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Tag Archives: World War II
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
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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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Remembrance Day exhibit
In honour of Remembrance Day, the archives has installed an exhibit of letters written by servicemen and women during the First and Second World Wars. A compliment to the online exhibit Letters Home, patrons can browse the physical exhibit material … Continue reading
CBC’s 75th Anniversary : 75 tweets of 75 archival fonds
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Special Collections, institutions and organizations, News, Personal papers
Tagged anniversary, 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 II
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Letters Home : a selection of wartime correspondence from the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections
In honour of Remembrance Day, the archives has installed a new online exhibit. Letters home is based on a previous physical exhibit installed in Scott Library in 2009. The current exhibit features a selection of correspondence and photographs exchanged between … Continue reading
