Reference Items

This page lists reference items that have been published about L.M. Montgomery’s life, career, and legacy since 1912.
Total number of items: 94

The term “reference items” encompasses a wide range of texts, including encyclopedia entries, bio-bibliographical studies, surveys, and anthology items.

1912 (1)

“McDonald [sic], Mrs. Lucy Maud, author.” In The Canadian Men and Women of the Time: A Hand-Book of Canadian Biography of Living Characters, edited by Henry James Morgan, 2nd ed., 760. Toronto: William Briggs, 1912.

1927 (1)

Books for Boys and Girls, Being a List of Two Thousand Books Which the Librarians of the Boys and Girls Division of the Toronto Public Library Deem to Be of Definite and Permanent Interest. Toronto: Boys and Girls House, Public Library of Toronto, 1927.

1934 (1)

“Macdonald, Mrs. L.M.” In Who’s Who 1932: An Annual Biographical Dictionary with Which Is Incorporated “Men and Women of the Time,” 2028. London: A and C Black, 1934.

1935 (1)

“Macdonald, L.M. Montgomery (Mrs. Ewan Macdonald).” In American Women: The Official Who’s Who Among the Women of the Nation, Volume 1: 1935–36, edited by Durward Howes, 337. Los Angeles: Richard Blank Publishing Company, 1935.

Also, in revised form, in American Women: The Official Who’s Who Among the Women of the Nation, Volume 2: 1937–38, edited by Durward Howes, 416. Los Angeles: American Publications, 1937.

Also, in revised form, in American Women: The Standard Biographical Dictionary of Notable Women, Volume 3: 1939–40, edited by Durward Howes, 550. Los Angeles: American Publications, 1939.

1936 (1)

“MacDonald, Mrs. Ewan (Lucy Maud Montgomery), O.B.E.” In The Canadian Who’s Who: A Handbook of Canadian Biography of Living Characters, Volume 2: 1936–1937, edited by Charles G.D. Roberts and Arthur Leonard Tunnell, 660. Toronto: The Times Publishing Company of London, England, 1936.

1942 (1)

“Montgomery, Lucy Maude [sic].” In Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature, edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, 974–75. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1942.

1959 (1)

Watters, Reginald Eyre. A Check List of Canadian Literature and Background Materials 1628–1950. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1959.

Also, in revised form, as A Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials 1628–1960. 2nd ed. University of Toronto Press, 1972.

1966 (1)

Watters, Reginald Eyre, and Inglis Freeman Bell, comps. On Canadian Literature 1806–1960: A Check List of Articles, Books, and Theses on English-Canadian Literature, Its Authors, and Language. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1966.

See “Macdonald, Mrs. Lucy Maud (Montgomery) 1874–1942,” 125.

1967 (3)

Hackett, Alice Payne. 70 Years of Best Sellers 1895–1965. New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1967.

See “Best Seller Subjects,” 57–88.

Story, Norah. The Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967.

See “Montgomery, L.M.,” 534.

“L.M. Montgomery.” In Canadian Writers / Écrivains canadiens: A Biographical Dictionary / Un dictionnaire biographique, edited by Guy Sylvestre, Brandon Conron, and Carl F. Klinck, 111. 1964. Rev. ed. Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1967.

1972 (1)

“Montgomery, Lucy Maud.” In Encyclopedia Canadiana, Volume 7, 133–34. 1957. Toronto: Grolier of Canada, 1972.

1974 (1)

Colombo, John Robert, ed. Colombo’s Canadian Quotations. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1974.

See “Montgomery, L.M.,” 427–28.

1975 (1)

Fisher, Margery. Who’s Who in Children’s Books: A Treasury of the Familiar Characters of Childhood. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1975.

See “Anne Shirley,” 23.

Also in Children’s Literature Review, Volume 8, edited by Gerard J. Senick, 116–17. Detroit: Gale, 1985.

1976 (2)

Colombo, John Robert. Colombo’s Canadian References. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1976.

Fee, Margery, and Ruth Cawker. Canadian Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography. Toronto: Peter Martin Associates, 1976.

See “Montgomery, Lucy Maud,” 79–81.

1977 (1)

“Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud) 1874–1942.” In Yesterday’s Authors of Books for Children: Facts and Pictures About Authors and Illustrators of Books for Young People, from Early Times to 1960, edited by Anne Commire, 1: 182–92. Detroit: Gale Research, 1977.

1978 (3)

Woodcock, George. Faces from History: Canadian Profiles and Portraits. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1978.

See “Lucy Maud Montgomery,” 200–201.

Sorfleet, John Robert. “Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud).” In Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers, edited by D.L. Kirkpatrick, 905–8. New York: St. Martin’s Press; London: The Macmillan Press, 1978.

Also in Twentieth-Century Children’s Writers, 2nd ed., edited by D.L. Kirkpatrick, 553–55. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1983.

Also in St. James Guide to Children’s Literature, edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, 758–60. Detroit: St. James Press, 1999.

“Montgomery, Lucy Maud.” In The Macmillan Dictionary of Canadian Biography, edited by W. Stewart Wallace, revised and updated by W.A. McKay, 4th ed., 586–87. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978.

1980 (2)

Wilmshurst, Rea. “Scrapbooks and Gatherings of Poems and Stories by L.M. Montgomery at Her Birthplace, Clifton Corners, P.E.I.” N.p.: n.p., 1980.

McDonough, Irma, ed. Canadian Books for Young People / Lives canadiens pour la jeunesse. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1980.

1981 (2)

Rahn, Suzanne. Children’s Literature: An Annotated Bibliography of the History and Criticism. New York: Garland Publishing, 1981. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities 263.

See “Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942),” 295–97.

Moss, John. A Reader’s Guide to the Canadian Novel. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981.

See “Montgomery, L.M.,” 343–44.

1982 (1)

Cadogan, Mary. “Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud).” In Twentieth-Century Romance and Gothic Writers, edited by James Vinson, 503–5. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1982.

Also in Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers, 2nd ed., edited by Lesley Henderson, 469–70. Chicago: St. James Press, 1990.

Also in Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers, 3rd ed., edited by Aruna Vasudevan, 469–70. Detroit: St. James Press, 1994.

1983 (4)

Hoy, Helen. Modern English-Canadian Prose: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1983. American Literature, English Literature, and World Literatures in English Information Guide Services 38.

See “Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874–1942),” 328–35.

Parker, George L. “Anne of Green Gables (1908).” In The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 14–15. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Also, in revised form, in The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by Eugene Benson and William Toye, 2nd ed., 36–37. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Egoff, Sheila. “Children’s Literature in English.” In The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 117–23. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Also, in different form and as “Children’s Literature in English: To the 1970s,” in The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by Eugene Benson and William Toye, 2nd ed., 197–200. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997.

Parker, George L. “Montgomery, L.M. (1874–1942).” In The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 528–29. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1983.

Also, in revised form, in The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by Eugene Benson and William Toye, 2nd ed., 760–62. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1997.

1984 (1)

Carpenter, Humphrey, and Mari Prichard. The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1984.

See “Anne of Green Gables,” 25–26; “Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud),” 356.

1985 (2)

Wilmshurst, Rea, comp. “A Bibliography of L.M. Montgomery’s Short Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Articles.” N.p.: n.p., 1985.

“L(ucy) M(aud) Montgomery 1874–1942.” In Children’s Literature Review, Volume 8, edited by Gerard J. Senick, 107–40. Detroit: Gale, 1985.

1986 (4)

Becket, Margaret, and Theodora Mills. “L.C. Page and Company.” In Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 49: American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638–1899, edited by Peter Dzwonkoski, 349–51. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1986. A Bruccoli Clark Book.

Walker, Evelyn A., and Neal L. Edgar. “Frederick A. Stokes Company.” In Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 49: American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638–1899, edited by Peter Dzwonkoski, 433–36. Detroit: Gale Research Company, 1986. A Bruccoli Clark Book.

Moss, Anita, and Jon C. Stott. The Family of Stories: An Anthology of Children’s Literature. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1986.

See “Appendix B: The Children’s Novel,” 620–58.

Russell, Ruth Weber, D.W. Russell, and Rea Wilmshurst. Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Preliminary Bibliography. Waterloo: University of Waterloo Library, 1986. University of Waterloo Library Bibliography 13.

Preface, ix. Introduction, xi–xix. Part 1, “Novels by Lucy Maud Montgomery,” 1–58. Part 2, “Other Books by Lucy Maud Montgomery,” 59–62. Part 3, “Adaptations for Other Media,” 63–64. Part 4, “Stories, Poems, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected Anthologized Works,” 65–128. Part 5, “Archival Holdings,” 129–36. Part 6, “Works on Lucy Maud Montgomery,” 137–52.

1987 (2)

Hendrickson, Linnea. Children’s Literature: A Guide to the Criticism. Boston: G.K. Hall and Company, 1987.

See “Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874–1942),” 198–99.

Moritz, Albert, and Theresa Moritz. The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Canada. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987.

1988 (7)

Steele, Apollonia, comp. Theses on English-Canadian Literature: A Bibliography of Research Produced in Canada and Elsewhere from 1903 Forward. Calgary, 1988.

See “Montgomery, Lucy Maud, 1874–1942,” 305.

Stott, Jon C. “L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942).” In Writers for Children: Critical Studies of Major Authors Since the Seventeenth Century, edited by Jane M. Bingham, 415–22. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1988.

Stott, Jon C., and Raymond E. Jones. Canadian Books for Children: A Guide to Authors and Illustrators. Toronto: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Canada, 1988.

See “Montgomery, Lucy Maud (1874–1942),” 124–28.

Besner, Neil. “Anne of Green Gables.” In The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., edited by James F. Marsh, 79. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988.

Also in The Canadian Encyclopedia, Year 2000 ed., edited by James F. Marsh, 84. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1999.

Rubio, Mary. “Montgomery, Lucy Maud.” In The Canadian Encyclopedia, 2nd ed., edited by James F. Marsh, 1378. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1988.

Also in The Canadian Encyclopedia, Year 2000 ed., edited by James F. Marsh, 1511. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1999.

Gagnon, André, and Ann Gagnon, eds. Canadian Books for Young People / Livres canadiens pour la jeunesse. 4th ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.

Pratt, T.K., ed. Dictionary of Prince Edward Island English. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.

Paperback edition: University of Toronto Press, 1996.

1989 (3)

Yanchus, Helen M. New Approaches to the Novel: Anne of Green Gables. London, ON: The Althouse Press, 1989.

Mosby, Charmaine Allmon. “Anne of Green Gables.” In Beacham’s Guide to Literature for Young Adults, edited by Kirk H. Beetz and Suzanne Niemeyer, 1: 79–86. Washington, DC: Beacham Publishing, 1989.

Rubio, Mary. “Anne of Green Gables.” In The Oxford Companion to Canadian Theatre, edited by Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly, 24–25. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1989.

1990 (3)

Wilmshurst, Rea. “Quotations and Allusions in L.M. Montgomery’s Other Novels.” Toronto: n.p., 1990.

O’Reilly, Gabrielle. The World of Lucy Maud Montgomery: A Teacher’s Guide to the Bantam and Seal Works of L.M. Montgomery. New York: Bantam, 1990.

Frazer, Frances. “Lucy Maud Montgomery (30 November 1874–24 April 1942).” In Canadian Writers, 1890–1920, edited by W.H. New, 246–53. Detroit: Gale Research, 1990. Dictionary of Literary Biography 92.

1991 (3)

Rubio, Mary. “Lucy Maud Montgomery.” In Profiles in Canadian Literature 7, edited by Jeffrey M. Heath, 37–45. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1991.

York, Lorraine M. “Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud).” In Reference Guide to English Literature, 2nd ed., edited by D.L. Kirkpatrick, 980–81. Chicago: St. James Press, 1991.

Mitchell, Judith N. “Anne of Green Gables.” In Reference Guide to English Literature, 2nd ed., edited by D.L. Kirkpatrick, 1463–64. Chicago: St. James Press, 1991.

1992 (1)

Helbig, Alethea K., and Agnes Regan Perkins. Dictionary of Children’s Fiction from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and Selected African Countries: Books of Recognized Merit. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992.

See “Anne of Green Gables,” 12–14; “Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud) (1874–1942),” 257.

1993 (1)

“L.M. Montgomery (1874–1942).” In Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 51, edited by Laurie Di Mauro. Detroit: Cengage Gale, 1993.

1994 (3)

“L.M. Montgomery.” In Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Volume 12, edited by Kevin S. Hile, 147–59. Detroit: Gale Research, 1994.

Burke, Betty. A Literature Unit for Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery. Edited by Janet Cain. Illustrated by Kris Sexton. Huntington Beach, CA: Teacher Created Materials, 1994.

Harel, Josephine, and Bill Moore. A Study Guide for Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables. Hamilton: Tree House Press, 1994. The Canadian Novel Study Program.

1995 (2)

Campbell, Marie C. “Montgomery, Lucy Maud.” In Children’s Books and Their Creators, edited by Anita Silvey, 465–66. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995.

Also as “Montgomery, L.M.” in The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators, edited by Anita Silvey, 309–10. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002.

McGillis, Roderick. “Canada.” In Children’s Literature: An Illustrated History, edited by Peter Hunt, 333–43. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.

1996 (2)

“Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud) 1842–1942.” In Contemporary Canadian Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide to Current Canadian Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields, edited by Robert Lang, Pamela Willwerth Aue, and David M. Galens, 1: 328–32. Toronto: Gale Canada, 1996.

Drew, Bernard A. The 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1996.

See “Lucy Maud Montgomery,” 324–29.

1997 (2)

Husband, Janet G., and Jonathan F. Husband. Sequels: An Annotated Guide to Novels in Series. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.

See “Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud),” 369.

Wheeler, Kathleen. A Guide to Twentieth-Century Women Novelists. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1997.

See chapter 14, “More Women Writers World-Wide,” 323–43.

1998 (1)

Pratt, T.K., and Scott Burke, eds. Prince Edward Island Sayings. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998.

2000 (2)

Epperly, Elizabeth Rollins, Deirdre Kessler, and Anne-Louise Brookes. The Bend in the Road: An Invitation to the World and Work of L.M. Montgomery (CD-ROM). Charlottetown: L.M. Montgomery Institute, 2000.

Griffith, John W., and Charles H. Frey. “L.M. Montgomery.” In Classics of Children’s Literature, edited by John W. Griffith and Charles H. Frey, 5th ed., 1105–8. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2000.

2001 (7)

Ang, Susan. “Anne of Green Gables.” In The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English, edited by Victor Watson, 38–39. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Jones, Caroline E. “Emily of New Moon.” In The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English, edited by Victor Watson, 235–36. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Jones, Caroline E. “Montgomery, L(ucy) M(aud) 1874–1942.” In The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English, edited by Victor Watson, 486–87. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Cavert, Beth. “Montgomery, L.M. (Lucy Maud).” In The Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, edited by Bernice E. Cullinan and Diane G. Person, 553–55. New York: Continuum, 2001.

“Anne of Green Gables.” In The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 19. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Also, in revised form, in The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 2nd edition, 25. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2011.

“Montgomery, L.M.” In The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 333–35. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Also, in revised form, in The Concise Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, edited by William Toye, 2nd edition, 437–39. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2011.

Dagg, Anne Innis. The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836–1945. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001.

See “Montgomery, Lucy Maud,” 218–19.

2002 (4)

“L.M. Montgomery 1874–1942.” In Children’s Literature Review, Volume 91, edited by Scot Peacock, 113–96. Detroit: Gale, 2004.

Rubio, Mary Henley. “Anne of Green Gables.” In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 30–31. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Kertzer, Adrienne. “Children’s Literature in English.” In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 198–201. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Rubio, Mary Henley. “Montgomery, Lucy Maud.” In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 748–51. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.

2003 (1)

“Anne of Green Gables [by] L.M. Montgomery.” In Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Volume 140, edited by Janet Witalec, 276–345. Detroit: Gale Research, 2003.

2004 (1)

Silvey, Anita. 100 Best Books for Children. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. A Frances Tenenbaum Book.

See “Anne of Green Gables,” 111–13.

2005 (1)

Treleaven, Cameron, Aritha van Herk, and Mary McConnell. Editions and Impressions: Collectors and Their Love of the Works of L.M. Montgomery; An Exhibition in the Nickle Arts Museum, 15 June–29 July, 2005. Calgary: University of Calgary Information Resources, 2005.

2006 (1)

Nelson, Claudia. “Montgomery, L.M.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature, edited by Jack Zipes, 3: 88–90. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006.

2008 (1)

Gammel, Irene. “Anne of Green Gables.” In Girl Culture: An Encyclopedia, edited by Claudia Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, 145–48. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2008.

2009 (3)

Lechowick, Frank, and Juanita Lechowick. A Collector’s Guide to L.M. Montgomery Firsts. N.p.: n.p., 2009.

“Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.” In Children’s Literature Review, Volume 145, edited by Tom Burns, 93–179. Detroit: Gale, 2009.

Lefebvre, Benjamin. “L.M. Montgomery and Her Publishers.” In Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing. McMaster University/Queen’s University/University of Toronto Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, 2009. https://digitalcollections.mcmaster.ca/hpcanpub/case-study/lm-montgomery-and-her-publishers.

2010 (1)

Hilder, Monika. “Lucy Maud Montgomery 1874–1942.” In The Encyclopedia of Christian Literature, edited by George Thomas Kurian, 469–72. Latham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2010.

2011 (2)

Narbonne, André. “Lucy Maud Montgomery (L.M. Montgomery) (30 November 1874–24 April 1942).” In Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 362: Canadian Literary Humorists, edited by Paul Matthew St. Pierre, 172–86. Detroit: Gale Cengage Learning, 2011.

Lane, Richard J. The Routledge Concise History of Canadian Literature. London: Routledge, 2011.

See chapter 3, “A New Nation: Prose Fiction and the Rise of the Canadian Novel During the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries,” 38–72; chapter 4, “In Flanders Fields: Gender and Social Transformation in the First and Second World Wars,” 73–93.

2013 (1)

McIntosh, Andrew, and Cecily Devereux. “Lucy Maud Montgomery.” In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada, 1 January 2013 (last edited 31 January 2022). https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/montgomery-lucy-maud.

2016 (2)

Collins, Carolyn Strom, comp. and ed. An Annotated Bibliography of L.M. Montgomery’s Stories and Poems. Charlottetown: L.M. Montgomery Institute, 2016.

Collins, Carolyn Strom. A Guide to L.M. Montgomery’s Story and Poem Scrapbooks 1890–1940: Stories and Poems Published in Periodicals and Preserved by L.M. Montgomery in Twelve Scrapbooks. Charlottetown: L.M. Montgomery Institute, 2016.

2018 (1)

Rubio, Mary Henley. “Montgomery, Lucy Maud (Macdonald).” In Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Volume 17: 1941–1950. University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2018. http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/montgomery_lucy_maud_17E.html.