Durham Region Area Archives Group
DRAAG
- Tomorrow night! Join us for an open house at the @UOIT and @durhamcollege Campus Library & Archives. #2018AAW https://t.co/yHff0ACp3k 3 years ago
- RT @whitbylibrary: Happy Archives Awareness Week (month)! Welcome to the Archives at the Whitby Public Library. This week our archivist wil… 3 years ago
- RT @whitbylibrary: Number 2 in our #Archive30 list is my favourite item. Without a doubt it's this cloth envelope from the Whit-Knit collec… 3 years ago
- This sounds like fun! twitter.com/advisor_aao/st… 3 years ago
- Next week is Archives Awareness Week! We hope you can join us on April 4 from 6 to 8 pm for an open house at the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9… 3 years ago
Search This Site
Tag Archives: Archives Awareness Week
Archives Awareness Week 2021
Spring is here and what a fabulous way to celebrate the new season than by celebrating the amazing archival collections in our communities. The Archives Association of Ontario has designated this week, April 5th to 9th, as Archives Awareness Week … Continue reading
Porches of Northumberland County
By Abigail Miller, Archivist at Northumberland County Archives and Museum Northumberland County Archives and Museum has been officially closed to the public since Thursday, March 12, 2020. Katie and I are fortunate to be able to continue working from home … Continue reading
Online Heritage Collections at the Oshawa Public Libraries
By Nicole Adams, Local History and Genealogy Librarian at the Oshawa Public Library Exploring history from home has never been easier. We have been building our online collections for years and are always looking for new ways to engage the … Continue reading
Connecting the Past with the Future
By Jennifer Weymark, Archivist at the Oshawa Museum What a surreal time we are currently living through. In the not to distant future, historians will study this time and those of us who collect history can help those future historians … Continue reading
Archives Awareness Week 2020
Social distancing and self-isolation mean that Archives Awareness Week celebrations will look a little different this year. DRAAG thought this would be a great time to celebrate archives online and the many ways we can still access archival records and … Continue reading
Archives Awareness Week 2018
The first week of April is celebrated as Archives Awareness Week in Ontario. For Archives Awareness Week 2018, DRAAG is hosting an Open House of the beautiful Campus Library and Archives at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) … Continue reading
Posted in DRAAG Information
Tagged Archives Awareness Week, Durham College, Events, UOIT
Leave a comment
Northumberland County Archives – 1867 and 1967
On January 9, 1967, Cobourg town council held their inaugural meeting in the courtroom of Victoria Hall dressed in authentic reproduction costumes reminiscent of the 1867 period. Minutes from the 1867 town council meeting were read by the town clerk, … Continue reading
Posted in DRAAG Information
Tagged Archives, Archives Awareness Week, Members, northumberland county
Leave a comment
Whitby Archives – 1867 and 1967
1867 In 1867, the Town of Whitby threw a big party to celebrate Canada’s first birthday on July 1. The plan for Dominion Day was printed in local newspapers and 8000 people came from the surrounding area to take part … Continue reading
Posted in DRAAG Information
Tagged Archives, Archives Awareness Week, Events, Members, Whitby Archives
Leave a comment
Oshawa Museum – 1867 and 1967
This year marks the 150th Anniversary of Confederation. The year will be filled with celebrations, retrospection and imagining where this country will be in another 150 years. To begin the celebration, member institutions of DRAAG have looked through their holdings … Continue reading
Posted in DRAAG Information
Tagged Archives, Archives Awareness Week, Events, Members, Oshawa Museum
Leave a comment
Meet the Law Librarian – Ciara Ward, Northumberland Law Association
Today we meet law librarian Ciara Ward. What do you do at the Northumberland County Law Association? I am the Librarian. What my job entails varies day-to-day; I am in charge of managing the Library Budget we are given every … Continue reading
Posted in DRAAG Information
Tagged Archives Awareness Week, DRAAG, northumberland county
Leave a comment
