By Alex Kohn, Digital Collections & Copyright Librarian As we reported back in May, we are the fortunate recipients of a grant from the British Columbia History Digitization Program, which has allowed us to digitize over 1,586 items (letters and …
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In Search of a Single Boot: A Reflection on the Things Lost and Found at McGill Library
by Alisa Nosova, Marketing Projects Assistant, McGill Library The Internet Archive holds the McGill Student Publications Collection that includes McGill student newspapers from as early as 1874. If you dare to start digging through this resource platform you might find …
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Looking Back, Leaning Forward | Exhibition highlights from “McGilliana: 200 Years of Student Life”
Lire la version française By Aeron MacHattie, Archivist, Collection Services As the McGill community commemorates its bicentennial, it might be an opportune time to find markers by which to measure the ways McGill has grown, both to celebrate achievements and …
The University Girls Series
Written by Frédéric Giuliano, former archivist at McGill University. Published in Many Women, Many Voices, Stories from McGill’s Collections. McGill University Library and Archives, 2018. These University Girls We Can Do It! she seems to say, anticipating the iconic propaganda …
McGill University Archives’ starter kit for the Fall semester
We would like to welcome all students to this new fall semester. We hope that you will have the opportunity to visit our beautiful library starting this September! The last few months have been challenging for all of us, for …
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The Falcon: The Statue of a Winged Youth at McGill
by Joseph Hanaway, Washington University The original article was first published in Fontanus, Vol. 14 (2016). Abstract: The Falcon statue, created by R. Tait McKenzie, stands as a beacon just outside the entrance of the McLennan Library Building on the …
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Engaging History with “Quiz That So?”
Lire la version française By Jacquelyn Sundberg, Outreach Coordinator, ROAAr and Aeron MacHattie, Archivist, ROAAr The library’s new game, Quiz That So? has a 1950s game show feel and lets players test their wits with some tricky trivia questions from …
Tracing McGill University’s founding documents: The hunt for the 1821 Charter
By Yves Lapointe and Adria Seccareccia[1] Founding documents often serve as symbols of collective identity. Over time, they are frequently referenced in conversations regarding changes to this identity. McGill University’s founding documents are no different. The 1821 Charter and its …
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McGill’s Responses to Anti-Black Racism: New Web Archiving Project Goes Live!
By Adria Seccareccia, Library/Archivist, and Alexandra Kohn, Digital Collections & Copyright Librarian. Lire la version française What does preserving born-digital content look like? If you pictured a baby robot safely stored away for posterity in a virtual safe, we’re afraid you are not quite …
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Finding the University : new research guides for institutional histories
To support more inclusive histories of McGill University, we have started to develop a series of institutional history research guides aimed at simplifying access to primary source material relating to the University’s establishment and its first 100 years.
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