AGQ-F0061
Fonds Keith Lowther. – 6 August-22 October 1997. – 1 cm of textual records.
Biographical sketch:
Keith Lowther was born in 1964. He received his B.A. from Trent University and his M.A. from the University of Calgary, for which he wrote a thesis entitled An Exercise in Sovereignty: The Canadian Government and the Inuit Relocation of 1953
In September 1989, he began his doctorate at Concordia University, which he did not complete. During his time at Concordia, he sat on a number of committees, including one to establish a course curriculum on AIDS. He taught history courses at Concordia and at several cégeps. At Concordia, he founded the student conference History in the Making in 1995.
He died on 11 August 1997 of AIDS-related lymphoma.
Scope and content:
The fonds concerns Keith Lowther’s last wishes. It also bears witness to his impact on the academic and student community at Concordia.
The fonds contains a copy of Keith’s will and an obituary.
The fonds contains the following file:
- AGQ-F0061/D1. Documents relatifs à Keith Lowther
Notes:
Source of title proper: Title based on the contents of the fonds.
Immediate source of acquisition: The fonds was transferred to the AGQ in 1997 by Tom Waugh (acquisition 1997-17).
Language: The records are in English.
Finding aids: Digital inventory of the fonds in Excel format.
Restrictions on access, use, reproduction, and publication: Reproductions for research purposes only.
Associated material: The University of Calgary holds Keith Lowther’s master’s thesis. The document is available on their libraries and collections website.
Bibliography:
Gordon, A. (12 août 1997). In Memory of Keith Lowther. H-net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online. Retrieved on 27 May 2022 at https://lists.h-net.org/cgi-bin/logbrowse.pl?trx=vx&list=h-canada&month=9708&week=b&msg=Q8Lxiai%2B%2BzM77DJ20gdDyA&user=&pw=
Whittaker, D. (Spring 2003). Remembering Keith Lowther (1964-1997). Concordia University History Department Newsletter.
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