Shirley Spragge (July 27, 1929 – August 11, 1995) was a Canadian archivist and academic who served as the head of the Queen's University Archives from 1992 to 1994.
Shirley Spragge | |
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| Born | Shirley Campbell Cox[2] July 22, 1929 |
| Died | August 11, 1995 (aged 66) |
| Academic background | |
| Education |
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| Thesis | Organizing the Wilderness: A Study of a Loyalist Settlement, Augusta Township, Grenville, 1784-1814 (1986[1]) |
Early life and education
editSpragge was born July 22, 1929, in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She completed a degree in history at the University of Toronto in 1952.[1] While there she was a member of various clubs including modern history, music and athletics.[3]: 312 After studying archives administration at Public Archives of Canada, she completed an MA in history at Queen's University in 1974.[1] Spragge obtained her PhD at Queen's in 1986.[1]
Career
editSpragge worked at the Cornell University Archives in the 1970s.[1] She joined the Queen's University Archives in 1979, where she worked while completing her PhD.[4] She was named Queen's University Archivist in 1992, succeeding Anne MacDermaid.[4]
In addition to her roles at Queen's Spragge served as the diocesan archivist for the Diocese of Ontario of the Anglican Church.[4][5] She was the Book Review Editor of Archivaria from 1993 to 1995.[1]
Personal life
editSpragge married Godfrey Spragge in November 1953 in Toronto.[2] Together they had two children.[5] Her father-in-law, George Warburton Spragge, was the Archivist of Ontario from 1950 to 1963.[6]
Spragge died August 11, 1995, in Kingston.[5]
Legacy
editIn 1998 the Archives Association of Ontario established the Shirley Spragge Fund to support educational pursuits in the archival profession.[7] Restructured and renamed in 2014, the Shirley Spragge Bursary is awarded annually to assist a successful applicant with annual AAO conference attendance costs.[7]
Select publications
edit- Spragge, Shirley (23 October 1995). "The Abdication Crisis: Are Archivists Giving Up Their Cultural Responsibility?". Archivaria: 173–181. ISSN 1923-6409.
- Spragge, Shirley (1 January 1990). ""One Parchment Book at the Charge of the Parish…": A Sample of Anglican Record Keeping". Archivaria. 30. ISSN 1923-6409.
- Spragge, Shirley (1 January 1985). "The "Good Americans" Two Hundred Years Later". Archivaria. 21: 191–197. ISSN 1923-6409.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Thompson, Terry (1995). "Shirley Spragge, 1929-1995". Archivaria. 40: 246–247.
- ^ a b "Weddings: Spragge - Cox". Toronto Daily Star. Toronto, Ontario. 13 November 1953. p. 37.
- ^ Torontonensis, 1952. Toronto : Students' Administrative Council of the University of Toronto [etc.] 1952. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b c "Queen's Archivist" (PDF). THEN. 19 (4). Kingston Historical Society: 1–2. 2 April 1992.
- ^ a b c "Spragge, Shirley Campbell Ph.D.". Kingston Whig-Standard. 12 August 1995. p. 27.
- ^ Spragge, Shirley (1 January 1976). "George Warburton Spragge 1893-1976". Archivaria: 99–100. ISSN 1923-6409. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Shirley Spragge Bursary". aao-archivists.ca. Retrieved 5 May 2022.