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Recent Acquistion: Historical studies of Roma Travellers in Britain

9 January 2012News, Rare Books, Recent acquisitionsadvocacy, England, George Borrow, gypsy, Irish Travellers, itinerancy, itinerant, James Crabb, John Sampson, Nineteenth century, Roma, Romani, social reform, Southampton, Traveller, WelshAnna St.Onge

Here is a recent aquisition to York University's Special Collections: a 1831 publication by James Crabb regarding the Roma and Traveller communities of Britain. The Gipsies' advocate is an excellent example of a body of literature dedicated to the 'problem' of itinerant groups in nineteenth century Britain and efforts to reintegrate these communities into [...]

Recent Acquisitions: Industrial Britain and reform movements

6 January 2012News, Rare Books, Recent acquisitionseducation reform, England, housing reform, Industrial Revolution, social housing, social reform, textiles, urban poor, working classAnna St.Onge

Here are a selection of recent acquisitions to York University's Special Collections related to Industrial Britain and social reform movements.
Octavia Hill's Homes of the London Poor is a reprint of a series of articles originally published in the Fortnightly review and Macmillan's magazine. Published in 1875 by Macmillan, Hill's observations of the living environment of London's [...]

The Archives & Special Collections will be closed 1 December 2011

25 November 2011Anna St.Onge

Image modified from ASC04131, originally a photograph taken by a Toronto Telegram Staff photographer for an article about road closures on Lakeshore Road in Toronto in November 1962.
The Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections will be closed this coming Thursday, 1 December 2011.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

CBC's 75th Anniversary : 75 tweets of 75 archival fonds

6 November 2011Archives & Special Collections, institutions and organizations, News, Personal papersanniversary, broadcasting, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, distance education, history, journalists, Knowlton Nash, legislation, nationalism, policy, producer, radio, radio lecture, script, Take 30, television, The Fifth Estate, Twitter, World War IIAnna St.Onge

On November 2, 2011, I decided to try to find 75 archival fonds in the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections that had some connection to the CBC. I was inspired by the ongoing efforts of the team researching and promoting the anniversary (@cbc75) and staff at the CBC Archives (@cbc_archives) and the University of [...]

John Arpin Collection Launch and Celebration

3 October 2011Family papers, Newscelebration, donor recognition, jazz, John Arpin, music, ragtime, sheet musicAnna St.Onge

This Sunday afternoon the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections participated in a celebration marking the official launch of the John Arpin Archives and Sheet Music Collection and the naming of a practice room in the Music Department in Accolade East (Room 245 to be precise) after the late composer, collector and producer John Arpin.
Dr. [...]

Past Labour Day Parades

2 September 2011Archives & Special Collections, News, Photographs48th Highlanders, Adden, AFL-TLC Street Railway Employees Union, Albert Van, baton twirling, Bruce Reed, Canadian National Exhibition, CNE, Don Grant, Dufferin Gate, firefighters, Firefighters Local 113, Labour Day, Local 439, Local 95 of the International Association Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, MacLean, majorettes, Operative Potters Local 231, parade, Plumbers' Union, Ray McFadden, Toronto and District Labour Council, Toronto Fire Fighters, Toronto Telegram, TTC maintenance, unionsAnna St.Onge

The Annual Labour Day Parade down at Toronto's CNE grounds has a long history. In anticipation of Labour Day this Monday September 5th, 2011, here are some images from the Toronto Telegram from parades from 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 and 1963, as photographed by Telegram photographers Ray McFadden, Bruce Reed, Don Grant, Albert Van, [...]