## Box 1
Folder
1-8: Vol. 39.3, Fall 2005 - correspondence and manuscripts
9-19: Vol. 40.1, Winter 2006 - correspondence and manuscripts
20-31: Vol. 40.2, Spring 2006 - correspondence and manuscripts
The _Journal of Canadian Studies_ started off as an idea for a "Learned Journal" similar to the _Queen's Quarterly_ but called the Trent Quarterly. As ideas were formulated by President T.H.B. Symons and others it came about that the need for a learned journal in Canadian Studies was necessary to the field of Canadian Studies. On 1 June 1964 during the first meeting of the Committee of the Learned Journal it was decided to call the new journal _The Journal of Canadian Studies_. Professor S.G. Denis Smith was chair of the meeting and other members in attendance at the meeting were Dean M.G. Fry, Mr. J.D.P. Martin and Professor J.S. Pettigrew. In the press release on 7 July 1964 issued by Trent University the _Journal_ was to cover such Canadian topics as history, politics, anthropology, art, literature, theatre, economics and sociology. The _Journal_ solicits manuscripts ranging from 2,000 to 10,000 words in length, English or French, dealing with some aspect of Canadian Society or history and of general as well as specialized scholarly interest. The first editor of the _Journal_ was Denis Smith and the associate editor was Bernard R. Blishen. A number of Trent faculty members, such as Kenneth E. Kidd, T.H.B. Symons as well as Ronald J. Thom, sat on the editorial and advisory boards. The _Journal_ was "founded in the belief that the life and history of Canada, still largely unexamined, deserve[d] common study by persons of many approaches and attitudes." (_Journal of Canadian Studies_ Vol. 1, page 2). The symbol used to represent the _Journal of Canadian Studies_ is Samuel de Champlain's astrolabe which he had lost in 1613 while crossing a portage in the upper Ottawa River valley. The astrolabe now resides in the Canadian Museum of History. From 1966 to 2015, the _Journal of Canadian Studies_ was published quarterly by Trent University. Beginning with Volume 49.3 (Fall 2015), it became part of the University of Toronto Press’s Journals publishing program.
Published
Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Fonds consists of correspondence and manuscripts relating to Vols. 39.3, 40.1, and 40.2 of the _Journal of Canadian Studies_.
Fonds acquired from _Journal of Canadian Studies_ in 2006.
This fonds along with 88-015, 91-006, 92-011, 95-017, 96-009, 97-008, 98-016, 01-008, 03-004, 03-011, 04-012, and 05-011 is an addition to 87-005.
Fonds was in the custody of _Journal of Canadian Studies_ before being forwarded to Trent University Archives in 2006.
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