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Black History Month: Selections from Special Collections
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Pamphlets and ephemera, Rare books, Sheetmusic, Special Collections
Tagged Aime 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 Compton
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Love in the Archives: a #loveheritage Valentine’s Day twitter wrap-up
Yesterday, the archives participated in a Twitter event hosted by @AskArchivists. Using Valentine’s Day as a lens in which to interpret our holdings, archives across the globe tweeted about their holdings.
For more information about the #loveheritage event, see Ask Archivists’ … Continue reading
Posted in News
Tagged affection, airport, Arpin family, cats, children, correspondence, courtship, dogs, Elvis Presley, family, Greece, Holland, horses, Immigrants, Italy, Lennox family, letters, lost pet, love, Malton Airport, marriage, music, pet show, photographs, reunion, Scotland, Toronto Telegram, train station, Union Station, Woodbine Racetrack, World War II
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Hitting milestone with the John Arpin Sheet Music Collection: 1000 down, 139,000 more to go!
Today was an exciting milestone for two of our student assistants working on inventorying sheet music from the John Arpin Archives. In collaboration with librarians and staff from Bibliographic Services, the 1000th piece of sheet music was entered into the … Continue reading
Posted in News, Sheetmusic
Tagged female composers, jazz, Kathryn L. Widmer, Maxixe, music, one step, rag, ragtime, sheet music, Spanish Flu
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John Arpin Collection Launch and Celebration
This Sunday afternoon the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections participated in a celebration marking the official launch of the John Arpin Archives and Sheet Music Collection and the naming of a practice room in the Music Department in Accolade … Continue reading
Posted in Family papers, News
Tagged celebration, donor recognition, jazz, John Arpin, music, ragtime, sheet music
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