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A meeting of the minds : the Massey College story /

"Opened in 1963, Massey College is a residential college for graduate students at the University of Toronto. The college was the brainchild of Vincent Massey, Canada's first native-born Governor General, who wanted to create an intellectually stimulating milieu like the one he associated w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Grant, Judith Skelton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Part One: The Years of Preparation
  • 1. Vincent Massey: A Man of Vision
  • 2. The Massey Foundation
  • 3. Choosing an Architect and a Master
  • 4. The Master Designate Joins the Team
  • Part Two: The Mastership of Robertson Davies
  • 5. The College Comes to Life
  • 6. Difficult College Finances
  • 7. Restiveness in the 1960s
  • 8. Women Are Admitted to the Fellowship
  • 9. College Life, 1965-81
  • Part Three: The Mastership of Patterson Hume
  • 10. Dealing with Financial Stringency
  • 11. College Life, 1981-8
  • Part Four: The Mastership of Ann Saddlemyer
  • 12. Community Building
  • 13. A Higher Public Profile
  • Part Five: The Mastership of John Fraser
  • 14. Fraser Takes Charge
  • 15. Second-Year Blues and Expansion Begins
  • 16. New Initiatives, 1997-2002
  • 17. Fraser's Ideals Take Shape, 2002-9
  • 18. College Life, 2009-13, Overview, and Postscript
  • Principal Sources of Unpublished Material
  • Books and Writings Cited in More Than One Chapter
  • Abbreviations Used in the Text and the Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Picture Credits
  • Notes
  • Index.