"A Noble Dream": The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada

Authors

  • Ian E. Wilson

Author Biography

Ian E. Wilson

Ian E. Wilson is Provincial Archivist of Saskatchewan and serves as Chairman of the Saskatchewan Heritage Advisory Board. He was also Chairman of the Consultative Group on Archives whose report, Canadian Archives, was published by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council in 1980. Prior to assuming his present duties in 1976, he was University Archivist at Queen's University, Kingston.

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Published

1982-01-01

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Wilson, Ian E. 1982. “‘A Noble Dream’: The Origins of the Public Archives of Canada”. Archivaria 15 (January):16-35. https://www.archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/10966.

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Archivaria 15: Archives and Libraries: Essays in Honour of W. Kaye Lamb (Winter 1982-83)

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