{"id":6705596,"date":"2011-12-13T10:19:40","date_gmt":"2011-12-13T10:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/ccm\/ArchivesSpecialCollections\/WhatsNew\/clara-thomas"},"modified":"2022-09-27T20:37:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T20:37:22","slug":"clara-thomas-renaming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/whats-new\/clara-thomas-renaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Renaming of York University Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From its inception, Canadiana has been a special focus of the archives' collection mandate. In 1981, the Margaret Laurence acquisition firmly established York's reputation as a serious collector of Canadian literary papers, at a time when Canadian authors were beginning to be recognized and studied. Professor Thomas, a Laurence scholar, taught some of the first Canadian literature courses in a Canadian university, and through her friendship with Laurence, played an important role in the transfer of Laurence's papers to York.<\/p>\n<p>Clara McCandless Thomas, esteemed educator, author and feminist, was born in Strathroy, Ontario in 1919. She was educated at the University of Western Ontario (B.A. 1941; M.A. 1944), and the University of Toronto (Ph.D. 1962). Doctor Thomas passed away 26 September 2013.<\/p>\n<p>A founding woman faculty member of York University, she began teaching in the English Department at York University in 1961 and retired from there in 1984. She was subsequently named a Canadian Studies Research Fellow in the York University Libraries and Emeritus Professor of English.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas has received honorary degrees from York University, Trent University and Brock University, and she is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She has served on the editorial board of such academic journals as <em>Journal of Canadian Studies<\/em>, <em>Journal of Canadian Fiction<\/em>, and the <em>Literary Journal of Canada<\/em> (second edition), as well as writing articles on topics in Canadian literature for many journals. She is the author of several works including, <em>Love and Work Enough: The Life of Anna Jameson<\/em> (1967), <em>Margaret Laurence<\/em> (1969), <em>Ryerson of Upper Canada<\/em> (1969) and, among others, <em>The Manawaka World of Margaret Laurence<\/em> (1975). She co-authored <em>William Arthur Deacon: A Literary Life<\/em> (1982) with John Lennox. Her memoirs entitled <em>Chapters in a Lucky Life<\/em> were published in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>The Clara Thomas Archives at York University has been a beneficiary of Dr. Thomas' extensive literary connections, moral and financial support, and good will for many years. Donations can be made in her memory to York University using this <a href=\"https:\/\/give.yorku.ca\/s\/1853\/adv\/form.aspx?sid=1853&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=597&amp;cid=1395&amp;bledit=1&amp;dids=273&amp;appealcode=12990\">online form<\/a> from Advancement.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Thomas's own archival papers have their home in York's archives, the finding aid for which can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/archivesfa.library.yorku.ca\/fonds\/ON00370-f0000432.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/12\/ASC00504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7392761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/12\/ASC00504-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/12\/ASC00504-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/12\/ASC00504-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/12\/ASC00504-724x507.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/12\/ASC00504.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Professors John Lennox and Clara Thomas at the launch of <em>William Arthur Deacon: A Literary Life<\/em>, 1982<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From its inception, Canadiana has been a special focus of the archives' collection mandate. 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