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Social Media In Small Archives Workshop – Updated
DRAAG will be hosting a half-day workshop on the many ways that small archives can use social media to increase their profile and reach new and different audiences. The workshop will feature the pros and cons of the most popular … Continue reading
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Amazing Archival Resource
The Archives Damage Atlas is completely free resource developed in the Netherlands available to assist archives when assessing damage and determining the best conservation methods. http://www.metamorfoze.nl/sites/metamorfoze/files/bestanden/schadeatlas%202010%20engels%20met%20omslag.pdf
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DRAAG In 2013
While it is only February, members of DRAAG have been very busy! On January 31, the archivists from Whitby and Oshawa spoke at the Ontario Library Association’s Super Conference. The theme of the session was Library, Archives and Museum Collaborations … Continue reading
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How Should the Great War be Remembered? Your Chance to Weigh In with Canada’s Leading Educators, Historians, Community Leaders
2014 marks the 100th Anniversary of the start of the First World War. It was the world’s first global conflict and it affected every level of society. Over 500 high school students from Victoria High School are remembered in the … Continue reading
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Christmas Pot Luck
DRAAG will be hosting a Christmas Pot Luck on Thursday, December 13 beginning at 5:30. The social will be held at the beautiful Bowmanville Museum, part of the Clarington Museums and Archives. The Bowmanville Museum was built as a one … Continue reading
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This Month’s Header
This photograph is from the collection of the Port Hope Archives. It shows the Port Hope Band performing in Lakeview Park (Oshawa) in 1924,
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This Month’s Header
This month’s header comes from the collection of the Oshawa Community Archives. The photograph, circa 1930, is of the Oshawa Laundry and Dry Cleaning Company. The business was located at the corner of Mill Street and Lower Centre Street. Oshawa … Continue reading
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This Months Header
This month’s header is a photograph of the Brougham Hotel in Pickering taken sometime after 1880, which was when the double-decked veranda was added. The hotel was built in 1858 by John Gerow for Charles W. Matthews. The Brougham Hotel … Continue reading
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New Chapter and a New Logo
On April 13, 2012 the Archives Assocation of Ontario approved a motion put forth for the formation of a new Chapter – the Durham Region Area Archives Group. Along with becoming a new AAO Chapter, DRAAG also has a brand new … Continue reading
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The Bowmanville Boys’ Training School. The facility was built on land donated by local merchant John H.H. Jury and opened in 1925. It was a school designed to help boys who had come from disadvantaged circumstances or had broken the … Continue reading
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