Department of English
1908-

The Department of English was one of the four original   
departments established in 1908.  Its first professor,  
Edmund Kemper Broadus, was faced with the task of setting  
the standard and program for entering students.  From the  
start, the Department had the important service function of  
training students of every faculty to write, and of giving  
them an acquaintance with literature.

The Department offers a broad range of courses in literature  
and language, and offers specialization in the areas of  
Canadian literature (especially prairie fiction), and  
creative writing. The English honours program is the largest  
in the Faculty of Arts.

Heads  
1908-1936	Edmund Kemper Broadus   
1936-1950	Robert Kay Gordon   
1950-1953	Frederick Millet Salter   
1953-1961	John Thomas Jones   
1961-1967	Henry Kreisel

Chairs
1968-1971	R. George Baldwin  
1971-1976	Edward Rose  
1976-1981	Roland Anderson  
1981-1986	David Jackel  
1986-1989	Linda Woodbridge  
1989-1992	Maurice Roger Legris
1992-1995	Shirley Neuman
1995-		Patricia Demers


Text, 1914-1997, 5.55 m
Record Group 41


Courses and curriculum, 1963-1997  
Consists of course guides (1969-1981), and examinations  
(1963-1997).

Minutes, 1914-1977  
Consists of department (1914-1977) and Department Council  
(1969-1977) meeting minutes.

Staff, 1967-[1990]  
Case files for sessional lecturers and graduate teaching   
assistants.