MC4/ Dr. Janet Hammock sous-fonds
- CA QHINB MC4111 / MC4
- Subfonds
- 2002-2018
Janet Thom Hammock was born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1942. After receiving her Artist Diploma at the University of Toronto and a Master’s Degree and Doctor of Musical Arts at Yale University, specializing in piano, she went on to teach as a Professor of Music at Mount Allison University (1975-2001). She was given the distinction of Professor Emeritus of Music in 2003. In her retirement, Hammock begin working with her friend Rev. Elden Hay taking over the Sackville/Amherst Chapter of Parents and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG). Hammock was the president from 2003-2015 and her fonds contains material from her leadership role as well as personal documents such as letters to the editor and speeches. A few of the documents in the collection were created by her partner, the poet Marilyn Lerch.