Category Archives: DRAAG Information

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 →

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

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 →

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 →

This photograph is from the collection of the Port Hope Archives.  It shows the Port Hope Band performing in Lakeview Park (Oshawa) in 1924,

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Archives Awareness Week is an annual event in which archives throughout Canada take the opportunity to show off the fabulous work they are doing throughout the year. This year members of DRAAG are working together to host our first joint … Continue reading →