 Becoming a prominent author on Canadian history and politics upon retirement from the civil service , Eggleston earned the recognition of the Writers ' Guild of Alberta , which established the ' Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction ' in 1982 . Dying in Ottawa on 13 June 1986 at 85 years of age , Eggleston 's extensive book collection of some 3 @,@ 000 works was donated to the University of Lethbridge in 2006 , despite interest from Carleton and Queen 's universities , his academic institution and alma mater respectively . 
