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Always an adventure : an autobiography / Hugh A. Dempsey.
Penn Museum Library F1024.6.D46 A3 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dempsey, Hugh A. (Hugh Aylmer), 1929-2022.
- Series:
- West series (Calgary, Alta.) ; 3.
- The West series, 1922-6519 ; no. 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dempsey, Hugh A. (Hugh Aylmer), 1929-2022.
- Dempsey, Hugh A.
- Historians--Alberta--Biography.
- Historians.
- Archivists--Alberta--Biography.
- Archivists.
- Museum directors--Alberta--Biography.
- Museum directors.
- Alberta.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 405 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2011]
- Summary:
- In this autobiography, Dempsey, a historian and former curator of the Glenbow Museum in Calgary and editor of Alberta History magazine, recounts his careers as a journalist, government policy writer, popular historian, archivist and museum administrator, speaker, and lecturer. He tells of his childhood, family, and marriage; his involvement with the Indian Association of Alberta, the Historical Society of Alberta, and the Glenbow Foundation; and his projects during retirement. Distributed by Michigan State U. Press. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Beginnings
- Off to work
- The Indian Association of Alberta
- With the government
- The Glenbow Foundation
- Glenbow, Indians, and me
- Adjusting to Calgary
- Glenbow-Alberta Institute
- Changes
- The Cameron years
- The spirit sang
- Aftermath
- Retirement?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781552385227
- 1552385221
- OCLC:
- 708727238
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