Tag Archives: history

Black History Month: Selections from Special Collections

18 February 2013Pamphlets and ephemera, Rare books, Sheetmusic, Special CollectionsAime Cesaire, Angele Bassole-Ouedraogo, Black History Month, Canada, choreographers, dance, Down beat, France, George Elliott Clarke, history, James Baldwin, Katherine Dunham, Leon-Gontran Damas, Leopold Sedar Senghor, Lillian Allen, London, M. NourbeSe Philip, microtext, Montreal, music, newspapers, performance, poetry, race, Scott Joplin, Toronto, Wayde ComptonAnna St.Onge

This year for Black History Month, the libraries have highlighted a range of research materials that could assist students and faculty studying black history in Canada and beyond.
There is a display of materials on the first floor of the Scott Library put together by librarian Patti Ryan, featuring a microfilm of archival material relating to [...]

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 [...]