Norah Story (1902 - March 5, 1978) was a Canadian archivist who won the

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in 1967 for her ''Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature''.

Life

Born in England, Story emigrated to Canada in 1912. After attending high school in Guelph, Story earned a Bachelor of Arts in History at the

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in 1926. She completed a Master of Arts in 1927 at the

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. In 1928, Story joined the Public Archives of Canada, where she directed the Manuscripts Division from 1942 to her retirement in 1960.

Bibliography

*''The Oxford companion to Canadian history and literature'', Oxford University Press, 1967, OCLC 663686963

References

1902 births 1978 deaths Governor General's Award-winning non-fiction writers Canadian archivists Female archivists British emigrants to Canada {{Canada-writer-stub