TY - JOUR AU - McMorrow, Kathleen PY - 2022/06/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - "The Mother of Us All": (Og)Reta McNeill, Canada's First Professional Music Librarian JF - CAML Review / Revue de l'ACBM JA - CAML Review / Revue de l'ACBM VL - 50 IS - 1 SE - Reports, News, Essays / Rapports, nouvelles, essais DO - 10.25071/1708-6701.40430 UR - https://caml.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/caml/article/view/40430 SP - 16 AB - <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This paper presents extensive new biographical information, assembled from newspaper articles, about Ogreta McNeill, Canada’s first professional music librarian: pianist, singer, teacher, single mother, Toronto Public Library branch director, writer and bibliographer, impresario, founder and first chair of the Canadian Music Library Association.&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The early accomplishments and influences of her formative years in Victoria BC offer were fully realized in her later identity as a generous contributor to the wider musical community.</span></p> ER -