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Archives Awareness Week : 2 - 8 April 2012

To celebrate Archives Awareness Week, held the first week of April, we're compiling a idiosyncratic and completely biased list of interesting news stories involving archives, historical documents or rare books and the compelling stories they generate.  These can cover a range of topics, including:
Serendipitous discovery!    Unexpected loss!   
Wanton destruction!       Benign neglect!

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The power of archival material [...]

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Knowlton Nash papers now available

The Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections are very pleased to announce that the papers of veteran journalist, broadcaster and pundit Knowlton Nash are now open and available to researchers.
Knowlton Nash’s gift of his journalism records and related publications provides extensive and comprehensive documentation on the career of perhaps the most influential Canadian journalist during [...]

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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 [...]

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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
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