Trent University Archives Newsletter
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Trent University Archives News Number 22: June 2007
Year: 2007, 2007
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Name(s): Editor (edt): Aoki, Jodi
Abstract: Contents include tributes to Michael Treadwell (1942-1999) and Mary Northway (1909-1987), whose contributions to Trent University have been recognized through the naming of the reading rooms in the Archives and the Special Collections and Rare Book Room in their honour. Michael Treadwell and Mary Northway were responsible for several important acquisitions at Bata Library and the Archives.
Trent University Archives News Number 24: December 2007
Year: 2007, 2007
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Name(s): Editor (edt): Aoki, Jodi
Abstract: Contents include images and excerpts with Christmas themes from various nineteenth-century publications housed in our Michael Treadwell Special Collections and Rare Books Room. One of the examples depicted is from Charles Dickens' 1888 "author's copyright edition" of <em>A Christmas Carol.</em> more
Trent University Archives News Number 21: March 2007
Year: 2007, 2007
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Name(s): Editor (edt): Aoki, Jodi
Abstract: Contents include the announcement that Margaret Laurence's personal library has been relocated to Trent University Archives. Margaret's long relationship with Trent is discussed in brief. Also included are examples of the types of questions that researchers using our Archives are asking, and the surprising statistics that their research endeavors generate as they peruse the Archives Web… more
Trent University Archives News Number 23: September 2007
Year: 2007, 2007
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Name(s): Editor (edt): Aoki, Jodi
Abstract: Contents focus on Upper Canadian surveyor John Huston (1790-1845). Huston received authorization from Sir Peregrine Maitland to "practice the art of surveying land" in Upper Canada in 1820, and he assisted Peter Robinson, Commissioner of Crown Lands and Surveyor General of Upper Canada, in settling the 1825 contingent of Irish immigrants in the Peterborough area. more