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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 [...]

Recent Acquisitions: City Life

14 April 2011News, Rare Books, Recent acquisitionscity, city life, Diamond Dye Company, domestic arts, dye, fertilizer, firefighter, firefighting, household, London, Montreal, Montreal Firemen's Benefit Association, moustache, Nineteenth century, sewage, town, town life, urban issues, William A. Guy, William Orme McRobieAnna St.Onge

The Archives & Special Collections are always on the look out for historical or scarce items that may be of interest to our teach faculty or students. Here are a few items we've picked up this year that relate to city life in the 19th and 20th centuries, which may be of particular interest to [...]