Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements (January 2025)
The Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies would not be possible without the support of the editorial board, the wider Montgomery community, and many other individuals and organizations. The journal exists thanks to funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The journal has also been supported financially by the University of Prince Edward Island, particularly the L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI), the Offices of the President and the Vice-President—Academic and Research, and the Robertson Library.
The journal is an official scholarly publication of the L.M. Montgomery Institute (LMMI) and Robertson Library. The LMMI has been a centre of Montgomery studies for more than thirty years, and as part of the LMMI’s twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations in 2018, the journal was officially announced. This announcement represented the achievement of a long-time goal: the LMMI had for many years wanted to launch a journal, and the twenty-fifth anniversary seemed exactly the right time, especially when the institute had gained a Chair of L.M. Montgomery Studies at UPEI who works with the LMMI and the Faculty of Arts. The LMMI’s mandate has always involved both scholarly and public outreach work, including the biennial conferences, related publications, and, now, the journal. In June 2019, the institute was delighted to announce the arrival of a Montgomery journal at the LMMI, at UPEI, and in PEI, the heart of Montgomery’s real-and-imagined country.
The former Chair of the L.M. Montgomery Institute Management Committee, Philip Smith, provided a wealth of moral support and institutional knowledge, allowing the journal editors to navigate the complex task of setting up a journal. The committee as a whole—Philip, Elizabeth Epperly, Lesley Clement, Tracy Doucette, Jean Mitchell, Donald Moses, Laura Robinson, Bonnie Tulloch, Kate Scarth, and Emily Woster—is a source of wisdom, humour, and cheerleading. Melanie Fishbane, Rosemary Herbert, Dave Hickey, and Yolanda Hood, are past members of the committee and valued contributors to the founding of the journal. We at the journal also extend our deepest gratitude to Carolyn Collins and the Friends of the L.M. Montgomery Institute.
Donald Moses, UPEI’s University Librarian, Alexander O’Neill, and Rob Drew have created and continue to maintain the journal website—there would be no journal without them. Thanks to Donald for all of his advice on open access, copyright, Creative Commons, and other matters relating to the journal, not to mention copious amounts of technical work on the website.
Emily Woster, founding co-editor, performed vital work establishing the journal and formatting journal collections for print publication. Lesley Clement, the second journal co-editor and now a consulting editor, has been a tremendous addition to the journal, growing it in new and innovative ways through guiding its overall work and co-editing many collections.
Simon Lloyd, University Archives and Special Collections Librarian at UPEI, is a supremely thoughtful, helpful expert on Montgomery, copyright, and intersections between the two. Jane Ledwell and Lori Mayne are our eagle-eyed, collegial, and thoughtful copyeditors and proofreaders, who ensure everything we publish is presentable and polished.
We’d like to thank our authors, reviewers, and editorial board members for providing wonderful suggestions and edits to improve the website, submission process, and style sheet—because of these helpful, questioning scholars, the publication process continues to become clearer and easier for everyone.
Our deep appreciation goes to our editorial and web assistants, past and present—Cat Noseworthy, Heidi Haering, Alyssa Gillespie, Abbey McRoberts, Sarah Freeburn, Barbara Rousseau, Eve Murphy, and Austen Clayton—as well as our former journal coordinators Maya Clubine, Katherine Stratton, and Bonnie Tulloch, who as a group have tackled emails, organized folders, designed visual exhibits, created promotional material, uploaded articles, ensured edits are made to submissions, and posted to social media.
Melanie Fishbane, as long-time LMMI web and social media manager, planned and initially implemented the promotion of the journal. Akila Thomas coordinates social media for the LMMI, including the journal. Thank you both for making sure the LMM community knows about the latest journal publications and news. Weiqi Tang previously capably held this role. Thanks also to students Emma Doucette, Darriel Rolle, and MacKenzie Cutcliffe, who promoted the journal in their roles as LMMI social media assistants.
We are deeply appreciative of Kate Macdonald Butler, the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc., and Sally Keefe Cohen’s support and knowledge. Thanks to all the members of the Montgomery community—rights holders, publishers, and interested parties—who have shared advice and enthusiasm, especially Elizabeth Epperly, Mary Rubio, Kathryn Harvey (Guelph), Cailen Swain (OUP), Kevin Rice and Kathleen MacKinnon (Confederation Centre of the Arts), and Cathy Dillon.
Many UPEI staff members have also made the journal possible: special thanks to the former UPEI President Alaa Abd-El-Aziz, Interim Vice-President—Academic and Research Katherine Gottschall-Pass, and Vice-President—Academic and Research Greg Naterer, staunch supporters of L.M. Montgomery studies at UPEI. Many thanks also to past UPEI Vice-President—Academic and Research Robert Gilmour, as well as to Kristy McKinney, Meghan Van Gaal, Lauren Keefe Hogan, Bridget Morriscey, Judy Gauthier, Kim Mears, Stephanie Palmer, and Krista MacLean.
Finally, but so far from least, here’s to our editorial board members, who contribute a wealth of global, multidisciplinary Montgomery expertise, bringing their enthusiasm and expertise to bear on all journal matters including commas and copyright, publication agreements and peer review, and, of course, Montgomery’s life and legacy. We are delighted that the journal’s honorary patron is Jane Urquhart. Like L.M. Montgomery, Jane Urquhart is an internationally celebrated and beloved Canadian writer. In light of Montgomery’s influence on her own writing, Urquhart is a champion of Montgomery on the national and international stages. We are honoured that Jane Urquhart is continuing her contributions to Montgomery’s legacy by supporting this journal.
For their pioneering work on Montgomery’s life and works, we celebrate the late Elizabeth Hillman Waterston, as well as Mary Henley Rubio and Elizabeth (Betsy) Rollins Epperly as honorary editors and thank them deeply for supporting the journal. Thanks to Laura Robinson, Jean Mitchell, and Lesley Clement for being at the forefront of the journal’s editorial board as consulting editors. Betsy, Laura, Jean, and Lesley have provided advice, guidance, and much-needed third opinions on individual articles and broader journal matters; we are so fortunate to have this formidable group’s knowledge, experience, and collegiality on our side.
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Most of Montgomery’s novels were first published in the United States, and US copyright law has deemed all works published there before 1923 to be public domain. Works published from 1923 to 1963, for which copyright was renewed, are protected for ninety-five years after the original publication date. Please note that the following Montgomery novels will remain under copyright protection in the United States for ninety-five years from date of publication:
Magic for Marigold (1929), A Tangled Web (1931), Pat of Silver Bush (1933), Mistress Pat (1935), Anne of Windy Poplars (1936), Jane of Lantern Hill (1937), and Anne of Ingleside (1939).
Permission requests for reproduction of these novels in the United States, beyond the extent allowed by fair use, should be directed to the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc. directly at katemacdonaldbutler@lmmontgomery.com.
L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon, The Story Girl, and The Blue Castle are trademarks of the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.
Anne of Green Gables and other indicia of “Anne” are trademarks and Canadian official marks of the Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority Inc.
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This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
