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The Olive Tree |
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The Olive Tree |
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New Purchases for Canadian Collection |
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Professor Emerita of History Alice Stewart, who passed away in 2000, left a bequest of $460,000 to the University of Maine Foundation to support Canadian
studies. The bequest comprises two endowments. One will be used to
support a graduate student fellowship in Canadian history; the other will be used to purchase materials for the Canadian Collection in Fogler Library. A co-founder of the Canadian-American Center in 1967, Stewart was a vital force in the development of Canadian Studies at the University of Maine. She founded the Canadian history graduate program, and spent her later years overseeing the development of the Canadian Collection in the library. Today, The University of Maine's History Department is one of only two in the country to offer a Ph.D program in Canadian History, while the Canadian Collection is one of the finest in the United States. |
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Her bequest not only enhances an already outstanding Canadian studies program, but ensures that her contribution to the program will be a lasting one, according to Stephen
Hornsby, director of the Canadian-American Center. The Library plans to use this year's earnings from the Alice Stewart Fund to purchase a 60-year run of the Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper (1840-1900) on microfiche. Fogler will also buy a new unit of Canadian monographs from the Canadian Institute for Historic Micro-Reproductions. This year's purchase will include monographs from 1900-1920, almost 5200 titles! "We could never afford to obtain these microfiche collections without the Alice Stewart Fund, " said Betsy Beattie, Canadian Studies Librarian, "and we wouldn't have the Canadian Collection without Alice Stewart's devotion." |
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