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Evelyn de Mille (August 1, 1919 – October 31, 2013)〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.ucalgary.ca/lib-old/SpecColl/demille.htm )〕 is a Canadian known for being the first woman in Calgary, Alberta to own her own stand-alone bookstore in the city.〔(Evelyn de Mille ), ''Library and Archives Canada''; URL accessed May 19, 2006.〕 She opened her first bookstore in 1956.〔Brennan, Brian, "Evelyn de Mille: Book seller extraordinaire: After 43 years in the trade, retailer is ready to turn the page on an illustrious career Series: International Year of Older Persons",, Calgary Herald. Calgary Herald. Calgary, Alta.: Jun 27, 1999. pg. E.1.FRO〕 In 1974 she became the first woman in Canada to found a bookstore chain.〔 In 1972, she was the first female president of the Canadian Booksellers Association.〔〔(CBA Presidents. 1952-2006 (PDF) ), ''(Canadian Booksellers Association )''; URL accessed May 19, 2006.〕 In this role, she helped found the ''Bookseller of the Year Awards''.〔 In 1974 she sold her business to W H Smith, with whom she was involved in a legal dispute.〔 Evelyn de Mille bought the Owl's Nest bookstore in 1979 and operated it until she sold it 1996.〔 〔Toneguzzi, Mario, "Owl's Nest has an eye for customer service: Bookstore survives arrival of chain stores". ''Calgary Herald'', August 8, 2005. pg. E.2.〕 In 1999, she announced she was retiring permanently from the trade and would sell her last remaining book store, DeMille Technical Books.〔 It was later sold to McNally Robinson bookstore chain.〔Parker, David, "Paperwork completed on bookstore", ''Calgary Herald'', January 2, 2002, p. E.3〕 In 1998, she was awarded an honorary degree as a Doctor of Laws by the University of Calgary.〔 DeMille Technical Books operated as part of McNally Robinson's Calgary store from 2002 until McNally Robinson closed the store in 2008. Under the advice and mentorship of Evelyn DeMille, the assets of DeMille Technical Books were bought by Charlie Perry and the bookstore was re-established under the name DeMille Technical and Business Books Ltd. The bookstore store continues to serve professionals, trades people and students from its location in downtown Calgary at (Second Level) Standard Life Tower, 639 5th Avenue S.W. Until a few months before her death Evelyn DeMille was an advocate of independent business and was an advisor to DeMille Books. Evelyn purchased a page of the Gutenberg bible, and donated it to the University of Calgary, where it now resides in their library. This entry will be updated with news on her further willed donations and long term support to the University of Calgary. ==Further reading== The following list is from Library and Archives Canada:〔 *Crawford, Anne, "De Mille savors 40 years as a bookselling pioneer", ''Calgary Herald'', October 7, 1996. p. C1. *Cusipag, Marjo, "Evelyn deMille : Calgary's first female bookseller", ''Canadian bookseller'', Vol. 20, no. 5, June/July 1998. p. 61. *De Mille, Evelyn, "The bookseller's dilemma", ''Library Association of Alberta bulletin'', Vol. 4, no. 2, April 1973. p. 38-41. *"The Evelyn de Mille Collection on the Book and the Book Arts.", ''Calgary : Special Collections Division, University of Calgary Libraries'', 1991. -- 28 p. -- (Occasional paper no. 9) *"WHS settles with De Mille", ''Quill & quire'', Vol. 46, no. 1, January 1980. p. 16-17. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Evelyn de Mille」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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