FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.84
Hanna Papius
{"title":"History of the Polish Institute Library in Montreal","authors":"Hanna Papius","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.84","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"79 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.82
J. Grew
{"title":"Redpath Hall and the Faculty of Music","authors":"J. Grew","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.82","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.82","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.80
A. J. Hobbins
{"title":"Canadian Unity and Quebec in 1942: A Roundtable Discussion among John Humphrey, Hugh MacLennan and Émile Vaillancourt","authors":"A. J. Hobbins","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.80","url":null,"abstract":"In November, 1942, the CBC broadcast a programme entitled \"Canadian Unity and Quebec\" across the national network. Set during the divisive background of the Conscription Crisis, this programme was a discussion between three Montrealers John Humphrey, Hugh Macknnan, and mile Vaillancourt who attempted to explain the position, problems and aspirations of Quebec within Canada. Vaillancourt subsequently published the final text of the broadcast, based on the script that the CBC regulations required for such a broadcast. John Humphrey presented McGill University Libraries with an earlier, much lengthier, version of the script which he found amongst his papers and it is published in this article for thefirst time. The script and annotations, along with other evidence, provide new insights into how the broadcast came about and how the script was developed. In fact, Hugh MacLennan wrote the entire script, based in large part on the ideas of the other protagonists, almost in the form of a one-act play complete with some stage directions. The ideas expressed are important for an understanding of the Canadian unity problem in the mid-century, and still have some relevance a f ter f ih years.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.85
C. Graham
{"title":"Important Addition to the McCord's Furniture Collection","authors":"C. Graham","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.85","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.77
P. McNally
{"title":"Dignified and Picturesque: Redpath Library in 1893","authors":"P. McNally","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.77","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.77","url":null,"abstract":"Redpath Library figures prominently in the history of both McGill University and Canadian librarianship. When it opened on October 31, 1893 it was only the second free-standing academic library in the country and one of the half-dozen buildings on the University's campus. Through the generosity and wisdom of its benefactor, Peter Redpath, and the taste and talent of its architect, Andrew Taylor, the building is a masterpiece of late Victorian design and an outstanding example of contemporary library planning. Redpath and Taylor are placed within their historical contexts to show how their collaboration resulted in a library which is a remarkable blend of Canadian, British, French and American elements. Particular attention is paid to the building's design and decoration, which are a blending of Romanesque, Gothic, and Arts and Crafts styles. Similarities and dissimilarities to Richardsonian Romanesque are noted. Note is also made of there being a co-benejactor of the library, Grace Redpath, who gave material support to her husband's efforts.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.75
T. Editors
{"title":"Celebrating Peter Redpath and His Library","authors":"T. Editors","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.75","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.75","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.76
A. Bell
{"title":"Munificent, Wise and Thoughtful Gifts: Grace and Peter Redpath and the Redpath Tracts","authors":"A. Bell","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.76","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.76","url":null,"abstract":"Shortly after Peter Redpath's election to the Board of Governors in 1864, he began to donate books to the University of McGill College. With these early donations, the Redpath Historical Collection was formed. One of the major facets of the Historical Collection are the Redpath Tracts, the first Series of which was donated by Peter Redpath in 1880. His wife, Grace Redpath, augmented the original donation in 1901 and 1903, andfurther additions have been made by the McGill University Libraries. This paper presents brief biographies of Grace and Peter Redpath and describes the history of the Redpath Tracts. What would otherwise be merely a history of a collection of tracts is enlivened by the human stories of the Redpaths, their associates, an the librarians caring for the collection.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.79
R. Michel
{"title":"Pseudochristus: A Religious Romance, 1649–1650","authors":"R. Michel","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.79","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.79","url":null,"abstract":"Prophets and messiahs have appeared throughout European history, often at times of crisis. An unusually welldocumented case occurred in 1649 in Hampshire, England, during the religious and social upheavals accompanying the Civil Wars. William Franklin, a craftsman suffering from mental distractions, claimed to be Christ. He was abetted by his companion Mary Gadbury,. she assumed the various roles of Christ's bride, the Virgin Mary, and Franklin's Precursor. Legally married to others, the couple lived together, preached, and attracted followers. Outraged, the local magistrates charged Franklin and Gadbury with adultery, bigamy, and blasphemy and suppressed their disciples as a threat to public order. Humphrey Ellis, a minister, set down the events and trial in an admonitory tract: Pseudochristus (1650). He listened to Gadbury's confession in court, visited the couple in prison, and collected facts from witnesses, giving an account of their backgrounds, possible motives, and strange illicit attraction. Ellis suggested natural and supernatural explanations for their behaviour and delusions (or frauds). He described in detail Gadbury's symptoms of religious possession visions of blazing lights, voices from God, and false birth pangs. Pseudochristus is the story of a man and woman who cast aside their unhappy marriages and their social anonymity for a joyful but doomed adventure of religion and romance.","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1993-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v6i.83
R. Michel
{"title":"The Austin \"Dink\" Carroll Papers in the University Archives","authors":"R. Michel","doi":"10.26443/fo.v6i.83","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v6i.83","url":null,"abstract":"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.\"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
FontanusPub Date : 1992-01-01DOI: 10.26443/fo.v5i.63
N. Morgan
{"title":"Sidney Dawes and the McGill Museum of Canadian Art","authors":"N. Morgan","doi":"10.26443/fo.v5i.63","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.26443/fo.v5i.63","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":81279,"journal":{"name":"Fontanus","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69321088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}