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==Biography==
==Biography==


J.M.S. Careless was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] and attended the [[University of Toronto Schools]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1940 from [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College]] at the [[University of Toronto]]. He attended [[Harvard University]] and received a [[Master's degree]] in 1941 and a [[Ph.D.]] in 1950.<ref>http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
J.M.S. Careless was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]] and attended the [[University of Toronto Schools]]. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1940 from [[University of Trinity College|Trinity College]] at the [[University of Toronto]]. He attended [[Harvard University]] and received a [[Master's degree]] in 1941 and a [[Ph.D.]] in 1950.<ref>http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>


During the [[Second World War]], he worked in the historical branch of Naval Service Headquarters at Ottawa, then transferred to the [[Department of External Affairs]], where he served as Canadian Diplomatic Officer aboard the exchange ship Gripsholm.<ref>http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/careless_jms.shtml</ref>
During the [[Second World War]], he worked in the historical branch of Naval Service Headquarters at Ottawa, then transferred to the [[Department of External Affairs]], where he served as Canadian Diplomatic Officer aboard the exchange ship {{MS|Gripsholm|1924|6}}.<ref>http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/careless_jms.shtml</ref>


Careless began lecturing at the University of Toronto in 1945, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Canadian political, ethnic, urban and intellectual history.<ref>http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Careless began lecturing at the University of Toronto in 1945, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Canadian political, ethnic, urban and intellectual history.<ref>http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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==Selected bibliography==
==Selected bibliography==
* ''Canada: A Story of Challenge'' (1953), winner of the [[1953 Governor General's Awards]]
* ''Canada: A Story of Challenge'' (1953),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Neatby |first1=Hilda |title=Canada: A Story of Challenge by J. M. S. Careless (review) |journal=[[Canadian Historical Review]] |date=December 1953 |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=354–355 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/623337}}</ref> winner of the [[1953 Governor General's Awards]]
* ''The Union of the Canadas'' (1967)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Union of the Canadas 1841-1857 |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/545457/the-union-of-the-canadas-1841-1857-by-jms-careless/9780771003448 |publisher=Penguin Random House Canada |accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''The Union of the Canadas'' (1967)
* ''Brown of the Globe'' Volume 1 (1959) and Volume 2 (1963), winner of the [[1963 Governor General's Awards]]
* ''Brown of the Globe'' Volume 1 (1959) and Volume 2 (1963),<ref>{{cite web |title=Brown of the Globe: Volume Two: Statesman of Confederation 1860-1880 |url=https://www.dundurn.com/books/Brown-Globe-0 |publisher=[[Dundurn Press]] |accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref> winner of the [[1963 Governor General's Awards]]
* ''Rise of Cities in Canada'' (1978)<ref>{{cite book|last=Careless|first=J.M.S.|title=The Rise of Cities in Canada Before 1914|url=https://cha-shc.ca/_uploads/5c38ab07ba8b0.pdf|year=1978|publisher=[[Canadian Historical Association]] |location=Ottawa |volume=Historical Booklet No. 32|isbn=978-0-88798-030-5}}</ref>
* ''Rise of Cities in Canada'' (1978)
* ''The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841-1867'' (1980)
* ''The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841-1867'' (1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Rea |first1=J.E. |title=The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841–1867 ed. by J.M.S. Careless (review) |journal=Canadian Historical Review |date=March 1981 |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=84–86 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/570878}}</ref>
* ''Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History'' (1984), winner of the [[City of Toronto Book Award]]
* ''Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History'' (1984),<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Firth |first1=Edith G. |title=Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History by J.M.S. Careless (review) |journal=Canadian Historical Review |date=June 1985 |volume=66 |issue=2 |pages=291–292 |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/573681}}</ref> winner of the [[City of Toronto Book Award]]
* ''Frontier and Metropolis'' (1989)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Careless |first1=J.M.S. |title=Frontier and metropolis : regions, cities, and identities in Canada before 1914 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=978-1-4426-7510-0|jstor=10.3138/j.ctt2ttmst}}</ref>
* ''Frontier and Metropolis'' (1989)
* ''Carless at Work: Selected Canadian Historical Studies'' (1990)
* ''Careless at Work: Selected Canadian Historical Studies'' (1990)<ref>{{cite web |title=Careless at Work: Selected Canadian historical studies |url=https://www.dundurn.com/books/Careless-Work |publisher=Dundurn Press |accessdate=27 April 2020}}</ref>
* ''Ontario, A Celebration of Heritage'' (2 volumes 1991, 1992)<ref>{{cite book|last=Careless|first=J.M.S.|title=Ontario: A Celebration of Our Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiwkAQAAIAAJ&pg=PP1|volume=Volume 1|year=1991|publisher=Heritage Publishing House|isbn=978-1-895598-00-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Careless|first=J.M.S.|title=Ontario: A Celebration of Our Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R4Y5zQEACAAJ&pg=PP1|volume=Volume 2|year=1991|publisher=Heritage Publishing House|isbn=978-1-895598-02-5}}</ref>
* ''Ontario, A Celebration of Heritage'' (2 volumes 1991, 1992)
* ''Canada, A Celebration of Heritage'' (2 volumes 1994, 1995)
* ''Canada, A Celebration of Heritage'' (2 volumes 1994, 1995)<ref>{{cite book|last=Careless|first=J.M.S.|title=Canada: a celebration of our heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CEx6AAAAMAAJ&pg=PP1|volume=Volume 1|year=1994|publisher=Heritage Publishing House|isbn=978-1-895598-04-9}}</ref>


===Historical Consultant===
===Historical Consultant===
J.M.S. Careless has served as a [[historical consultant]] for many films and television shows, including:
J.M.S. Careless has served as a [[historical consultant]] for many films and television shows, including:<ref>{{IMDb name|0136791|J.M.S. Careless}}</ref>


* ''Lord Elgin: Voice of the People'', 1959
* ''Lord Elgin: Voice of the People'', 1959
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==References==
==References==
* {{cite encyclopedia |last=Mccallum |first=Margaret E. |title=J.M.S. Careless |work=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |date=15 December 2013 |publisher=[[Historica Canada]] |edition=online |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/jms-careless}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=campeau&t=65789&d=2265|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry|accessdate=May 8, 2006}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.utpress.utoronto.ca/cgi-bin/cw2w3.cgi?p=campeau&t=65789&d=2265|title=Canadian Who's Who 1997 entry|accessdate=May 8, 2006}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001398 James Maurice Stockford Careless] at [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
* {{IMDb name|name=J.M.S. Careless|id=0136791}}
*[https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/j-m-s-careless-fonds J.M.S. Careless archival papers] held at the [https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services]
*[https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/j-m-s-careless-fonds J.M.S. Careless archival papers] held at the [https://utarms.library.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto Archives and Records Management Services]


Revision as of 22:33, 27 April 2020

J. M. S. Careless
OC OOnt FRSC
Born
James Maurice Stockford Careless

(1919-02-17)February 17, 1919
Toronto, Ontario
DiedApril 6, 2009(2009-04-06) (aged 90)
Toronto, Ontario
Alma materUniversity of Trinity College
Harvard University
Occupationhistorian
AwardsOrder of Canada
Order of Ontario

James Maurice Stockford Careless OC OOnt FRSC (February 17, 1919 – April 6, 2009)[1] was a Canadian historian.

Biography

J.M.S. Careless was born in Toronto, Ontario and attended the University of Toronto Schools. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1940 from Trinity College at the University of Toronto. He attended Harvard University and received a Master's degree in 1941 and a Ph.D. in 1950.[2]

During the Second World War, he worked in the historical branch of Naval Service Headquarters at Ottawa, then transferred to the Department of External Affairs, where he served as Canadian Diplomatic Officer aboard the exchange ship MS Gripsholm.[3]

Careless began lecturing at the University of Toronto in 1945, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in Canadian political, ethnic, urban and intellectual history.[4] He was appointed Assistant Professor in 1949, became a full Professor in 1959 and served as Chairman of the Department of History from 1959 to 1967. Dr. Careless was President of the Ontario Historical Society in 1959 and served as Vice-Chairman of the provincial Archaeological and Historic Sites Board. He was made Professor Emeritus in 1984.[5]

In 1962, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was awarded the J.B. Tyrrell Historical Medal. From 1963 to 1973, he was a Trustee for the Ontario Science Centre. From 1975 to 1981, he was a Director of the Ontario Heritage Foundation.

In 1981, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for his "ability to interpret Canadian history to the general reading public". [1] In 1987, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.

Private life

J. M. S. Careless married Elizabeth Isobel Robinson on December 31, 1940. The couple had 5 children and 10 grandchildren.[6]

Awards and honours

Selected bibliography

  • Canada: A Story of Challenge (1953),[7] winner of the 1953 Governor General's Awards
  • The Union of the Canadas (1967)[8]
  • Brown of the Globe Volume 1 (1959) and Volume 2 (1963),[9] winner of the 1963 Governor General's Awards
  • Rise of Cities in Canada (1978)[10]
  • The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841-1867 (1980)[11]
  • Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History (1984),[12] winner of the City of Toronto Book Award
  • Frontier and Metropolis (1989)[13]
  • Careless at Work: Selected Canadian Historical Studies (1990)[14]
  • Ontario, A Celebration of Heritage (2 volumes 1991, 1992)[15][16]
  • Canada, A Celebration of Heritage (2 volumes 1994, 1995)[17]

Historical Consultant

J.M.S. Careless has served as a historical consultant for many films and television shows, including:[18]

  • Lord Elgin: Voice of the People, 1959
  • Charles Tupper: The Big Man, 1961
  • John A. Macdonald: The Impossible Idea, 1961
  • Joseph Howe: The Tribune of Nova Scotia, 1961
  • Lord Durham, 1961
  • Robert Baldwin: A Matter of Principle, 1961
  • William Lyon Mackenzie: A Friend to His Country, 1961
  • Alexander Galt: The Stubborn Idealist, 1962
  • Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine, 1962
  • John Cabot: A Man of the Renaissance, 1964
  • The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson, 1964
  • Selkirk of Red River, 1964
  • David Thompson: The Great Mapmaker, 1964
  • Alexander Mackenzie: The Lord of the North, 1964
  • Origins: A History of Canada, TV series, 1987

Notes

  1. ^ CBC article "Canadian Historian J. M.S. Careless dies"
  2. ^ http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/careless_jms.shtml
  4. ^ http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/careless_jms.shtml
  6. ^ http://content.library.utoronto.ca/utarms/researchers/Fonds/careless[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Neatby, Hilda (December 1953). "Canada: A Story of Challenge by J. M. S. Careless (review)". Canadian Historical Review. 34 (4): 354–355.
  8. ^ "The Union of the Canadas 1841-1857". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Brown of the Globe: Volume Two: Statesman of Confederation 1860-1880". Dundurn Press. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  10. ^ Careless, J.M.S. (1978). The Rise of Cities in Canada Before 1914 (PDF). Vol. Historical Booklet No. 32. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association. ISBN 978-0-88798-030-5.
  11. ^ Rea, J.E. (March 1981). "The Pre-Confederation Premiers: Ontario Government Leaders, 1841–1867 ed. by J.M.S. Careless (review)". Canadian Historical Review. 62 (1): 84–86.
  12. ^ Firth, Edith G. (June 1985). "Toronto to 1918: An Illustrated History by J.M.S. Careless (review)". Canadian Historical Review. 66 (2): 291–292.
  13. ^ Careless, J.M.S. Frontier and metropolis : regions, cities, and identities in Canada before 1914. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-7510-0. JSTOR 10.3138/j.ctt2ttmst.
  14. ^ "Careless at Work: Selected Canadian historical studies". Dundurn Press. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  15. ^ Careless, J.M.S. (1991). Ontario: A Celebration of Our Heritage. Vol. Volume 1. Heritage Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-895598-00-1. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  16. ^ Careless, J.M.S. (1991). Ontario: A Celebration of Our Heritage. Vol. Volume 2. Heritage Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-895598-02-5. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  17. ^ Careless, J.M.S. (1994). Canada: a celebration of our heritage. Vol. Volume 1. Heritage Publishing House. ISBN 978-1-895598-04-9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  18. ^ J.M.S. Careless at IMDb

References

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