year' i ue. Authors\ ill have the opportunity to review their manu. cript · after 
editing h been completed . 
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