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BriefsReportTable of ContentReport IndexRoyal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and SciencesRoyal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and SciencesRoyal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences

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REPORT*

ROYAL COMMISSION ON NATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS,
LETTERS AND SCIENCES
1949-1951

Massey Commission Emblem

Ottawa: EDMOND CLOUTIER, C.M.G., O.A., D.S.P.,
Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty
1951

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.................................................. ix
THE ORDER IN COUNCIL.................................................... xi
THE COMMISSION................................................................ xv
LETTER FROM THE PRIME MINISTER............................... xxi
[St. Augustine, De Civitate Dei, XIX—xxiv.]........................... [xxiii]



PART I


SECTION I: INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER   PAGE
I THE NATURE OF THE TASK..................................... 3
II THE FORCES OF GEOGRAPHY................................. 11



SECTION II: MASS MEDIA
  INTRODUCTION TO MASS MEDIA........................... 19
III BROADCASTING:
  RADIO BROADCASTING............................................. 23
  TELEVISION................................................................... 42
IV FILMS IN CANADA....................................................... 50
V THE PRESS AND PERIODICAL LITERATURE........... 60



SECTION III: "VOLUNTARY BODIES" AND
"FEDERAL AGENCIES"
VI VOLUNTARY SOCIETIES..................................... 66
VII GALLERIES............................................................. 77


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VIII MUSEUMS.............................................................. 87
IX LIBRARIES.............................................................. 101
X ARCHIVES.............................................................. 111
XI HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS................ 123
  "VOLUNTARY BODIES" AND
"FEDERAL AGENCIES", A POSTSCRIPT
................
130



SECTION IV: SCHOLARSHIP SCIENCE AND THE ARTS
XII THE UNIVERSITIES............................................. 132
XIII NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS............................. 144
XIV THE SCHOLAR AND THE SCIENTIST............... 157
  [PART II]............... 167
  [PART III]............... 177
XV THE ARTIST AND THE WRITER:  
  INTRODUCTION.................................................. 182
  MUSIC................................................................... 184
  THE THEATRE...................................................... 192
  BALLET................................................................. 201
  PAINTING............................................................. 204
  SCULPTURE......................................................... 212
  ARCHITECTURE AND
TOWN PLANNING
..............................................
216
  LITERATURE........................................................ 222
  PUBLISHING........................................................ 228
  FOLKLORE........................................................... 232
  HANDICRAFTS.................................................... 235
  INDIAN ARTS....................................................... 239
  SCHOLARSHIP, SCIENCE
AND THE ARTS, A POSTSCRIPT
........................
244



SECTION V: CULTURAL RELATIONS ABROAD
XVI UNESCO..................................................................... 246
XVII THE PROJECTIONS OF CANADA ABROAD......... 253
  CONCLUSION TO PART I........................................ 268



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PART II

CHAPTER   PAGE
  INTRODUCTION....................................................... 271
XVIII BROADCASTING:  
  RADIO BROADCASTING.......................................... 276
  TELEVISION............................................................... 301
XIX THE NATIONAL FILM BOARD................................ 306
XX OTHER FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS  
  THE NATIONAL GALLERY...................................... 314
  NATIONAL MUSEUMS............................................. 319
  FEDERAL LIBRARIES................................................ 327
  PUBLIC RECORDS AND ARCHIVES....................... 335
  HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS.................... 346
XXI AID TO UNIVERSITIES............................................. 352
XXII NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS................................... 356
XXIII SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH UNDER
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
................................
364
XXIV INFORMATION ABROAD......................................... 365
XXV A COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, LETTERS,
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
.................
370
  LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (SIGNATURES).......... 383
  RESERVATIONS AND OBSERVATIONS
BY MR. ARTHUR SURVEYER
....................................
384



NOTES AND APPENDICES

  NOTES TO THE CHAPTERS....................................... 411
APPENDIX  
I BRIEFS SUBMITTED TO THE ROYAL
COMMISSION
.......................................................
423
II PUBLIC SESSIONS OF THE ROYAL
COMMISSION
.......................................................
433
III SPECIAL COMMITTEES......................................... 434


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IV SPECIAL STUDIES PREPARED AT
THE REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION
.....................
434
V A. CARNEGIE CORPORATION GRANTS
TO UNIVERSITIES ETC., IN CANADA
.....................
436
  B. THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION
EXPENDITURES FOR WORK IN CANADA
..............
440
VI ASPECTS OF BROADCASTING IN CANADA,
A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE COMMISSION
BY CHARLES A. SIEPMANN
..................................
443
VII LIST OF CANADIAN MUSEUMS
AND ART GALLERIES
.............................................
485
VIII ORDER IN COUNCIL ESTABLISHING
THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC RECORDS
.............
491
IX RADIO AND TELEVISION BY JOHN CROSBY
(From The New York Herald Tribune)
..........................
494
X FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE
ON HIGHER EDUCATION 1948-49
.........................
495
XI GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
FELLOWSHIPS GRANTED TO CANADIANS
SINCE 1940
................................................................
497
XII THE SECRETARIAT AND FINANCES
OF CERTAIN CANADIAN VOLUNTARY
ORGANIZATIONS
.....................................................
500
  INDEX....................................................................... 507

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* From: Canada. Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters, and Sciences. Report. Ottawa : King's Printer, 1951. By permission of the Privy Council Office.

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