1 Alley to Metcalf, 18 Jan. 1968, Florida SU, Metcalf papers.

2 P.G. Alley, p.c. 20 June 2002.

3 Ibid.

4 These observations are derived from many members of the Alley family and their associates.

5 Alley to Metcalf, 19 June 1968, Florida SU, Metcalf papers.

6 P.G. Alley, p.c. 20 June 2002. Other information in this section also provided by P.G. Alley and J.M. Tait.

7 J.M. Tague (Dean, SLIS), p.c. 3 July 1989.

8 H. Bryan, speaking at the funeral of Jean P. Whyte, Mar. 2003, H. Bryan, p.c. 14 Apr. 2003.

9 H. Bryan, 'The Three Careers of Andrew Osborn', Serials Librarian, v.6, spring 1982, pp.107-13 (quote on p.113).

10 K.D. Metcalf, ibid, pp.89-94 (quote on p.93).

11 C. Hotimsky, 'Andrew Osborn and Education for Librarianship in Canada', ibid., pp.117-25. For Osborn's approach to the planning of a curriculum, see his 'The Design of the Curriculum', in H. Goldhor, ed., Education for Librarianship, pp.163-92.

12 G.M. Strathern to McEldowney, 2 Aug. 1967, McEldowney papers (home).

13 J.P. Whyte, p.c. 19 Apr. 1995.

14 Alley to Bagnall, 9 Oct. 1968, ATL, Acc. 90-103-2.

15 J.P. Whyte, p.c. 19 Apr. 1995.

16 A. DeSomogyi, p.c. 17 June 1990.

17 'Collected Utterances of G.T. Alley, 523, Summer Term 1969, compiled and unedited by A.L. Taylor'; copy held by P.G. Alley.

18 J.P. Whyte, p.c. 19 Apr. 1995.

19 Metcalf to Alley, 25 Jan. 1969, Florida SU, Metcalf papers.

20 Alley to Metcalf, 3 Apr. 1970, ibid.

21 Metcalf to Alley, 22 Apr. 1970; Alley to Metcalf, 8 May 1970; Metcalf to Alley, 18 May 1970, ibid.

22 Osborn, p.c. 19 Sept. 1990.

23 J. Tague, 'The Evolution of the Seminar Method', paper presented to the Association for Library and Information Science Education, Montreal, 1988, attached to p.c. 28 May 1991.

24 J. Tague-Sutcliffe, p.c. 28 May 1991.

25 Described in an Obituary notice issued by SLIS, 25 Apr. 1989, McEldowney papers (home).

26 J.P. Whyte, p.c. 19 Apr. 1995.

27 Alley to Whyte, 29 Dec. 1968, McEldowney papers (home).

28 International Federation of Library Associations.

29 Alley to Whyte, 2 June 1969, McEldowney papers (home).

30 Liaison (Library Association), June 1969, p.L43, and October 1969, p.L80.

31 Alley to Whyte, 15 Oct. 1969, McEldowney papers (home).

32 Alley to Metcalf, 8 May 1970, Florida SU, Metcalf papers.

33 Attempts to find a paper that Alley might have written for this institute have been unsuccessful. A policy proposal which formed the basis for discussion is printed in American Libraries, Apr. 1970, pp.341-4, and there is a brief note of the discussion in the July-Aug. 1970 issue, pp.666-7.

34 N. Horrocks, p.c. 14 Oct. 2003 and later.

35 Library Trends, v.19, July 1970: J.P. Whyte, 'Trends Abroad: Australia', pp.122-30; G.T. Alley, '… and New Zealand', pp.131-8.

36 Alley to Bagnall, 12 Aug. 1969, ATL, Acc. 90-103-2.

37 This episode is dealt with by J.C. Beaglehole, The University of New Zealand, pp.276, 376-7, and R. Barrowman, Victoria University of Wellington, pp.35-7.

38 Alley to Whyte, 3 Nov. 1969, McEldowney papers (home).

39 Euphan Alley to Joy Alley, 4 Sept. and 2 Nov. 1970, McEldowney papers (home).

40 University of Western Ontario, Extract from SLIS Teaching Faculty, minutes, 19 Dec. 1970, McEldowney papers (home).

41 J.M. Tait, p.c. 27 Aug. 1990.