Inspired by a twitter post by the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) we've pulled a few historical pieces of election propaganda from federal and provincial elections of the nineteenth century.
All of these items have been digitized by the Internet Archive and be found by browsing through our holdings here: http://bit.ly/lYPpqH.
These pamphlets are part of the [...]
Recent Acquisitions: City Life
Archives Awareness Week 4-8 April 2011
To celebrate Archives Awareness Week, held the first week of April, the archives installed a small exhibit outlining the values and uses of archives, including a number of publications that have used the Clara Thomas Archives own holdings for their research.
We also co-hosted an information booth at the Scott Library with our colleagues from the [...]
International Women's Day 2011
To celebrate International Women's Day, here is a selection of items celebrating the political and social activism of women.
From Special Collections
A vindication of the rights of woman with strictures on political and moral subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft. London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. First Edition. xix, 452 p. ; 22 cm.
This first edition of [...]
Recent Acquisitions: Two Specimens of Design
The Archives & Special Collections recently acquired a lovely edition of Shakespeare's poems produced by the Kelmscott Press. One of 500 copies, this 1893 edition features original vellum bindings. The Kelmscott Press was founded by William Morris, the Pre-Raphaelite printer, designer and architect who was associated with the Arts and Crafts Movement. Morris founded the [...]
Freedom To Read Week 20-26 February 2011
To celebrate Freedom to Read Week, here are some examples of historical and more contemporary censorship selected from the holdings of the Archives & Special Collections.
Il Petrarcha colla spositione di Misser Giovanni Andrea Gesvaldo : Alla illvstriss. Signora Donna Maria di Cardona la Signora marchesana de la Palvde
This item on [...]