Title:
Creating Community Access to Lobo Township Book Committee Fonds
Agreement Number:
1920-0925
Agreement Value:
$13,500.00
Agreement Date:
Apr 7, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
Description:
The Lobo Township Book Committee created a collection to record this area's history and transferred these records to the Middlesex Centre Archives. The images represent many aspects of native and early settlement up to 1990, and show various dimensions of the primarily rural community – including education, religion, industry, agriculture, military, organizations, transportation, recreation and the histories of many families still in the area. The organization plans to arrange and describe the records; provide preventative conservation for the collection's 2 000 images and photographs; and create descriptions for the other records. This involves transferring negatives and images to appropriate storage containers, creating a finding aid, and uploading the information to Archeion. Once properly stored, the organization will make the images available to the public.
Organization:
Library and Archives Canada
Expected Results:
Short-term results for this project include the transfer and preservation of approximately 2,000 images and photographs, and the training of volunteer archival assistants in the proper handling, storage and protection of photographs and negatives. In the long term, the organization will use Rules for Archival Description (RAD) to create a finding aid for the collection and make the organization's records accessible on its website and on Archeion. This improved accessibility is timely, as the former Lobo township will celebrate its bicentennial anniversary in 2020.
Location:
Delaware, Ontario, CA N0L 1E0
Reference Number:
129-2019-2020-Q1-00027
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Middlesex Centre Archives
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.