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Images of Doris Lewis with the R. Hon. Consul General from the West German Legation, in Toronto, Mrs. and Professor R. E. Wynne during the donation of 38 books on modern German history to the University of Waterloo Library.

Image of Doris Lewis unpacking, reviewing and shelving records and books from the Lady Aberdeen Library on the History of Women.

Accession consists of two copies of a cassette recording of a news item from Guelph, Ontario's CJOY radio. Titled "Report on feminism collection at the U. of W. Library" the recording features an interview with Doris Lewis by Peter Coleman regarding the collection of women focused research material by the University of Waterloo Library.

41 items of correspondence to both Doris Lewis and Esther Michael at the University of Waterloo from Elizabeth Long. Also includes one speech by Long addressed to Doris Lewis regarding the donation of the Lady Aberdeen Archive to the University of Waterloo that makes mention of a ceramic match holder and a telegram from Long to Lewis regarding the removal of a bust of Dr. Emily Stowe from the old city hall in Toronto.

Left to right: Pollock, Shepherd, Lewis and Matthews.

Carbon copy of typescript letter from Elizabeth Long to Mrs. Kenneth F. Kister, librarian at The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library at Radcliffe College regarding the Lady Aberdeen Library. Long makes reference to the enclosure of a brief history about the library and offers some information about setbacks and successes. Of note is a reference to Doris Lewis and the University of Waterloo Library: "Special libraries are blossoming out everywhere. Waterloo is a young, progressive university, and I am sure the Chief Librarian, Mrs. Doris Lewis, will get a good backing for extending our collection into a most valuable information centre on the history of women."

Images taken during the dedication ceremony for the rare book room at Dana Porter Library, held on June 2, 1976, at 4:00 p.m., in honour of Doris Lewis. The ceremony was open to the public. Several of the photographs show Doris Lewis standing beside the plaque dedicating the space, along with several notable attendees, including Dr. Burt Matthews, who was President of the University of Waterloo at the time; Murray Shepherd, then serving as University Librarian; and Dr. Carl Pollock, who was then Chancellor.

Lewis was the first University Librarian at the University of Waterloo, serving in that role until 1969, after which she continued as a collections development librarian. She retired at the end of July 1976.

Correspondence regarding the location and donation of records to the University of Waterloo that would later become the contents of the Colin Rankin fonds. Communication is predominantly between P. G. Cornell and Kenneth A. MacKirdy, members of Waterloo's Department of History, and the descendants of Colin Rankin; grandson's John L. Rankin, Erroll K. McDougall, and John E. R. McDougall, and Rankin's daughter, Lilly Walters. Also in the file is an exchange between Bruce Peel, University Librarian at the University of Alberta, and Doris Lewis, University Librarian at Waterloo, about the acquisition of the papers of Elizabeth Smith Shortt and the possible connection between Donald McKay and a Nan McKay who worked at the University of Saskatchewan between 1913 and 1955.

File consist of Brief on the Need for Increased Library Budgets, 1965 to 1970 and Beyond, by Doris Lewis, September 13, 1965

One typescript letter from Marcia Williams Bradley, archivist and director of the Sophia Smith Collection at the Smith College Library about the renaming of the Radcliffe Women's Archives to the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library. Also in the file are carbon copy typescripts of letters form Long to Bradley about the Smith College Library, the development of the Aberdeen Library and its donation to the University of Waterloo, including references to Waterloo University Library Doris Lewis.

Photograph of J.E. Brown, Chief, National Science Library; Doris Lewis; Bertha Bassam, Director Emeritus, FLIS; Provincial Treasurer Allan; R.H. Blackburn, Chief, University of Toronto.