Norah Story

Norah Story (1902 - March 5, 1978) [1] Canadian archivist, 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] Story joined the Public Archives of Canada in 1927, 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
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References
  1. MacKinnon, Frank. (1978) "Norah Story" [Obituary] Historical Papers, 17(1), 246-247. DOI: 10.7202/030487ar.
  2. "Governor General's Literary Awards: Past Winners and Finalists". ggbooks.ca. Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  3. "Archives Search: Norah Story fonds (textual record, graphic material, object)". collectionscanada.gc.ca. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 7 August 2018.


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