Peel, Bruce Braden
Librarian, Author
1916- 

Bruce Peel came to the University Library as chief cataloguer in
1951. From 1955 until 1982 he served as Librarian to the University.
During this period the Library's collection became the second
largest in Canada. Mr. Peel has published the definitive
bibliography of Western Canadian imprints, and during his career
was an active participant in academic and professional
associations.  On his retirement the rare books room was named
the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library in his honour, and in 1991
the University awarded him an honorary doctorate of laws.

Multiple media, 1951-1982, 0.63 m

Publications, 1964-1979 
Printed items: "History of the Library" (1964, 1979);  
Librarianship in Canada (Elizabeth Homer Morton festschrift, 
1968); Steamboats on the Saskatchewan (1972); A Bibliography 
of the Prairie Provinces (1st ed 1953, 2d ed 1973).

Speeches, lectures, 1951-1982 
Survey of Resources of Canadian Academic and Research 
Libraries    1966-1967 Committee files.  Commissioned by the
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the
Canadian Association of College and University Libraries; Robert
B. Downs (chair), Bruce Peel (member).

Access: Open 
See also: University Libraries