Centre for Newfoundland Studies explained

Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Nickname:CNS
Formation:1965
Founder:Agnes O'Dea
Founding Location:St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
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Purpose:Archival, Cultural and Historical Research
Headquarters:Queen Elizabeth II Library
Coordinates:47.5717°N -52.7343°W
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Key People:Department Head, Colleen Field (2018-)
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Website:https://www.library.mun.ca/cns/
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The Centre for Newfoundland Studies is a division of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Libraries, which is completely devoted to the collection and storage of Newfoundland and Labrador related books, documents, articles and maps. Founded in 1965 by Agnes O'Dea it is now home to many rare published sources related to the people and history of Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as all material on the province - theses, novels, government publications, pamphlets. In fact, the CNS houses the largest collection of Newfoundland and Labrador material found anywhere. It holds in excess of 93,000 volumes, and more than 34,000 biographical files, subject files of newspaper clippings and files on every community in the province. The CNS answers questions and offers research advice.

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