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REPORT^*

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

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

^* 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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REPORT*

ROYAL COMMISSION ON NATIONALDEVELOPMENT IN THE ARTS,LETTERS AND SCIENCES1949-1951

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

PART II

NOTES AND APPENDICES

REPORT^*

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