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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Remembrance Day exhibit

In honour of Remembrance Day, the archives has installed an exhibit of letters written by servicemen and women during the First and Second World Wars.  A complement to the online exhibit Letters Home, patrons can browse the physical exhibit material now on display on the second and third floors of the Scott Library.

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Clara Eileen McCandless Thomas (1919-2013)

Dr. Clara Thomas, longtime friend, supporter and ally of York University Libraries Archives & Special Collections passed away peacefully on 26 September 2013.
Clara McCandless Thomas, educator and author, was born in Strathroy, Ontario in 1919 to Basil McCandless and Mabel Sullivan McCandless. In an interview with the Toronto Star in 1985, Thomas noted that her mother, [...]

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