Title:
Digitizing and Providing Online Access to Testimonies of Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Experiences
Agreement Number:
1920-0955
Agreement Value:
$47,839.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 6, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) will digitize 1,054 oral history interviews recorded on 1,625 audiocassette tapes in the 1970s and 1980 and label these files using a pre-determined, standardized, naming convention. It will upload the digital files to systems/servers built for the Society’s digital archive. The interviews are part of a nationally significant collection that is valued by researchers and represents Canadian immigrant and ethnic experiences. This project will preserve unique and non-renewable heritage resources that are currently at risk of deterioration and will improve access to these primary source materials for academics, teachers, students, community historians, heritage professionals, ethnocultural organizations, and the public.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Expected short-term results include the digitization of English-language interviews in the Society’s oral history collection that have not yet been digitized; conversion of digitized interviews into a form that facilitates efficient management and inclusion in the organization’s digital archive: Discovering Multicultural Canada; and uploading digitized files to the archive. Long-term results include the preservation of unique, non-renewable heritage resources currently at risk of deterioration; and improved access to these primary source materials for academics, teachers, students, community historians, heritage professionals, ethnocultural organizations and facilities, and members of the public.
Location:
Toronto, Ontario, CA M6A 1C3
Reference Number:
129-2019-2020-Q1-00028
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Multicultural History Society of Ontario
Program:
Documentary Heritage Communities Program
Program Purpose:
The Documentary Heritage Communities Program supports the development of Canada's local archival and library communities by increasing their capacity to preserve, provide access to and promote local documentary heritage.