Phyllis Blakeley

Phyllis Blakeley

Phyllis Ruth Blakeley, C.M., LL.D., D.Litt., (1922 – 25 October 1986) was a Canadian historian, biographer and archivist.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Blakeley received a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Bachelor of Education degree, and a Master of Arts degree from Dalhousie University. In 1945, she became a research assistant at the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. She would become Assistant Archivist in 1959, Associate Archivist in 1977, and in 1982 she was appointed the first woman Provincial Archivist for Nova Scotia. She retired in 1985.cite web|url=http://journals.sfu.ca/archivar/index.php/archivaria/article/viewFile/11407/12348|work=Archivaria|format=PDF|title=Obituary|publisher=Association of Canadian Archivists]

Her publications include "Glimpses of Halifax" (1949)," Nova Scotia - A Brief History" (1956), "The Story of Prince Edward Island" (1963), and "Nova Scotia's Two Remarkable Giants: Angus McAskill and Anna Swan" (1970). She was also a contributor to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography having contributed 31 historical biographies.

In 1978, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada for having "served her province [Nova Scotia] for well over thirty years" and for "devoting herself particularly to the preservation of its cultural heritage". [cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1839|title=Order of Canada citation] She received a Doctor of Law degree from Dalhousie University in 1977, and a Doctor of Letters from St. Mary's University in 1983. In 1979, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society.

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