Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Canadian library historiography and American philanthropy
  • The McCombs report in context
  • The Carnegie Corporation and Canadian libraries
  • The Rockefeller Foundation and Canadian libraries
  • Charles F. McCombs and the Rockefeller survey
  • The conjunction of the McCombs and Marshall visits
  • The conjunction of the McCombs and Marshall visits
  • The McCombs report recommendations for action
  • The aftermath of the McCombs report
  • The flowering of the Canadian library movment
  • The McCombs report and the Rockefeller library program
  • American philanthropy and Canadian libraries
  • Part II. The McCombs report, 1941