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[Lectures to the Miller Geology Club]
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1949 (Creation)
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- Wallace, Robert Charles
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1 audio reel (00:54:00) : 3 3/4 ips, half-track
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Robert Charles Wallace was born in Scotland in 1881. He was educated in Scotland graduating from Edinburgh University and taking a Ph. D. from Gottingen University. He was a Professor of Geology at the University of Manitoba from 1912 to 1928. From 1918 to 1921, he was a Commissioner of Northern Manitoba, and from 1926 to 1928 was a Commissioner of Mines and Natural Resources. That same year, he took overhe accepted the Presidency of the University of Alberta, a posiiton he held until 1936, at which time and until his retirement in 1951, he served as Principal of Queen's University. Dr. Wallace was a president of the Royal Society of Canada and of the National Conference of Canadian Universities. He was a member of the National Research Council of Canada, and a past president of the Research Council of Ontario. He was also an honorary member of the Royal Canadian Institute, and was the first Canadian member of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. In 1947, he was the only Canadian universtiy head selected by the Prime Minister to represent Canada at the London Conference that created UNESCO. In retirement, Dr. Wallace was Executive Director of the Arctic Institute of America, a consultnat to the Ontario Goverment on university problems, and a member of the Defence Research Board of Canada.
Dr. Robert Charles Wallace, died 29 January 1955, and is buried in the 'Queen's Plot' at Cataraqui Cemetery, Kingston, Ontario.
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Item is a recording from the Miller Geology Club of two guest lecturers. Side one contains a lecture from a long-time Queen's professor who also attended Cambridge and Heidelberg, speaking about the history of Queen's University. This lecture includes a sung rendition of :The Old Ontario Strand." The lecture cuts off at the end. Side Two features the last twenty minutes of Dr. R.C. Wallace's lecture "Geology and the Humanities," presented to the Club on 29 Nov. 1949. The recording finishes with seven minutes of music.
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The recording contains a loud hum throughout, and some segments cut out.
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Recording is also available digitally.