Kenneth MacLean Glazier Sr.

Kenneth MacLean Glazier Sr. (September 21, 1912 – November 11, 1989) was a Canadian Presbyterian minister and librarian.

He was inducted into Glenview Presbyterian Church in Toronto April 1946.[1] He later became librarian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He went on to serve as chief librarian of the University of Calgary Library.[2]

While at the University of Calgary, he established in the Rare Books and Special Collections of the library the Kenneth M. Glazier Collection of the papers of Canadian authors,[3] including those of Hugh MacLennan and Mordecai Richler.[4]

He wrote or edited Africa South of the Sahara: A Select & Annotated Bibliography, 1964-1968 and South Africa; a collection of miscellaneous documents, 1958-1963.[5] With Peter Duigan, he authored A checklist of serials for African studies.

He founded the Kenneth Maclean Glazier Scholarship for the study of Canadian literature at the university.[6]

Politics

He was Secretary of the Alberta Liberal Party.

Family

In 1940 he married Lily Teresa Ferster; they had three children: Gretchen, and twins, Christopher and Kenneth.

Death

He died of a heart attack in Calgary on November 11, 1989.

Kenneth MacLean Glazier

It is important to distinguish him from his son, Kenneth MacLean Glazier ( Harvard Student Strike), who is a California attorney, known as "Kenneth M. Glazier" or "Kenneth MacLean Glazier",[7] although there are instances of Kenneth M. Glazier Sr. being referred to as such following his son's birth.

References

  1. ^ "Presbytery of Algoma" (PDF). Presbyterian Archives. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  2. ^ "The Surge of Nationalism in Canada Today". JStor. Current History, Volume 66, Number 392, page 150. 2 April 1974. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  3. ^ Michon, Jacques; Gerson, Carol (2007). History of the Book in Canada: Volume 3: 1918-1980. University of Toronto Press Incorporated. p. 696.
  4. ^ Vaska, Marcus (1 November 2006). "The University of Calgary Library: The First 40 Years and Onwards". University of Calgary. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  5. ^ Duignan, Peter (1971). "Africa South of the Sahara: A Bibliography for Undergraduate Libraries" (PDF). Institute of Education Studies. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  6. ^ "University of Calgary: Kenneth MacLean Glazier Scholarship". University of Calgary. 1 November 2006. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  7. ^ "Kenneth M. Glazier". Trust Litigation. Retrieved October 22, 2025.


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