Norah Story
Canadian archivist (1902 – 1978)
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Norah Story (1902 – March 5, 1978)[1] was a Canadian archivist who won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction in 1967 for her Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature.[2]
Life
Born in England, Story emigrated to Canada in 1912.[3] After attending high school in Guelph, Story earned a Bachelor of Arts in History at the University of Toronto in 1926.[3] She completed a Master of Arts in 1927 at the University of Wisconsin.[3] In 1928, Story joined the Public Archives of Canada, where she directed the Manuscripts Division from 1942 to her retirement in 1960.[3]
Bibliography
- The Oxford companion to Canadian history and literature, Oxford University Press, 1967, OCLC 663686963
