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Going for Gold: The records of Arnold Hoffman

Post by Christopher Long, Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections Co-Op Student
Arnold Hoffman was a geologist, prospector, and New York stockholder who became associated with gold mining in Quebec, Manitoba, British Columbia and the Northwest Territories.
Reports, maps, correspondence, geological studies, and photographs from his fonds provide an opportunity to dig into the history of Canadian [...]

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Passing of Lois Lilienstein (1936-2015)

Guest post by Stacy Allison-Cassin, W.P. Scott Chair in E-Librarianship
It was with great sadness I heard of the passing of Lois Lilienstein yesterday. Like so many Canadian children growing up in the 1980s the music of Sharon, Lois and Bram were in heavy rotation. My sister and I had a record player, as did several [...]

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Exhibit: Canadian Soldiers of the First World War

Exhibit: Canadian Soldiers of the First World War
Author and curator: Ryan Targa
Location: Scott Library, Second Floor Atrium
13 April 2015 - 1 May 2015
The years between 2014 and 2018 mark the 100th year anniversary of the First World War. During this conflict the Great Powers of Europe contested one another for total supremacy, bringing with them [...]

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'Pushing Buttons, Pushing Stories' online exhibit speaks volumes

Originally published in yFile: York University’s News.

A digital archive of selected political buttons from the Jean Augustine collection is now on display in the Pushing Buttons, Pushing Stories exhibit. The political buttons were donated to the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections in 2007.
The digital archive provides a selection of political buttons representing the themes [...]

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Memory and migration: Display documents the history of Greeks in Toronto

Originally published in yFile: York University’s News.
 

Greek Portuguese soccer match in Toronto. 1967. Toronto Telegram fonds ASC12880

The Greek Canadian History Project is marking 150 years of Greek immigrants in Toronto with "Memory and Migration: A history of Greeks in Toronto", an exhibition of hundreds of historical images and documents in the Rotunda at Toronto City [...]

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Archives Awareness Week : a week in the life of the archives

One of the most reliable aspects of working in a university archives is that no two days are the same.  Every day one can expect surprises, an unexpected challenge or a serendipitous connection that can send an archivist (or a researcher) down a rabbit hole of discovery.
Perhaps it's no coincidence that one of the most [...]

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