Grants and Contributions

This project involves cataloguing and digitizing the collections of key founders of the Stratford Festival as well as early hard copy Festival press clippings and key prompt books.

The project will involve completing archival processing and digitization of iconographic documents placed to date in the archival holdings of the Salon du livre de l’Outaouais. The project will ensure preservation of photographs according to current archival standards. It will also promote greater access to all documents in the archival holdings for consultation by a larger public.

The purpose of the project is to: (1) establish an operational document classification and management plan adapted to Fransaskois community organizations; and (2) support community organizations in learning proper archiving and preservation practices.

The Mahone Bay Area Business, School, and Church-Related Archival Project focuses on processing and making available online 10 small fonds accruals and an additional 11 new fonds which are not processed. The related work will include processing to archival standards, preparation of finding aids, drafting descriptions, and making the descriptive information available through the Mahone Bay Museum's internal collections management database as well as the MemoryNS archival database. Furthermore, a selection of photographs and documents will be scanned and made available on the Mahone Bay Museum website and its Facebook page. Finally, a selection of 10-15 documents and photographs will be displayed in an exhibit regarding archival acquisitions from May to October.

The project will make available online photographs and posters (descriptions and digitized copies) produced during the 50 years of the 100 Nons organization. The descriptions and digital copies will be posted on the website, and preservation copies will be transferred to and stored in the reliable CCA/LAC/Artefactual digital deposit. Disqus software with a web interface will be added to the organization's database to improve interactivity.

Building on the success of Phase One, Them Days will continue to identify photographs and negatives in its collection. Them Days will start a naming project with the community and online to get the photographs in order. A project researcher will travel around Labrador with copies of the pictures, meet with elders, add the results to the finding aid database, and ensure the images are stored according to safe archival standards.

Part 2 of this project will see the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta (JHSSA) complete the processing of organizational, individual and family fonds to ensure that the archival records are organized, properly stored and accessible to researchers. The RAD-compliant fonds-level descriptions will initially be available only at the JHSSA offices but later be made digitally accessible through the JHSSA website. Additionally, the JHSSA will create finding aids with item-level descriptions for its larger collections. Finally, the JHSSA will Identify gaps within its current holdings in order to solicit donations of material to help complete its archival collection.

Part 2 of this project will see the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta (JHSSA) complete the processing of organizational, individual and family fonds to ensure that the archival records are organized, properly stored and accessible to researchers. The RAD-compliant fonds-level descriptions will initially be available only at the JHSSA offices but later be made digitally accessible through the JHSSA website. Additionally, the JHSSA will create finding aids with item-level descriptions for its larger collections. Finally, the JHSSA will Identify gaps within its current holdings in order to solicit donations of material to help complete its archival collection.

The Federated Women's Institute of Ontario (FWIO) will preserve, digitize, and make accessible its Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (commonly called "Tweedsmuirs") and record books found across Ontario. Continuing from the first phase of this project, it will further digitize the remaining Tweedsmuir collections and records books across Ontario, which will be made available to the public. Moreover, FWIO will inspect and repair documents being digitized, link WI documents already available on other websites, and, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the WI movement in 2017, create a virtual exhibit and library, which will document the many halls, community buildings, monuments, cairns, etc. created by WI members as part of community service.

The Federated Women's Institute of Ontario (FWIO) will preserve, digitize, and make accessible its Tweedsmuir Community History Collections (commonly called "Tweedsmuirs") and record books found across Ontario. Continuing from the first phase of this project, it will further digitize the remaining Tweedsmuir collections and records books across Ontario, which will be made available to the public. Moreover, FWIO will inspect and repair documents being digitized, link WI documents already available on other websites, and, to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the WI movement in 2017, create a virtual exhibit and library, which will document the many halls, community buildings, monuments, cairns, etc. created by WI members as part of community service.