28:
175:. In 1936, he was also appointed Superintendent of the BC Public Libraries Commission. From 1940 to 1948, he was the University Librarian of the University of British Columbia. From 1948 to 1968 he was the
27:
452:
447:
193:
Lamb specialized in the early history of
British Columbia. He edited and wrote a number of scholarly books relating to explorers of Western Canada, including
186:
and was its president from 1965 to 1966. In 1969, he was made an
Officer of the Order of Canada. Between 1964–1965 he served as president of the
397:
422:
234:
437:
407:
457:
289:
412:
442:
427:
359:
168:
183:
107:
432:
202:
187:
152:
417:
402:
320:
160:
311:
242:
315:
329:
206:
297:
198:
392:
387:
8:
264:
217:
In 1939, he married Wessie
Tipping, and they had a daughter, Elizabeth (Lamb) Hawkins.
176:
369:
194:
172:
144:
140:
290:"ACA Award Recipient Biographies – Dr. W. Kaye Lamb (1904–1999)"
136:
103:
91:
335:
179:
of Canada, and from 1953 to 1968 he was the first
National Librarian of Canada.
148:
381:
124:
81:
352:
164:
171:. From 1934 to 1940, he was the Provincial Archivist and Librarian of
120:
116:
112:
77:
73:
69:
324:
156:
111:(May 11, 1904 – August 24, 1999) was a Canadian
453:Presidents of the Canadian Historical Association
448:Presidents of the Society of American Archivists
379:
336:W. Kaye Lamb Award for the Best Student works
167:. From 1936 to 1937, he was President of the
205:, as well as a volume on the history of the
26:
338:at British Columbia Historical Federation
321:W. Kaye Lamb Award for service to seniors
48:New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
398:Alumni of the London School of Economics
360:President of the Royal Society of Canada
345:Professional and academic associations
423:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
380:
169:British Columbia Historical Federation
438:University of British Columbia alumni
184:fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
408:20th-century Canadian civil servants
458:Librarians and Archivists of Canada
13:
294:Association of Canadian Archivists
14:
469:
413:Canadian male non-fiction writers
305:
443:20th-century Canadian historians
212:
428:Officers of the Order of Canada
282:
163:in 1933, under the tutelage of
257:
227:
188:Society of American Archivists
153:University of British Columbia
1:
220:
7:
433:People from New Westminster
330:William Kaye Lamb biography
10:
474:
182:In 1949, he was elected a
161:London School of Economics
366:
357:
349:
344:
316:The Canadian Encyclopedia
239:The Canadian Encyclopedia
130:
87:
65:
53:
34:
25:
18:
332:at Ex Libris Association
207:Canadian Pacific Railway
199:Daniel Williams Harmon
325:Ex Libris Association
143:, Lamb received his
418:Canadian librarians
403:Canadian archivists
235:"William Kaye Lamb"
203:Alexander MacKenzie
155:. He completed his
177:Dominion Archivist
376:
375:
367:Succeeded by
312:William Kaye Lamb
245:on April 17, 2021
151:in 1930 from the
100:William Kaye Lamb
97:
96:
20:William Kaye Lamb
465:
370:Gerhard Herzberg
350:Preceded by
342:
341:
301:
296:. Archived from
276:
275:
273:
271:
265:"SAA Presidents"
261:
255:
254:
252:
250:
241:. Archived from
231:
195:George Vancouver
173:British Columbia
141:British Columbia
110:
60:
44:
42:
30:
16:
15:
473:
472:
468:
467:
466:
464:
463:
462:
378:
377:
372:
363:
355:
308:
288:
285:
280:
279:
269:
267:
263:
262:
258:
248:
246:
233:
232:
228:
223:
215:
137:New Westminster
133:
102:
92:Order of Canada
58:
57:August 24, 1999
49:
46:
40:
38:
21:
12:
11:
5:
471:
461:
460:
455:
450:
445:
440:
435:
430:
425:
420:
415:
410:
405:
400:
395:
390:
374:
373:
368:
365:
356:
351:
347:
346:
340:
339:
333:
327:
318:
307:
306:External links
304:
303:
302:
300:on 2015-02-04.
284:
281:
278:
277:
256:
225:
224:
222:
219:
214:
211:
132:
129:
95:
94:
89:
85:
84:
67:
63:
62:
61:(aged 95)
55:
51:
50:
47:
36:
32:
31:
23:
22:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
470:
459:
456:
454:
451:
449:
446:
444:
441:
439:
436:
434:
431:
429:
426:
424:
421:
419:
416:
414:
411:
409:
406:
404:
401:
399:
396:
394:
391:
389:
386:
385:
383:
371:
362:
361:
354:
348:
343:
337:
334:
331:
328:
326:
322:
319:
317:
313:
310:
309:
299:
295:
291:
287:
286:
266:
260:
244:
240:
236:
230:
226:
218:
213:Personal life
210:
208:
204:
200:
196:
191:
189:
185:
180:
178:
174:
170:
166:
162:
158:
154:
150:
146:
142:
138:
128:
126:
125:civil servant
122:
118:
114:
109:
105:
101:
93:
90:
86:
83:
82:civil servant
79:
75:
71:
68:
66:Occupation(s)
64:
56:
52:
37:
33:
29:
24:
17:
358:
298:the original
293:
283:Bibliography
268:. Retrieved
259:
247:. Retrieved
243:the original
238:
229:
216:
192:
181:
165:Harold Laski
147:in 1927 and
134:
99:
98:
59:(1999-08-24)
45:May 11, 1904
393:1999 deaths
388:1904 births
382:Categories
364:1965–1966
353:Léo Marion
221:References
201:, and Sir
41:1904-05-11
270:14 August
249:August 6,
121:librarian
117:archivist
113:historian
78:librarian
74:archivist
70:Historian
135:Born in
159:at the
131:Career
123:, and
88:Awards
80:, and
106:
272:2014
251:2022
108:FRSC
54:Died
35:Born
323:at
314:at
157:PhD
384::
292:.
237:.
209:.
197:,
190:.
149:MA
145:BA
139:,
127:.
119:,
115:,
104:OC
76:,
72:,
274:.
253:.
43:)
39:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
