- CA QUA12018
- Corporate body
- n.d.
Ayre & Sons Ltd. was a printer active in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Ayre & Sons Ltd. was a printer active in St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Robert Ayre (1900-1980) was born in Napinka, Manitoba. He worked for various newspapers (the Telegram, the Free Press and the Montreal Gazette) and from 1944 to 1949 he was editor of Canadian Art. He later (1950-1970) was Art Critic for the Montreal Star.
Mr. Ayre has also written a number of short stories and is the author of Sketco the Raven (1961), based on West Coast Indian legends.
Dan Azoulay is an instructor with York University's Department of History and has taught in the Department of History at McMaster University. He is the author of "Only the Lonely: Finding Romance in the Pages of Canadas Western Home Monthly , 1905-1924," "Hearts and Minds: Canadian Romance at the Dawn of the Modern Era, 1900-1930," as well as numerous articles on the history of the CCF.