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Monuments Board of Canada. Submission Report concerning Margaret Ridley Charlton. This report, written by a Parks Canada historian, provides a brief biography of Miss Charlton, explains her significance to Canada and gives references to some of her publications and to other
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Sciences Library. This history, published in 1998, briefly describes the first 175 years of the McGill University Medical (later Health Sciences) Library. The library, the oldest health sciences library in Canada, was founded in
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