Fontanus - (E-Journal - McGill University)

Dunbar, M.J.

English

Greenland Adventure: 1935, Diary of a very young man, age 20

Graham, Conrad E. W.

Notes and Comments 
entertaining or the didactic with its compelling, disturbing narrative of archetypal greed and 
redemption. The end of the Victorian era is represented by the whimsical In Fairyland (l875), 
first published 1870, by William Allingham (1824-89) and illustrated by Richard Doyle. Housed 
in Rare Books, this poem was one of the initiators of the trend for "Fairie" verse which continued 
well into the 20th century. 
Within the scope of this note it has only been possible to touch upon four genres: horn-books, 
books of instruction, stories pre- 1850 and poetry. These are representative of the wealth and 
breadth of early children's books in the McGill University Libraries. Hidden treasures such 
as the fine chapbook collection, works of famous illustrators, early children's periodicals, and 
adventure stories, to name but a few, deserve further attention, and will be highlighted in 
future research. 
References 
Carpenter, Humphrey and Mari Prichard. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. 
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. 
Darton, F. J. Harvey. Children's Books in England; Five Centuries of Social Life. 3rd ed. 
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910; a Catalogue. 2 vols. Toronto: Toronto 
Public Library, 1975. 
Quayle, Eric. Early Children's Books: A Collector's Guide. Newton Abbot, Devon: David and 
Charles, 1983. 
Tuer, Andrew W. History of the Horn Book. New York: Benjamin Blom, 1968. 
A Portrait of Mary Todd Ferrier 
by Conrad E. W. Graham 
Registrar, McCord Museum of Canadian History 
Mary Todd Ferrier (1799-188 1) 
oil on canvas, 1828 
size: 76.2 X 63.5 cm. 
inscribed on reverse: 'Aged 28, 1828" artist: attributed to Levi Stevens (d. 1832) 
purchase: Sotheby's Auction, Toronto, April 4, 1990 
ex collection: John L. Russell 
McCord Museum of Canadian History: M990.676.1 
The portrait of Mary Todd Ferrier was purchased for the McCord collection at Sotheby's in 
Toronto on April 4, 1990. The acquisition of this portrait permitted the museum to re-unite 
a pair of portraits; as the portrait of her husband the Hon. James Ferrier (1800-1888)), Chancellor 
of McGill University (1845-52) was already in the collection (M989X.76). 
The painting shows a 314 face, waist to head portrait of a woman with a white gauze bonnet 
and wearing coral drop earrings. Her dress is black and rather severe but reflects the fashionable 
dress of the late 1820s. 
Notes and Comments 


A Portrait of Mary Todd Ferrier

Ormsby, Eric


Dedication to Dr. Samuel 0. Freedman 
This, the fourth volume of Fontanus, is dedicated in honour of Dr. Samuel 0. Freedman, 
Vice-Principal (Academic), McGill University, for the past ten years. 
It is especially appropriate to dedicate this volume to Dr. Freedman, for no Academic Vice- 
Principal in memory has devoted so much generous attention to the betterment of our libraries. 
Dr. Freedman leaves our libraries in a far superior condition to what he encountered ten years 
ago. All of us owe him a sincere debt of appreciation. 
It is hardly possible in a brief preface to enumerate all the manifold ways in which Dr. 
Freedman has sought to improve library services and collections, but I wish to emphasize a 
few of the most significant. Thanks to Dr. Freedman's farsightedness the McGill University 
Libraries now offer a highly sophisticated and virtually complete automation of services. 
Automated circulation is the most conspicuous of these services, but perhaps even more sig- 
nificant and enduring is the creation of the automated catalogue itself, McGillS MUSE database. 
This database, now comprising well over a million separate records and accessible not only 
by author and title but by subject, keyword, and Boolean search, has been a major achievement. 
Dr. Freedman deserves much of the credit for this, since he saw from the inception of auto- 
mation that the conversion of catalogue records from written cards to electronic format-the 
"Recon" project-had to occur simultaneously with the installation of the Notis system. As a 
result, while Notis was being implemented, many thousands of records were also being con- 
verted; this was a courageous decision for it meant a certain delay in the provision of very visible 
public services (such as circulation) in favour of the superior on-line catalogue, which we now 
enjoy. 
The automation of our libraries was but one of a number of projects and concerns which 
Dr. Freedman has overseen during his tenure as Academic Vice-Principal. His deep and abiding 
committment to the library's collections, weakened by inflation and reduced budgets, has been 
crucial. Thanks to Dr. Freedman's efforts, a substantial portion of monies raised during the 
last McGill Advancement Program was set aside for both retrospective and current acquisitions. 
These funds, and most particularly the rattrapage funds, have made an enormous difference, 
permitting the Library to undo some of the damage of the last 15 years. 
Dr. Freedman's dedication to the highest standards of research and scholarship has had a 
huge impact, not only in faculties but in the libraries as well. He has championed the right 
of professional librarians to be full academic staff members and has steadfastly encouraged 
research projects and sabbatic leaves by librarians. In so doing, he has made the McGill 
University Library a challenging and inspiring place in which to work. All of us, librarians 
and library assistants, are sincerely grateful for his constant interest and encouragement. 
It is, of course, especially fitting in this light to offer the present volume of Fontanus in Dr. 
Freedman's honour, for he has from the beginning supported the creation of a journal of schol- 
arly research based on McGill collections. As chairman of the Fontanus Management Committee, 
Dr. Freedman has lent his insight and discernment to the continuance and development of 
this journal, devoted to the exploration of collections in libraries, archives and musuems of 
McGill University. 
Despite budgetary constraints and bureaucratic debacles, Dr. Freedman has been not merely 
a superb administrator but a genuine friend of libraries, learning, and scholarship. His lead- 
ership over the past decade has been an inspiration to all of us. While we wish him every success 
in his new position as Professor of Medicine and Director of Research at the Sir Mortimer B. 
Davis Jewish General Hospital, we would like this fourth volume of Fontanus to serve as a 
visible and lasting acknowledgement of the appreciation and friendship which Dr. Freedman 
has inspired during his tenure as Academic Vice-principal. 
Dr. Eric Ormsby 
Director of Libraries 


Dedication to Dr. Samuel O. Freedman

Cohen, Marilyn

Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline

Notes and Comments 
Early Children's Books in  the McGill University Libraries 
by Marilyn Cohen,  Head, Education Library 
and Jacquel ine  Reid-Walsh, Lecturer, Faculty of Education 
When by these gentle ways he [the child] begins to be able to read, 
some easy pleasant Book suited to his Capacity, should be put into 
his Hands, wherein the entertainment that he finds, might draw him 
on, and reward his Pains in Reading, and yet not such as should fill 
his Head with perfectly useless trumpery, or lay the principles of Vice 
and Folly. 
John Locke. Some Thoughts Concerning Education, 1693 
Researchers of early children's literature can turn to a number of well known collections 
in Canada: The Osborne Collection, Boys and Girls House, Toronto Public Libraries, the 
Children's Literature Service at the National Library of Canada, the L.M. Montgomery Collection 
at the University of Guelph and the Arkley Collection at the University of British Columbia. 
Descriptions of these collections are available to scholars through various articles, books and 
bibliographies. 
Among the treasures of McGill University Libraries are many early children's books with 
British, American and Canadian imprints, but because these are dispersed through several 
libraries their importance as a research collection has been overlooked. The two largest col- 
lections of early children's materials are housed in the Department of Rare Books and Special 
Collections and in the rare book section of the Library and Information Studies Library. While 
the majority of volumes in the Rare Books Department are identified in the catalogue as chil- 
dren's books, some of the most interesting finds were only discovered by leafing through numer- 
ous card catalogue drawers. They are classified under various other headings such as "First 
Editions" and "Colgate". Shelved in the rare book room of the Blacker-Wood Library are several 
fine examples of early natural science works intended for children. Those interested in Canadian 
children's literature will also find early works in the Lande Collection, as well as on the shelves 
of the McLennan Library. Late nineteenth and twentieth-century children's books are collected 
in three campus libraries: Education, McLennan and Library and Information Studies. 
The McGill collection to date has received little critical attention. To increase awareness and 
improve bibliographic access to these materials we intend to compile an annotated bibliography 
of early children's books in the McGill Libraries. Our work has concentrated on locating, iden- 
tifying and classifying these materials. This note, a progess report on our research, highlights 
some of the earlier volumes with British and American imprints housed in the Department 
of Rare Books, and the rare book collection in the Library and Information Studies Library. 
In this preliminary study we have found over 1,000 volumes that are pre World War I. 
As one of the main sources of verification, we have used the catalogue of the Osborne Collection 
of Early Children's Boohs, and have adopted and modified its system of genre classification. 
The Osborne Collection is world renowned for its comprehensiveness and scope. Comprising 
over 15,000 volumes, the collection ranges from a fourteenth-century manuscript of Aesop's 
fables, through sixteenth-century courtesy books, eighteenth-century chapbooks, nineteenth 
and early twentieth-century adventure stories, and ends in 1910. 
Notes and Comments 
The history of the acquisition of early children's materials at McGill is somewhat obscure. 
There do not appear to be any papers that explicitly document the development of the collection. 
From a visit to the McGill Archives and a discussion with the former Rare Book Librarian it 
was discovered that many of these earlier works were acquired during the period Dr. Gerhard 
Lomer was University Librarian (1920-47) and Director of the Library School. He taught 
Children's Literature courses, and it would appear that his own personal interests influenced 
the purchase of many of the earlier works through the Friends of the Library Fund,for the 
Redpath Library. 
Among the earliest and rarest items in the McGill Collection are the horn-books housed in 
the Department of Rare Books. These were the earliest lesson books made for children to use 
themselves. The horn-book was shaped like a racket or paddle and consisted of a recessed leaf 
of parchment or paper, secured all around by a narrow rim of copper fastened down with small 
tacks. Letters of the alphabet were written or etched on it, and many later ones also included 
a cross and the Lord's Prayer. Its name was derived from the thin transparent sheet of horn 
that was secured over the writing to protect the page from the child's hands. Andrew W. Tuer 
in History of the Horn Book explains that "a horn-book gradually came to mean an alphabetical 
tablet of any kind whether horn entered into the construction or not" (p. 5-6). The most common 
horn-books were made of wood or leather, the rarer of metal, ivory or bone. While a fine wooden 
sample is found in the Library Studies collection, there are three exquisite horn-books in Rare 
Books, one silver-plated, one of bone, and one of ivory dating back to the 17th century. It 
is interesting to note Eric Quayle's statement in Early Children's Books: A Collector's Guide, 
"There may have been ivory examples, but I know of none which have survived, although sev- 
eral set in silver-probably given to mark a special birthday and not meant for school use-can 
be seen in the showcases of museums" (p. 17). Our intention is to describe these fine specimens 
in detail in a future article. 
Two early examples of instructional books written by schoolmasters are found in Rare Books. 
One is a first edition of Cocker's morals; or the Muse's Spring Garden, adorned with many sen- 
tentious disticks andpoems in  alphabetical order, fitted for the use of all publick andprivate gram- 
mer and writing schools, (1675). Edward Cocker (163 1-75), known also for Cocker's Arithmetic, 
was a celebrated writing master, and his name appeared on the title page of nearly 30 copy- 
books. The second, of related interest, is the work of another popular arithmetician Francis 
Walkingame (fl. 17 5 1-85) The Tutor's Assistant, being a compendium of arithmetic and a complete 
question book (1792), first published in 175 1. Housed in Library Studies is a fine representative 
collection of Pinnock's Catechisms, a series of books of instruction with questions and answers. 
Eighty-three Catechisms were published under William Pinnock's (1782-1843) name; however, 
most of these works were written by specialists in the subject. Included among the titles are 
a Catechism of Geometry (1823) and a Catechism of General Knowledge (1822). 
An exciting find in Rare Books is a first edition of John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning 
Education (1693). Three hundred years ago, John Locke (1632-1704) celebrated philosopher 
and educationalist, advanced the revolutionary theory that instruction is best combined with 
entertainment. During this period the books intended for children were primarily instructional, 
moralistic or religious. Their only entertainment came from folk literature and inexpensive 
little pamphlets called chapbooks, which had filtered down to the child audience from adult 
popular culture. Locke's writings had an enormous influence on the rearing of English children, 
on the works of 18th and 19th century writers, and on the publishers of children's books. 
John Newbery (1713-67), London bookseller in St. Paul's Churchyard and author, a disciple 
of Locke's, is acknowledged as the first publisher of children's books combining instruction 
with amusement. Attributed to Newbery is the tale of a young boy who desires to learn to 
read: A History of Giles Gingerbread; a boy who lived upon learning by Tom Trip (1 764). A fine 
chapbook edition by Kendrew of York can be seen in Library Studies. As well there is an 1881 
Notes and Comments 
Figure 1. An early chapbook edition of Butterfly's Ball and Grasshopper's Feast. 
London: Dean and Munday, [ca. 18151. By William Roscoe. 
Figure 2. The Peacock 'Xt HomenA Sequel to  the  Butterfly's Ball. London: J .  Harris, 
1808. By Catherine Ann Dorset. 
177 
Notes and Comments 
facsimile edition of Goody Two Shoes (1765) published by Griffith and Farran, successors to 
Newbury and Harris, West Corner St. Paul's Churchyard. 
The notable authors of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, mainly women, produced works 
of fiction that were clearly intended to educate and instil moral values and manners in children. 
Their writings were of two schools of thought, either of a theoretical non-religious nature, or 
infused with deep religious beliefs. Well known among the former are the books of the 
Edgeworths and Mary Wollstonecraft, who were influenced by the philosophy of Jean-Jacques 
Rousseau (1712-78) as well as by Locke. A first edition of Richard Love11 Edgeworth's 
(1 744- 18 17) tale for children Practical Education or, the History of Harry and Lucy, volume 2 
(1780) can be seen in Library Studies. Early editions of Maria Edgeworth's (1767-1840) Parent's 
Assistant (1796) and Early Lessons (1801) are also in Library Studies. A first edition of Maria 
Edgeworth's H a r y  and Lucy Concluded (1825) is housed in Rare Books. One of the most charm- 
ing items in the Rare Book Collection is the first illustrated edition of Mary Wollstonecraft's 
Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, calculated to regulate the affections and form 
the mind to truth and goodness (1791) with delicate engravings by William Blake. 
Among the most influential religious writers of the period were Anna Barbauld (1743-1825), 
Sarah Trimmer (1741-1810), and Mary Sherwood (1775- 185 I). Together with her brother John 
Aiken (1747-1822) Mrs. Barbauld wrote a compilation of short stories, plays and articles. Early 
editions of this work, Evenings at  Home; or the Juvenile budget opened, consisting of a variety 
of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons (1796-98) are housed 
in Rare Books. Both collections also have early editions of the well known works of Mrs. 
Trimmer, among them her Fabulous Histories (1786) promoting kindness to animals, later 
known as The History of the Robins, and of Mrs. Sherwood who is remembered for her fierce 
evangelical zeal. Representative of her works is the 1818 edition of The History of little Henry 
and his bearer (1 8 14). 
Poetry for children encompasses the entire range of children's literature: religious instruction, 
moral education and pure entertainment. The McGill Collection has fine examples of each. 
Library Studies has a 1769 edition of Isaac Watts' (1674-1748) Divine Songs Attempted in Easy 
Ldnguage for the Use of Children (171 5). Because Watts believed that children were naturally 
attracted to verse, he hoped the religious lessons thus imparted would be effortlessly and plea- 
surably retained, so providing "constant furniture" in child readers' minds. Another early exam- 
ple of devotional verse, found in Rare Books, is a 1793 edition of John Huddlestone Wynne's 
(1743-88) Choice Emblems, natural, historical, fabulous, moral and divine (1775) presented in 
the tripartite form of the emblem book: illustration, moral and application. 
Ann Taylor (1782-1866) and Jane Taylor (1783-1824) successfully continued both Isaac Watts' 
religious tradition and his polished verse form in Original Poemsfor Infant Minds (1804-05), 
Rhymes for the Nursery (1806) and Hymns for Infant Minds (1810). Library Studies has fine 
Victorian editions of these books. The Taylor sisters are major contributors to children's verse 
because of their focus on domestic and natural imagery in a strongly rhythmic, mnemonic form. 
Their most famous rhyme is "The Star," beginning "Twinkle, twinkle little star." 
During the same period that the Taylor sisters were writing, William Roscoe (1753-1831) 
produced the first book of nonsense verse for children with The Butterfly's Ball, and the 
Grasshopper's Feast (1807). (Figure 1) An early illustrated booklet [ca. 18151 is housed in Library 
Studies, along with a sequel by Catherine Dorset (1750?-1817?) The Peacock 'At Home" (1808), 
first published 1807. (Figure 2) The equal prominence of the delightful illustrations and text 
make these early examples of the picture book. 
The collection in Rare Books is also enriched with a first edition of Christina Rossetti's 
(1830-94) Goblin Market, and other Poems (1862), with two magnificent Pre-Raphaelite designs 
by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti. The title work moves poetry for children beyond the 
Notes and Comments 
entertaining or the didactic with its compelling, disturbing narrative of archetypal greed and 
redemption. The end of the Victorian era is represented by the whimsical In Fairyland (l875), 
first published 1870, by William Allingham (1824-89) and illustrated by Richard Doyle. Housed 
in Rare Books, this poem was one of the initiators of the trend for "Fairie" verse which continued 
well into the 20th century. 
Within the scope of this note it has only been possible to touch upon four genres: horn-books, 
books of instruction, stories pre- 1850 and poetry. These are representative of the wealth and 
breadth of early children's books in the McGill University Libraries. Hidden treasures such 
as the fine chapbook collection, works of famous illustrators, early children's periodicals, and 
adventure stories, to name but a few, deserve further attention, and will be highlighted in 
future research. 
References 
Carpenter, Humphrey and Mari Prichard. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. 
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984. 
Darton, F. J. Harvey. Children's Books in England; Five Centuries of Social Life. 3rd ed. 
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982. 
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, 1566-1910; a Catalogue. 2 vols. Toronto: Toronto 
Public Library, 1975. 
Quayle, Eric. Early Children's Books: A Collector's Guide. Newton Abbot, Devon: David and 
Charles, 1983. 
Tuer, Andrew W. History of the Horn Book. New York: Benjamin Blom, 1968. 
A Portrait of Mary Todd Ferrier 
by Conrad E. W. Graham 
Registrar, McCord Museum of Canadian History 
Mary Todd Ferrier (1799-188 1) 
oil on canvas, 1828 
size: 76.2 X 63.5 cm. 
inscribed on reverse: 'Aged 28, 1828" artist: attributed to Levi Stevens (d. 1832) 
purchase: Sotheby's Auction, Toronto, April 4, 1990 
ex collection: John L. Russell 
McCord Museum of Canadian History: M990.676.1 
The portrait of Mary Todd Ferrier was purchased for the McCord collection at Sotheby's in 
Toronto on April 4, 1990. The acquisition of this portrait permitted the museum to re-unite 
a pair of portraits; as the portrait of her husband the Hon. James Ferrier (1800-1888)), Chancellor 
of McGill University (1845-52) was already in the collection (M989X.76). 
The painting shows a 314 face, waist to head portrait of a woman with a white gauze bonnet 
and wearing coral drop earrings. Her dress is black and rather severe but reflects the fashionable 
dress of the late 1820s. 


Early Children's Books in the McGill University Libraries

Hobbins, A. J.

Human Rights inside the United Nations: The Humphrey Diaries, 1948–1959

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Cohen, Montague

My Dear Eve..., The Letters of Ernest Rutherford to Arthur Eve, Part III, 1912–1914

Back cover

Murray, Irena

Notes and Comments 
Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (York, 1781). Finally, a copy was acquired of 
one of the earliest German works on Hume, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi's David Hume uber den 
Gbuben,  oder Idealismus und Realismus (Breslau, 1787). 
The McGill Hume collection is among the very best in the world, and it continues to grow. 
The entire collection will be catalogued by mid-1991 and is available to scholars, students and 
interested persons for consultation in the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. 
Notes 
1. Ernest Campbell Mossner, The Life of David Hume (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1954), 
p. 362. 
2. T.E. Jessop, A Bibliography of David Hume and of Scottish Philosophy From Francis 
Hutcheson to Lord Balfour (New York: Russell & Russell, 1966). 
3. William B. Todd, "David Hume: A preliminary Bibliography," in Hume and the 
Enlightenment: Essays Presented to Ernest CampbellMossner, ed. William B. Todd (Edinburgh: 
Edinburgh University Press, 1974), pp. 192-3. 
4. Mossner, pp. 182-6. 
Moshe Safdie's Archive 
by Irena Murray 
Head, Blackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art 
A key event in the development of our architecture collections took place in the Blackader- 
Lauterman Library of Architecture and Art last year. In December 1990, after four years of 
negotiations, architect, author and educator Moshe Safdie, B.Arch. '61, LL.D. (honoris causa) 
'82, signed an agreement which made the University the sole depository for the extensive archive 
of his work. When fully constituted, Mr. Safdie's archive will not only include architectural 
plans, drawings, models, slides, photographs, and office files for all his projects, but also per- 
sonal sketchbooks, manuscripts of books, correspondence, lectures, films, tapes, diskettes, 
and other research material, documenting the many aspects of Safdie's work. 
The Canadian Architecture Collection (CAC) of the Blackader Library will face the challenge 
of organizing and describing the Safdie projects, to make them accessible to students and 
researchers. In order to cope with the sheer quantity and variety of material, a series of ship- 
ments is being planned by Safdie's principal offices in Boston and Jerusalem. The first shipment, 
received in February, consisted of two Canadian projects emblematic of Safdie's career: Habitat 
'67 and the National Gallery of Canada. Close to 150 rolls of architectural drawings and prints, 
26 cartons of project files, 7 sketchbooks, as well as small architectural modes of the National 
Gallery spaces provide a unique insight in the creative process of the author of Beyond Habitat, 
For Everyone a Garden, Form and Purpose, The Harvard Jerusalem Studio, Beyond Habitat by 
Twenty Years, and, most recently, Jerusalem: The Future of the Past. 
Notes and Comments 
The Safdie donation is of great significance for many reasons. The archive represents more 
than twenty-five years of practice, teaching and writing of one of McGill's most famous grad- 
uates. The exceptional quantity, variety and richness of material in the archive will provide 
architecture students, historians and curators with some unique teaching and research oppor- 
tunities. Canadian projects such as Habitat '67, the National Gallery, the Musee de la Civilisation 
in Quebec City, the extension to the Musee des Beaux Arts de Montreal, the Ballet Opera House 
in Toronto, or the Ottawa City Hall will form an important part of our heritage, but they will 
also be examined in the context of Mr. Safdie's international practice. Mr. Safdie's academic 
career, which began at McGill in 1970, and included professorships at Yale, Ben Gurion 
University in Israel, and Harvard, will also be documented in the archive. 
From the beginning, a close relationship has been established between the Canadian 
Architecture Collection and the office of Moshe Safdie and Associates. The U.S. office has vol- 
unteered to make available their inventory software to the library, and its staff is looking for 
the best way in which diskettes containing the Computer-Assisted Designs (CAD) can be con- 
sulted as part of the Safdie archive. The cooperation between the library and the practice will 
make adding new projects and documentary material easier, as well as enhance our understand- 
ing of Safdie's work. 


Moshe Safdie's Archive

Contributors 
Montague Cohen wa born in London, ngland and obtained hi B. ' . (Phy i ) and Ph. 0. 
(Medical Ph si ) from London nivcr icy. Before coming co Canada in 1975, he worked at 
the London Ho piral in London and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. He 
" as appointed Dire tOr fM Gill' Medical Phy ic nit in 1979 and ha eros -appoinrmenrs 
in Physics and Radiolot:,ry. He i also Honorary Curator of the Rutherford Mu eum. He ha 
been a member and/or chai rman of everal ta. k group of the Inc rnational Commi ion on 
Radiological nit · and M a urement and a con u lcanr on radiation afccy co ch Ontario 
Go ernmcnt. 
M.J. Dunbar born in Edinburgh, cotland, i · a graduate of xford ni er it (M.A. ) and 
McGill niver icy (Ph .D.). After holdi ng a Henr ello ship at Yale Univer icy 1937-38, he 
came co che Deparcm nc of Zoology at McGill in 1939. He wa appoi nt d Canadian A ring 
Con. ul to Greenland, 1941 - 6 and joined che McGill Faculry in 1946, Department ofZoolo ~· 
He erved as fir t Director of the Marin cience enrre ( 1963) and i · now Profes ·or ·m ritu · 
of Oceano rraphy in th Department of Meteorology, a. a member of the Centre for Climate 
and Global hange Research. 
Dionysios Hatzopoulos holds a Ph.D. in Byzantine Hi tory from the niver ice de Montreal 
(1980)· has scudi d Latin Palaeo raph ar the fn ciruc dominicain d 'etude med ievale in 
Monrreal and curren tl t ache Gr ek Civilization in th Oeparcrnenr of Languages Faculre 
de · art ec de sciences, at the niver ire de Montreal a well as Greek and Roma n History 
at Dawson College in Montreal. 
Adam Gacek, a native of Poland received hi M.A. in rienral Philology from rheJagiellonian 
ni er icy, ra ow, and ub equently a po. t-graduace diploma in Library Sci nee from the 
Polytechnic of 1orth London. He ' ork ed ac ch chool of Ori nral and African cudie 
ni ersity of London, and rhe Insriruce of I maili rudie , London, and is the author of two 
catalogues of Arabic manu ript for the abo e in rituri n . He i al o the au thor of a growing 
number of article on Arabic palaeograph, and codicology and i ' a co-editor of a unique annual 
publication, Ma:rwscripts of the Middle East. In 198 he joined 1cGill U ni er icy, here he 
occupie the po ition of Head Librarian of the I Iamie tudie Library. Since then he ha con-
tributed co two previou i ue. of Fontruws and ha recently published Ara.bic Ma12uscriJ1ts 
in the Lib retries of McGill ,1iversity, niorz Catalogue, the fir t volume in the new serial pub-
licaci n Fontanus 1onograph eries. 
john Hobbins obtained his B.A. (Hons. History 1966) and hi l.L. . (l968) from M GiJJ 
niversit)' · ince then he has worked for rhe McGill niversiry Libraries a Reference 
Librar ian, In tru tiona) ervi e Librarian Head of lncerlibrar, Loan, Head of Acqui icion , 
Cenrral Technical r ice , and Acting Law Area Librarian. H is currently A ociace DirectOr 
of Librarie with a special responsibiliry for y cern and Technical ervice . H · i a former 
contributor to Fontanu ·, including one article ba ed o n the Humphrey paper . 
Barbara Law on i CuratOr of Ethnology at the Redpath Mu eum. h ha · a B.A. in anthro-
pology from orthwe tern Univer iry and an M.A. from Me ill. Prior co joining the Redpath 
Museum in 1984, ·he wa a member of the curatorial ·raff at th Yancouv r Mu um. he 
ha rc ently ompleted a tudy of arrifa t collecting and it relation to cultural represenration, 
which wiU be publi heel a the econd volume in the Fontmw Mor1ogmpb Serie . Thi work 
provide the firs t comprehen i e account of the hi. tory of the Redpath's ethnological holdings 
and a derailed analy i of a coJJe cion of obje t gathered during the ninerceth centur by a 
member of ova coria'· Presbyter ian " ouch ea Mi ·· ion. '' 
195 
Irena Zantovs.kY Murray i a nati e of Prague, here from 1963-196 , he tudied philology 
ar Charle · ni er it)' · here eived her M.L. . degree from the ni er icy of We t rn Ontario 
in 19 0, and her M. Arch. (Hi ' tory and Theory) degree from lc ill niversity in 1991. From 
19 I to 197 3, he worked a a biblio rapher for th > ational Library of Canada. At M Gill 
he ha. held diff. rent p ition both io the library seem, and . le curer. ince 19 I he 
has held the po ition of Head Librarian in che Hlackader-Lauterman Library of Architecture 
and Art. he i · a memb r of the joint In titute for Re ear ·h in Ar hie ccural History (IRHA), 
and ha re ·ently acted a gue t curator for th 'anadian entre for Archicectur ·. 
Franzi ka E. hlo ser i a o iate profc or, Department of Hi tor , Concordia ni er ic , 
Montreal. ' he hold an LA. in cia.'>. ic and a Ph. D . in hi. tory (with di tin cion) from fcGill 
niver ity. he rotc volume t~ o and chre of the catalogue of The tc(;i/1 niversity 
Collection of rreek ami Roman coifJS (edited by Michael '\ oloch) and ha publi hed article 
on Roman and Byzantine hi cor . 
Richard Virr i Curamr of Manus ·ript D parcment of Rare Book and pecial ollection , 
McGill niversity Librarie and A ociatc Editor of Fonlauus. He i al o Archi i t of ch 
(Anglican) Dio esc of Montreal and of the ·ccle ·ia tical Province of Canada. He hold · a do -
rorate in church hi tory from McGill nivcr ·icy. He ceache an introduccoqr cour ·eon codi-
cology and de cripcive bibliograph , has publi hed regularly in FonJrw11s, and ha a pecial 
intere t in che hi ·tory of collection and librarie . 
G. Michael Woloch ha been at McGill ince 1961, when he joined th 
a a Lectur r. He recei ed hi Ph. D. degree in Ia i . from the John 
in 1966, and in 1964 h held a, ummer ·ellow hip ac the American umi. macic 
e' York Ciry. He ha · been John Ma · aughton Profe · or of Ia sic ince 19 8. He wa 
editorofThe 'fcGi/1 niver il ollectionofGreekandRonuw oiw, 3 olume (1975-19 4). 
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