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Fonds consists of business, professional and personal papers reflecting E. de Mille's activities in the bookselling trade. Includes the following material relating to Evelyn de Mille Books Ltd.: correspondence (1961-1975); material relating to staff, advertising, statistics and finances; book catalogues; scrapbooks; newsclippings; newsletters; and miscellaneous material. Material relating to the Canadian Booksellers Association: correspondence (1957-1978), brochures, financial and other reports, contracts, press releases, policy statements and materials relating to conventions and seminars. Personal papers including correspondence, family papers and material documenting professional and volunteer activities. Fonds also includes an appendix, Acc 676/00.7, consisting of 12 audio cassette tapes (90 minutes each) recording interviews of Evelyn de Mille by Kristin Burnett which document E. de Mille's life focusing primarily on the post-war period after the establishment of her first bookstore. A detailed guide to the oral history including a project description, a chronological sketch of E. de Mille's life, a subject guide and a subject guide index for the interviews accompanies this accession.