Queen's University / edited by Frederick W. Gibson and Roger Graham.

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1978-<[2016]>

volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm

"This second volume in the history of Queen's University places the development of the university in the context of its relationships with a growing Canadian nation. The author emphasizes the role of individuals and yet makes it quite evident that by the time of her centenary in the early days of World War II, Queen's had developed an organic vitality through which the vicissitudes occasioned by external fortunes or by internal tensions could be transcended. Throughout the period covered by this volume Queen's faced a long, hard struggle for adequate resources for research in terms of space, equipment, and most importantly, faculty time; the gradual development of graduate work; and the building of library resources. Although sometimes almost imperceptible,progress was made. There was firm and creative leadership through the crises of optimism through the final decade of this history. "Gibson faces squarely and recounts carefully unhappy, unpleasant, and even unsavory episodes which puncture any inflated image if Queen's as other than a human and humanly flawed institution. Yet his treatment of the darker parts of the story shows that, in the end, better instincts prevailed and that Queen's can hold its head high as a place of real liberty." Ronald L. watts, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Queen's University." Publisher.

0773503366 (volume 1)
9780773503366 (volume 1)
9780773546967 (cloth ; volume 3)
0773546960 (cloth ; volume 3)
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Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) History.
Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.) Histoire.
Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.)
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History

Gibson, Frederick W.
Graham, Roger, 1919-1988.

Location: Library main canada 1516
Call No.: 2431 CAN; ID:87-B19272
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available