Federal Royal Commissions in Canada 1867-1966 : : A Checklist / / George Henderson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Henderson, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1967
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (228 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Introduction --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487588878; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487588878
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: George Henderson.

The subjects inquired into by Canadian federal royal commissions have ranged over such a wide field that the reports and special studies prepared by the 400 commissions since Confederation have become an essential part of any research in Canadian studies. In many cases the special studies which are always prepared by the best experts available stand as the most important works ever to appear on a given subject. For example, the studies used by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (1937-1940) are still used as required reading in both graduate and undergraduate university courses almost thirty years later. In the author's work as Government Documents Librarian, he witnesses the daily use of royal commission material. The importance attached to royal commission documents and the considerable difficulty in locating many of the earlier reports let Henderson to undertake the compilation of this checklist four years ago.