When Toronto Reference Library staff opened cabinets full of historic newspaper collections after COVID-19 closures they were met with a smell usually reserved for fish and chips.

The odour was their first clue that they'd have to take action if they wanted to save the newspaper collection that was stored on tens of thousands of microfilm reels and microfiches...

#ArchivalResearch #Archives #MicroFilm

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/vinegar-syndrome-acetate-film-1.6939032

Historic Records Stakeholder Consultations 

The BC Land Title & Survey Authority's Records and Archives staff are running a series of consultations with stakeholders:
* Kamloops Monday, July 31, 1:30 to 3pm
* New Westminster Wednesday, August 2, 10:00 to 11:30am
* Victoria Tuesday, August 15, 1:30 to 3pm
All are very much welcome to attend.
 
Please RSVP to Lois.Evans@ltsa.ca. If you can’t attend in person, a meeting link will be made available.
#BritishColumbia #ArchivalResearch

Online release of the 1931 Census has Library and Archives Canada servers groaning. When the crowd clears, you can make use of this new source at:
https://recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census2/index1931?utm_source=email_genealogy&utm_medium=outreach_EN&utm_campaign=1931Census&utm_id=1931Census

#ArchivalResearch #Canada #Demography #genealogy #HistoricalGeography

Good news! Last week, an author could be charged $400 to use this BC Archives image on a book cover. That cost has now been eliminated. Thank you to the Friends of the BC Archives for your advocacy work!

BC Archives Press Release: https://royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/about/our-work/publications-news/latest-news/bc-archives-eliminates-licensing-fees-improve

Friends Press Release: https://friendsofbcarchives.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/fbca_pressrelease_20230403_v2.docx.pdf

Image Credit: BC Archives, I-03190.

#BritishColumbia #ArchivalResearch

Lead Researcher, Lejac Indian Residential School (LIRS) project. Competition Close: Friday March 31st 2023.

https://www.nadleh.com/_files/ugd/815b6a_2d75e9a8387f48aeb17b9e7aa564ec03.pdf

#ArchivalResearch #ResidentialSchools #job #Reconciliation

Informative "Friends of the BC Archives" talk, by Michael Schwartz, in support of the co-developed "Jewish Museum and Archives of BC"/ "Bill Reid Gallery" exhibition, "Keeping the Song alive".

In 1947, hereditary Chiefs Billy Assu and Mungo Martin began to collaborate with ethnomusicologist Dr. Ida Halpern to record the ceremonial music of the Pesa (potlatch). The results of their collaboration continue to inspire.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3PZ5HaOktk

#BritishColumbia #Reconciliation #ArchivalResearch

Re the newly deciphered #MaryQueenOfScots letters my main takes are (1) #cryptography is awesome, and I love how exciting this is for my fellow computer scientists too; (2) it reminds us how much is hidden in #archives, uncatalogued or inadequately catalogued. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64568222 #ScottishHistory #History #ComputerScience #Cataloguing #HistoricalResearch #ArchivalResearch

#library #libraries #archives #museum #museums #blackprintculture #cataloging #rarebooks #womeninprint #artistbooks #bookhistory #childrensbooks #comics #specialcollections #pedagogy #bibliography #culturalheritage #bookselling #librarianship #jewishbook #publishing #archivalresearch #research #exhibition #exhibitiondisplay #digitalhumanities #codicology #comics

Friends of the City of Vancouver Archives fundraiser.
Tues Jan 31, 7-9pm, online. Cost: $20.23

Please join Laura Ishiguro for "No Smoke Without Fire: Reimagining Women in Colonial Barkerville"

On 16 September 1868, the gold-rush town of Barkerville, British Columbia burned to the ground. Weaving together archival records, rumours, and silences, this talk offers a new history of the fire, and the colonial society that sparked it.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/no-smoke-without-fire-reimagining-women-in-colonial-barkerville-tickets-475346222347

#ArchivalResearch #BritishColumbia

Call for applications: Friends of the BC Archives Indigenous Research Fund.

Funded with support from the Royal BC Museum, the Fund provides up to $1000 to support Indigenous peoples’ access to the BC Archives 🔎 🗃️

Individuals and organizations may apply to receive funding for travel (including accommodations/meals), hiring a researcher, and other costs. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2023.

https://friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/indigenous-research-fund/

#ArchivalResearch #Archives #BritishColumbia #Reconciliation

Call for applications: Friends of the BC Archives Indigenous Research Fund.

Funded with support from the Royal BC Museum, the Fund provides up to $1000 to support Indigenous peoples’ access to the BC Archives 🔎 🗃️

Individuals and organizations may apply to receive funding for travel (including accommodations/meals), hiring a researcher, and other costs. The deadline to apply is January 31, 2023.

https://friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/indigenous-research-fund/

#ArchivalResearch #Archives #BritishColumbia #Reconciliation

I am sad to have missed this (by years!!) but in the autumn of 2016 Boston museums collaborated on an exhibition of illuminated manuscripts. It was called Beyond Words; its website abides and is itself worth checking out.

https://beyondwords2016.org/

#illuminatedmanuscript #holywrit #sacredtext #churchhistory #medieval #medievalstudies #archives #archivalresearch

Nov 24, 2022 talk in Victoria, 7:30pm.

Reconciliation Before Its Time: Wilson Duff as Provincial Anthropologist.
Dr. Robin Fisher.

Issues of appropriation and decolonization are not new. Wilson Duff worked from 1950 to 1965 to bring First Nations voices into the Royal BC Museum. Our focus will be on Duff's partnership with Mungo Martin to rebuild Thunderbird Park, and the restoration of north coast totem poles.

https://victoriahistoricalsociety.bc.ca/presentations/

#Reconciliation #BritishColumbia
#ArchivalResearch

Mapping Kelp History: From Admiralty Charts to Satellites

20 November 2022, 2:00 pm PT

What can archival records tell us about historic ecosystems and ecological change over time? Dr. Maycira Costa offers one answer. In this presentation, Dr. Costa will describe how she combines British Admiralty charts (1858-1956) and satellite imagery to map changes in BC’s kelp forests.

https://friendsofbcarchives.wordpress.com/upcoming-events/

#FriendsOfTheBCArchives #HistoricalGeography #EnvHist #ArchivalResearch #BritishColumbia

Could Community Forests be the way of the future?

Here I review Michelle Rhodes' "The Tree Farm", which celebrates what was once an anomaly...

https://thebcreview.ca/2022/11/05/1613-brownstein-rhodes-mission/

#BritishColumbia #Forestry #ArchivalResearch #ForestHistory #HistoricalGeography #EnvHist #Reconciliation

Hello World.
I've enjoyed membership on #SDF, the "Super Dimensional Fortress," since 2011.

I'd like to connect with people doing #ArchivalResearch (or better yet, those seeking it).

Are there others also trained in #HistoricalGeography ?

#introduction