By Hiʻiakalehuakaulei Hashimoto (Kanaka ʻŌiwi), Curatorial Intern for Indigenous Art (2023-), McGill Visual Arts Collection “Iapetos, moreover, wedded the damsel Klymene, a fair-ankled Okeanos-daughter, and ascended into a common bed. And she bore him Atlas, a stout-hearted son, and brought …
This February, McGill Libraries marked Black History Month (BHM) with an event and displays that honoured Black excellence, scholarship, and storytelling – past and present. A highlight of the month was the book launch of Genius Unbroken: The Life and …
by Anna Dysert, Co-ordinator for Cataloguing and Metadata, Collections Services La version française suit. The former Osler Letter Index site served as a valuable resource for those wishing to explore correspondence to and from Sir William Osler. The Index has …
Brisk February days bring to mind the fun, music, and community of McGill’s Winter Carnivals! The first one was in 1948 and subsequent events included athletic activities, ice sculptures, and much more winter fun. McGill University Archives have in their …
February is Colour Our Collections month – and even if it’s not formally organized this year (the last global campaign launched by The New York Academy of Medicine Library wrapped in 2024), that doesn’t mean that we can’t brighten up …
La version française suit by Jessica Huang, Student Project Assistant, Rare Books & Special Collections, 2025 (BSc Pharmacology, Philosophy minor) The more abstract, the more ideal an art is, the more it reveals to us the temper of its age. …
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A newly highlighted collection at McGill Libraries captures this rich history of skiing in Montreal and Quebec during the first half of the twentieth century. The collection consists of photographs, hotel advertisements and informational pamphlets, postcards, and ephemera illustrating the …
By Octavian Sopt, Senior Documentation Technician, Rare Books and Special Collections At the onset of gray winter weather, I think about the multitude of vibrant colors that filled the exhibition cases in the 4th floor lobby of the McLennan Library …
We had the great pleasure of chatting over a video conference call with author and journalist Michael Visontay, residing in Sydney, Australia, following the release of his most recent book Noble Fragments. It recounts the riveting story of Gabriel Wells, …
La version française suit. This festive scene is taken from Rover’s Dinner Party, was a part of the Aunt Louisa’s Toy Books series, published by Frederick Warne & Co. in the mid-to-late 19th century. This popular line of illustrated children’s books blended entertainment …
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