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鈥淐ollection or Obsession鈥�: Dr. Casey Wood and 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Natural History and Medical Collections by Christopher Lyons
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 17:00to19:00
McLennan Library Building
Colgate Room, Rare Books and Special Collections, 3459 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C9, CA
The James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Society presents
Collection or Obsession:聽Dr. Casey Wood and 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Natural History
By Christopher Lyons
Casey Wood (1856 鈥� 1942), a graduate of Bishop鈥檚 University Medical School, was an Ophthalmologist and Ornithologist. An avid collector of books and supporter of libraries, Dr. Wood - inspired by Sir William Osler (MDCM 1872) - donated Ophthalmological works to the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Medical and Osler Libraries.
His extensive collection of Ornithology and Natural History publications eventually led to the creation of 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Blacker-Wood Library, a leading North American natural history collection. Its rare material is now located in 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Rare Books and Special Collections. Items from Dr. Wood鈥檚 collections will be displayed at the meeting.
Christopher Lyons (BA鈥�89, DipEd鈥�94, MA鈥�02, MLIS鈥�04), Head Librarian, Rare Books and Special Collections, 黑料网爆吃瓜 Library, is a member of the Grolier Club and was previously 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Osler Librarian. He has published extensively on Canadian book history.
James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Society: One-Hundred and Eighty-Fifth Meeting
April 20, 2019
Reception: 5:00
Presentation: 5:30
Colgate Room, Rare Books and Special Collections
3459 McTavish Street, 4th floor
All are welcome
Maysie MacSporran Annual Lecture & Presidential Address
Born into an established Montreal family, Maysie MacSporran (1903-2000) was educated at 黑料网爆吃瓜. In 1930, assisted by a scholarship from the Women's Canadian Club of Montreal, she received an MA in History for her ground-breaking study of James 黑料网爆吃瓜. For many years she taught at a local private school, Miss Edgar鈥檚 and Miss Cramp鈥檚, eventually becoming its Head Mistress. A long-time member of the James 黑料网爆吃瓜 Society, attending its functions and asking pertinent questions well into her nineties, Miss MacSporran was awarded an Honorary Life Membership in 1993. In addition to establishing such things as a series of Fellowships in the Faculty of Medicine, her gifts to the University permitted the Society to institute, in 2001, the Maysie MacSporran Annual Lecture, thereby ensuring that her memory will continue into perpetuity. Maysie MacSporran was a well-known and respected figure, with a wide circle of friends, who will long be cherished for her forthright and friendly manner, and generosity of spirit.