{"id":7391407,"date":"2014-03-03T21:18:45","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T21:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/?page_id=7391407"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:05:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:05:50","slug":"forclara","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/forclara\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara Thomas Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-york-red-pms-186-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-york-red-pms-186-background-color has-background\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns border border-1 p-3 pt-4 has-york-grey-ultra-light-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/ASC00502.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2014\/03\/ASC00502.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Clara McCandless Thomas, image no. ASC00502.\" class=\"wp-image-7391693\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.6%\">\n<p>Dr. Clara Thomas, longtime friend, supporter and ally of York University Libraries Archives &amp; Special Collections passed away peacefully on 26 September 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Donations to York University, in Clara's Memory, can be made <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.yorku.ca\/site\/Donation2?df_id=2600&amp;mfc_pref=T&amp;2600.donation=form1\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/whats-new\/memorial-tribute-to-clara-mccandless-thomas\/\">Memorial Tributes to Clara Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ctasc.blog.yorku.ca\/2013\/09\/30\/clara-thomas-1919-2013\/\">Clara Eileen McCandless Thomas (1919-2013) Blog Post<\/a> by Anna St.Onge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yfile.news.yorku.ca\/2013\/09\/30\/one-of-yorks-founding-female-faculty-professor-emerita-clara-thomas-dies\/\">yFile News Story<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.yorku.ca\/web\/archives\/whats-new\/clara-thomas-renaming\/\">Renaming of York University Archives in honour of Prof. Clara Thomas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Clara Thomas, longtime friend, supporter and ally of York University Libraries Archives &amp; Special Collections passed away peacefully on 26 September 2013. 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