THE MARITIME CONFERENCE ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA: A good number o f r e c o r d s from M a r i t i m e c o n g r e g a t i o n s h a v e come i n d u r i n g t h e y e a r . Mention m i g h t b e made o f o l d books and p a p e r s , some d a t e d w e l l o v e r a c e n t u r y a g o , from t h e f o r m e r C o r n w a l l i s C o n g r e g a t i o n a l i s t , M e t h o d i s t a n d P r e s b y t e r i a n c o n g r e g a t i o n s . C o p i e s o f t h e s e s and p a p e r s , r e s e a r c h f o r which was done h e r e , h a v e b e e n v e r y v a l u a b l e a d d i t i o n s t o o u r h o l d i n g s .
The b u i l d i n g u p o f f i n d i n g a i d s i s o n e o f o u r p r o j e c t s t h i s y e a r . I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e main c a r d c a t a l o g u e f o r books a n d p a m p h l e t s , we h a v e a n i n d e x o f c o n g r e g a t i o n s i n d i c a t i n g where p e r t i n e n t h i s t o r i c a l m a t e r i a l may b e f o u n d ; a n i n d e x o f c h u r c h c o u r t s a c c o r d i n g t o d e n o m i n a t i o n ; a n i n d e x o f m i n i s t e r s showing where t h e i r b i o g r a p h i e s , and i n some c a s e s t h e i r p i c t u r e s , a r e l o c a t e d ; and i n d e x e s t o c o l l e c t i o n s o f l e t t e r s a n d p a m p h l e t s . We a r e f o r t u n a t e i n p o s s e s s i n g i n d e x e s t o many o f o u r r e l i g i o u s p e r i o d i c a l s p r e - p a r e d b y t h e Rev. C h a r l e s H. Johnson, D.D., now l i v i n g i n r e t i r e m e n t i n Kamloops, B r i t i s h Columbia.
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PUBLIC ARCHIVES OF CANADA: The p o s t o f ~ 0 m i n i 0 n A r c h i v i s t was f i l l e d b y t h e a p p o i n t m e n t o f D r . W i l f r e d I . S m i t h , e f f e c t i v e December 23, 1970.
M r . B e r n a r d W e i l b r e n n e r was a p p o i n t e d A s s i s t a n t Dominion A r c h i v i s t , e f f e c - t i v e J a n u a r y 1 5 , 1971.
A r e p o r t o n t h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s f o r t h e Y e a r s 1959-1969 w i l l b e i s s u e d s h o r t l y . The l a s t r e p o r t was f o r t h e y e a r s 1955-1958. S t a r t i n g i n 1 9 7 1 , a n a n n u a l r e p o r t , c o v e r i n g t h e f i s c a l y e a r , w i l l b e p u b l i s h e d i n May o r J u n e .
M a n u s c r i p t ~ i v i s i o n , P e r s o n n e l : New a r c h i v i s t s t o j o i n t h e D i v i s i o n i n 1 9 7 0 were Marcel c a y a , c a r o l c o u t u r e , P e t e r G i l l i s , ~ n d r 6 Guay, H a r o l d N a u g l e r a n d R o b e r t T a y l o r . T h e r e w e r e t h r e e r e s i g n a t i o n s : David Rudkin went t o t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f W e s t e r n O n t a r i o and A l l a n Boyd t o McMaster Univ- e r s i t y , b o t h t o c o n t i n u e t h e i r s t u d i e s , a n d R o b e r t w a t t a c c e p t e d a new p o s i t i o n i n Vancouver.
M a n u s c r i p t D i v i s i o n , S e r v i c e s : I n r e c e n t y e a r s t h e r e h a s b e e n a gen- e r a l s t e a d y i n c r e a s e i n t h e amount o f work done, and 1970 was no e x c e p t i o n . The number o f i n q u i r i e s i n c r e a s e d t o 6 , 6 1 1 ( f r o m 5,909 i n 1 9 6 9 ) ; t h e number o f r e s e a r c h e r s r o s e t o 2,612 ( f r o m 2 , 5 0 1 i n 1 9 6 9 ) ; t h e number o f c o n s u l t a - t i o n s was 1 0 , 6 1 4 ( u p from 1 0 , 0 7 3 i n 1 9 6 9 ) ; t h e number o f r e e l s o f m i c r o f i l m c i r c u l a t e d o n i n t e r l i b r a r y l o a n was 2 , 6 5 5 (down from 3,112 i n 1 9 6 9 ) ; t h e number o f f e e t o f m a n u s c r i p t s and r e c o r d s a c c e s s i o n e d r o s e t o 6 , 5 5 3 ( f r o m 4 , 9 6 1 i n 1 9 6 9 ) ; t h e number o f r e e l s o f m i c r o f i l m e d a c c e s s i o n e d was 2 , 2 6 2
(down from 4 , 0 5 3 i n 1 9 6 9 ) ; t h e number o f f e e t o f r e c o r d s and m a n u s c r i p t s c i r c u l a t e d was 4 3 , 7 3 5 (down from 45,209 l a s t y e a r ) , and t h e number o f r e e l s o f m i c r o f i l m c i r c u l a t e d was 1 9 , 2 8 5 ( u p from 1 6 , 1 8 4 l a s t y e a r ) .
M a n u s c r i p t D i v i s i o n , A c c e s s i o n s : S i g n i f i c a n t a c c e s s i o n s o f p u b l i c r e c o r d s r e c e i v e d d u r i n g 1970 i n c l u d e d : t r a n s c r i p t s o f h e a r i n g s , b r i e f s , s t u d i e s , r e p o r t s o f r e g i o n a l c o n f e r e n c e s , and o t h e r p a p e r s o f t h e R o y a l Commission o n B i l i n g u a l i s m a n d B i c u l t u r a l i s m , 1963-1970; Department o f T r a d e and Commerce R e g i s t r y F i l e s , c . 1900-1965, d e a l i n g w i t h t r a d e m i s - s i o n s , t r a d e commissioner s e r v i c e , w o r l d f a i r s , i m p o r t s a d . e x p o r t s , a n d c o n f e r e n c e s ; Department o f Labour, " L a c e l l e f i l e s " , c o v e r i n g a l l a s p e c t s o f t h e work o f t h e d e p a r t m e n t ; i n i t i a l t r a n s f e r o f r e g i s t r y f i l e s o f t h e Department o f E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s , i n c l u d i n g t h e o f f i c e f i l e s o f t h e Under
S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e , 1908-1954; and from t h e ~ m m i g r a t i o n Branch, 32 r e e l s of m i c r o f i l m c o n t a i n i n g p a s s e n g e r l i s t s f o r t h e p o r t s o f Quebec and H a l i f a x f o r t h e y e a r s 1865-1900, a s w e l l a s 220 f e e t o f r e c o r d s t o b e reviewed.
The S t . L a u r e n t and P e a r s o n Papers a r e now o f f i c i a l l y i n o u r p o s s e s s i o n . o t h e r n o t a b l e a c q u i s i t i o n s of p r i v a t e m a n u s c r i p t s i n c l u d e d p a p e r s o f t h e f o l l o w i n g : S t e p h e n Leacock ( m i c r o f i l m copy o f m a t e r i a l i n O r i l l i a ) , S i r w i l f r e d L a u r i e r ( a d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l ) , l l O r d r e d e J a c q u e s C a r t i e r , t h e u n i v e r s i t y women's c l u b , N. E. G l a d s t o n e Murray, ~ s c o t t Reid, K. P. Kirk- wood, D. C. A b b o t t , R. W. S e l l a r , C a p t a i n Joseph B r a n t , William Dummer powell, Frank L. Packard, t h e Canadian Teachers F e d e r a t i o n , t h e Canadian Labour Congress ( i n c l u d i n g m a t e r i a l o n t h e former Trades and Labour Congress and on t h e former Canadian Congress o f ~ a b o u r ) , and p a p e r s o f a member o f t h e Sons o f Freedom S e c t o f t h e Doukhobors, M r . Davidoff.
Manuscript D i v i s i o n , P r o j e c t s : M i c r o f i l m i n g of t h e B r i t i s h m i l i t a r y r e c o r d s ("C" s e r i e s ) h a s been completed. Unbinding and boxing o f t h e Lower Canada C i v i l S e c r e t a r y ' s Correspondence ( " S " s e r i e s ) h a s a l s o been completed. We have i n i t i a t e d a programme o f r e s t o r a t i o n and r e p a i r o f more t h a n 200 ~ n d i a n T r e a t y documents, which a r e i n c o n s t a n t demand f o r l e g a l and r e f e r e n c e work. We have begun a major programme of r e v i s i o n o f our p r e l i m i n a r y i n v e n t o r i e s , t h e r e v i s i o n o f Manuscript Groups 1-10 h a s been completed, and t h e voiume i s r e a d y f o r p u b i i c a t i o n . Our S y s t e m a t i c N a t i o n a l A c q u i s i t i o n s Programme i s i n f u l l swing, and h a s r e s u l t e d i n a number o f v e r y w o r t h w h i l e a c c e s s i o n s . I n t h e f i e l d o f l a b o u r a r c h i v e s , we a r e making c o n t a c t s w i t h p e o p l e and o r g a n i z a t i o n s i n a n a t t e m p t t o l o c a t e p a p e r s and t o d e t e r m i n e needs f o r r e c o r d s p r e s e r v a t i o n . We a r e a l s o attem- p t i n g t o c o l l e c t p a p e r s o f e t h n i c g r o u p s , b e c a u s e e t h n i c a r c h i v e s have t e n d e d t o b e n e g l e c t e d and we would l i k e t o remedy t h i s s i t u a t i o n . P l a n s a r e p r o g r e s s i n g f o r t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e r e v i s e d Union L i s t o f M a n u s c r i p t s i n 1973, and a r e v i s e d "Guide f o r t h e P r e p a r a t i o n o f R e t u r n s " h a s been p r e - p a r e d . ~ u r i n g t h e summer o f 1970, p e r s o n n e l o f t h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s p a r t i - c i p a t e d i n t h e c o u r s e f o r a r c h i v i s t s g i v e n a t C a r l e t o n U n i v e r s i t y .
The f i n a l i n d e x p r i n t o u t s f o r t h e S i r John A . Macdonald, S i r C h a r l e s Tupper, S i r Robert L. Borden, and A r t h u r Meighen P a p e r s were r e c e i v e d i n March, 1971. T h i s marked t h e end o f t h e E l e c t r o n i c Data P r o c e s s i n g prog- ramme used t o p r o v i d e i n d e x e s t o t h e Prime M i n i s t e r s ' P a p e r s . I n J u n e , 1970, t h e Manuscript D i v i s i o n p a r t i c i p a t e d i n a t a s k f o r c e s t u d y t o d e v e l o p an EDP programme t o meet t h e c o n t i n u i n g i n f o r m a t i o n r e t r i e v a l needs o f t h e Archives and o f o t h e r government d e p a r t m e n t s . A programme h a s been w r i t t e n and t e s t e d , and h a s b e e n o p e r a t i o n a l s i n c e 1 A p r i l , 1971. Known a s Records Management Data Base, t h i s programme h a s t h e c a p a b i l i t i e s t o meet informa- t i o n r e t r i e v a l needs and t o p r o v i d e a r e c o r d s s c h e d u l i n g and f i l e c l a s s i - f i c a t i o n t o o l f o r r e c o r d s managers.
Manuscript ~ i v i s i o n , New Equipment: The T e c h n i c a l S e r v i c e s D i v i s i o n o f t h e A r c h i v e s h a s a c q u i r e d , on a t r i a l b a s i s , Computer Output Microfilm equipment. Computer o u t p u t m i c r o f i l m i s becoming a p o p u l a r method o f r e c o r d i n g and m a i n t a i n i n g d a t a produced by t h e computer. I n t h e p a s t , t h e computer produced reams o f p a p e r s , and t h e s t o r a g e , r e t r i e v a l , and maintenance of t h i s ever-growing r e c o r d c r e a t e d expense and d e l a y i n a n a l r e a d y e x p e n s i v e system. M i c r o f i l m h a s been a b l e t o c u r e most o f t h e s e i l l s . Employing modern e l e c t r o n i c s , alph-numeric and g r a p h i c i n f o r m a t i o n c a n be produced d i r e c t l y t o r o l l and u n i t i z e d t y p e s o f m i c r o f i l m , s a v i n g c o n s i d e r a b l e s t o r a g e s p a c e and p e r m i t t i n g q u i c k a c c e s s . V i r t u a l l y a l l government d e p a r t m e n t s c a n make u s e o f t h i s system.
Map D i v i s i o n : Edward H. Dahl, M.A., C a r l e t o n , was a p p o i n t e d a s a r e f e r e n c e o f f i c e r i n t h e Canadian S e c t i o n o n 1 A p r i l , 1970.
P r e p a r a t i o n s were made t o move e a r l y i n t h e coming y e a r t h e major p a r t o f t h e s u b s i d i a r y map c o l l e c t i o n t o s p a c e on t h e o p p o s i t e s i d e o f W e l l i n g t o n S t r e e t i n t h e West Memorial B u i l d i n g . A s p e c i a l c a t a l o g u i n g t a b l e was d e s i g n e d , t o b e b u i l t i n t h e workshops o f t h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s
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N a t i o n a l L i b r a r y ; f o u r were o r d e r e d f o r d e l i v e r y e a r l y i n t h e new y e a r . T. E. Layng, Chief o f t h e Map D i v i s i o n , a t t e n d e d a s e r i e s o f l e c t u r e s o n h i s t o r i c a l c a r t o g r a p h y i n A p r i l 1970 a t t h e Newberry L i b r a r y i n Chicago.
C. C. J. Bond, Head o f t h e Canadian S e c t i o n , a t t e n d e d t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g o f t h e Canadian H i s t o r i c a l A s s o c i a t i o n i n Winnipeg i n June. He i s E n g l i s h - l a n g u a g e S e c r e t a r y o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n . Mrs. Karen Lochhead, Head o f t h e F o r e i g n S e c t i o n , and Miss B e t t y May, Head o f t h e C a t a l o g u i n g U n i t , Canadian S e c t i o n , a t t e n d e d t h e a n n u a l c o n f e r e n c e o f t h e A s s o c i a t i o n o f Canadian Map L i b r a r i e s i n Vancouver i n June. Miss May p r e s e n t e d a p a p e r , "Maps a s S o u r c e s o f H i s t o r i c a l Evidence"; i t w i l l b e p u b l i s h e d i n t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f t h e c o n f e r e n c e . M i s s May was e l e c t e d T r e a s u r e r of t h e A s s o c i a t i o n . Edward Dahl a t t e n d e d t h e c o u r s e , " A r c h i v a l P r i n c i p l e s and A d m i n i s t r a t i o n " , a t C a r l e t o n U n i v e r s i t y and i n p a r t a t t h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s o f Canada i n t h e summer o f 1970.
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d e s c r i p t i v e c a t a l o g u e , was p u b l i s h e d . Compiled by B e t t y May, Frank McGuire and Heather Maddick o f t h e C a t a l o g u i n g U n i t , t h e work d e s c r i b e s t h o s e county a t l a s e s which were p u b l i s h e d mainly i n t h e 1 8 7 0 ' s and 1 8 8 0 ' s and a r e o f s p e c i a l i n t e r e s t t o l o c a l h i s t o r i a n s and g e n e a l o g i s t s . The work was d i s t r i b u t e d t o l a r g e l i b r a r i e s and o t h e r i n s t i t u t i o n s . I n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a c a t a l o g u e o f t h e A t l a n t i c Neptune, C. C. J. Bond h a s p l o t t e d t h e J. F. W. D e s b a r r e s c h a r t s and views o f t h e A t l a n t i c c o a s t . T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n s h o u l d b e a v a i l a b l e i n l a t e 1971. A s e r i e s o f c a t a l o g u e s d e s c r i b i n g i n d e t a i l t h e a t l a s e s i n t h e N a t i o n a l Map C o l l e c t i o n a r e b e i n g p r e p a r e d by L. Seboek; t h e f i r s t volume w i l l concern t h e Dutch a t l a s e s . F i v e s e t s o f t e n c o l o u r e d s l i d e s e a c h , on t h e " H i s t o r y o f canada i n Maps': i s b e i n g p r e p a r e d by t h e N a t i o n a l F i l m Board.The Canadian c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e Bibliographic c a r t o g r a p h i q u e i n t e r - n a t i o n a l e f o r 1969, p r e p a r e d by t h e C a t a l o g u i n g U n i t , was d e s p a t c h e d t o P a r i s i n September. T h i s l i s t s t h e c u r r e n t map p r o d u c t i o n o f Canada, some 3 3 3 e n t r i e s d e s c r i b i n g 1,646 maps.
Over 200 o l d maps, p r i n t e d and m a n u s c r i p t , d a t i n g from t h e s i x t e e n t h c e n t u r y t o t h e e a r l y y e a r s o f t h i s c e n t u r y , were a c q u i r e d a s p a r t o f t h e b l o c k p u r c h a s e by t h e Government of Canada f o r t h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s and t h e N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y o f t h e Coverdale C o l l e c t i o n from t h e Manoir R i c h e l i e u . On December 11 a t a b r i e f ceremony, D r . W i l f r e d I. Smith, Dominion Archi- v i s t , a c c e p t e d t h e f i r s t major a c q u i s i t i o n of t h e new N a t i o n a l A r c h i t e c t u r a l A r c h i v e s , n e a r l y 600 p h o t o g r a p h s and o t h e r i n f o r m a t i o n on t h e d e s i g n com- p e t i t i o n f o r t h e Toronto C i t y H a l l .
P i c t u r e ~ i v i s i o n : ~t c o u l d b e s a i d t h a t t h e year 1970 was c h a r a c t e r - i z e d by t h e a c q u i s i t i o n o f t h e Manoir R i c h e l i e u C o l l e c t i o n , one o f t h e o u t s t a n d i n g c o l l e c t i o n s o f Canadiana i n Canada. The s t a f f o f t h e D i v i s i o n was i n v o l v e d i n a l m o s t e v e r y s t a g e o f t h e n e g o t i a t i o n s which l e d t o i t s p u r c h a s e by t h e S e c r e t a r y o f S t a t e l a s t J u l y . I n c l u d e d were 2500 o i l
p a i n t i n g s , water c o l o u r s, drawings, l i t h o g r a p h s , e n g r a v i n g s and maps cov- e r i n g Canadian h i s t o r y up t o a b o u t 1867. A l i m i t e d number o f i t e m s o f e s t h e t i c m e r i t r e p r e s e n t i n g 12% o f t h e p u r c h a s i n g p r i c e w i l l e v e n t u a l l y b e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e N a t i o n a l G a l l e r y o f Canada. ~ u l l r e c o r d s o f t h e c o l l e c t i o n , however, a r e k e p t i n t h e D i v i s i o n . I t i s o u r hope t o o r g a n i z e e x h i b i t i o n s o f 100 p i c t u r e s o r s o t o t o u r g a l l e r i e s and museums a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y w i t h i n t h e n e x t two y e a r s .
Many i m p o r t a n t a c q u i s i t i o n s were n e g o t i a t e d by t h e H i s t o r i c a l Photo- g r a p h s S e c t i o n ; namely, a c o l l e c t i o n of n e g a t i v e s from Alexandra S t u d i o s , Toronto; Expo ' 6 7 s t i l l photo c o l l e c t i o n from t h e N a t i o n a l F i l m Board;
t h e Duncan Cameron c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e C a p i t a l P r e s s L i m i t e d . E x h i b i t i o n and d i s p l a y a c t i v i t i e s were a major concern of t h i s S e c t i o n w i t h t h e open- i n g by H i s E x c e l l e n c y , t h e Governor G e n e r a l , on December 7 o f t h e P.A.C.'s f i r s t photo e x h i b i t , " R e f l e c t i o n s on a c a p i t a l " .
A programme f o r t h e s y s t e m a t i c a c q u i s i t i o n o f h i s t o r i c a l p h o t o g r a p h s was developed under t h e i n i t i a t i v e s o f M r . Andrew B i r r e l l , a member of t h e s t a f f . his i s a r a t h e r a g g r e s s i v e p o s i t i o n t a k e n by t h e P u b l i c A r c h i v e s f o r t h e p r e s e r v a t i o n o f a f o r g o t t e n s e c t i o n of our n a t i o n a l h e r i t a g e . T h i s w i l l i n v o l v e c o n t a c t i n g and v i s i t i n g t h e major newspapers a c r o s s t h e c o u n t r y , t h e b e s t known p h o t o g r a p h e r s and s t u d i o s , and t h e owners of o u t - s t a n d i n g c o l l e c t i o n s .
The D i v i s i o n i s p l e a s e d t o announce t h e appointment o f Michael B e l l a s Head of i t s P a i n t i n g s , Drawings and P r i n t s S e c t i o n . One o f h i s major p r o j e c t s i s t h e s e l e c t i o n o f w a t e r c o l o u r s from t h e S e c t i o n ' s c o l l e c t i o n f o r t h e C e n t e n n i a l e x h i b i t i o n which w i l l t a k e p l a c e e a r l y i n 1972. D r . Nedo Paveskovic was g r a n t e d l e a v e o f a b s e n c e f o r two y e a r s i n o r d e r t o assume t h e d u t i e s of Chief o f t h e R e g i s t r y , Records ~ e t i r e m e n t and M a i l i n g S e c t i o n , o f t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s O f f i c e a t Geneva.
PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES : Records S e r v i c e s Branch: Advisory S e r v i c e s : I n 1970 t h e Records Management Programme r e a c h e d new h e i g h t s i n l e v e l s o f a c t i v i t y and i n proven economies by s u b s t a n t i a l l y e x c e e d i n g t h e h a l f - m i l l i o n d o l l a r s mark i n n e t s a v i n g s f o r t h e c a l e n d a r y e a r . Over 2,400 R e t e n t i o n S c h e d u l e s were approved by t h e Records Management committee, e a c h one b e i n g t h e p r o d u c t o f c l o s e l i a i s o n between a Branch A n a l y s t and t h e d e p a r t - m e n t a l Records O f f i c e r concerned. Some 36,000 c u b i c f e e t o f dead r e c o r d s were d e s t r o y e d . T h i s r e p r e s e n t s 600 t o n s o f p a p e r ; t h e e q u i v a l e n t o f 1 0 f i l l e d f r e i g h t c a r s .
S i g n i f i c a n t c o n t r i b u t i o n s were made d u r i n g t h e y e a r i n t e c h n o l o g y t e c h n i q u e s t h r o u g h p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n a Government-wide s t u d y o f m i c r o f i l m p r a c t i c e s , w h i l e a s i m i l a r s t u d y was commenced o n forms c o n t r o l .
Records C e n t r e : The Records C e n t r e i n M i s s i s s a u g a which o f f e r s Government a g e n c i e s s e c u r e s t o r a g e f a c i l i t i e s f o r t h e i r i n a c t i v e r e c o t d s and a f i r s t - r a t e r e f e r e n c e s e r v i c e took i n a f u r t h e r 22,446 c u b i c f e e t d u r i n g t h e c a l e n d a r y e a r . T h i s b r o u g h t t h e t o t a l h o l d i n g s t o 64,166 c u b i c f e e t which i s 76% o f t h e c e n t r e ' s c a p a c i t y .
Over 1 4 , 0 0 0 r e f e r e n c e s t o t h e C e n t r e were s e r v i c e d d u r i n g 1970, t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y i n v o l v i n g temporary d e l i v e r y o f f i l e s t o t h e Departments concerned. The e f f i c i e n t c o n t r o l e s t a b l i s h e d over t h e r e c o r d s s t o r e d i n t h e C e n t r e i s i l l u s t r a t e d by t h e f a c t t h a t t h e a v e r a g e time r e q u i r e d t o
l o c a t e t h e f i l e s r e q u e s t e d and p r e p a r e d them f o r d e l i v e r y was 4% m i n u t e s . The C e n t r e ' s t r u c k makes t w i c e - d a i l y d e l i v e r i e s to%he c l i e n t a g e n c i e s . F a c i l i t i e s a r e a l s o p r o v i d e d a t t h e C e n t r e f o r more e x t e n d e d e x a m i n a t i o n o f r e c o r d s by d e p a r t m e n t a l r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s and 78 such v i s i t s from t h e s t a f f o f 1 8 Departments were r e c o r d e d i n 1970.
T r a i n i n g : T r a i n i n g o t h e r Government employees c o n t i n u e d t o b e a major a c t i v i t y . During t h e y e a r , a C e r t i f i c a t e Course i n Records Manage- ment was developed and g i v e n t o 19 Records O f f i c e r s who p a r t i c i p a t e d o v e r a 3-week p e r i o d a t t h e S t a f f T r a i n i n g C e n t r e , B a r r i e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , regu- l a r l e c t u r i n g c o n t r i b u t i o n s were made on c o u r s e s o f f e r e d by t h e Department o f C i v i l S e r v i c e and, t h r o u g h t h e ' i n - h o u s e ' r e c o r d s f a m i l i a r i z a t i o n c o u r s e s a t o u r Branch h e a d q u a r t e r s .
Programme c o n t i n u i t y was enhanced t h r o u g h a s e r i e s o f r e g u l a r m e e t i n g s h e l d w i t h t h e 30 d e p a r t m e n t a l Records O f f i c e r s . T h i s t y p e o f open forum proved i n v a l u a b l e i n t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f common problems and t h e d e v e l - opment o f a dynamic and v i g o r o u s approach t o t h e o b j e c t i v e s o f t h e Records Management Programme.
PROVINCIAL ARCHIVES: A r c h i v e s Branch: Readinq Room and S e r v i c e s t o t h e P u b l i c : Research s e r v i c e s t o t h e p u b l i c were m a i n t a i n e d a t a n accep- t a b l e l e v e l d e s p i t e d i f f i c u l t i e s a r i s i n g from i n a d e q u a t e s p a c e and t h e f r e q u e n t n e c e s s i t y o f a l l o c a t i n g a r c h i v i s t s t o work w i t h t h e Records S e r v i c e s Branch s t a f f o n t h e Records Management programme. The s p a c e problem s h o u l d b e g r e a t l y a l l e v i a t e d i n 1971 w i t h t h e pending move t o new and expanded q u a r t e r s .
Recorded v i s i t s t o our p u b l i c r e a d i n g room by r e s e a r c h e r s d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r t o t a l l e d 4,498, t h e l a r g e s t a n n u a l t o t a l t o d a t e . The r e s e a r - c h e r s , a s u s u a l , r e p r e s e n t e d a wide range o f p r o f e s s i o n s and i n t e r e s t s and i n c l u d e d u n i v e r s i t y s t a f f and s t u d e n t s , e d u c a t o r s , a u t h o r s , l a w y e r s , s u r v e y o r s , l o c a l h i s t o r i a n s , g e n e a l o g i s t s , Government a d m i n i s t r a t o r s and r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e p u b l i c media.
Some 30,000 g e n e a l o g i c a l s u b j e c t c a r d s have been s e p a r a t e d and p l a c e d i n a d i s t i n c t c a t a l o g u e s e r i e s . T h i s s h o u l d a s s i s t t h e h i s t o r y g e n e r a l i s t who w i l l be l e s s impeded by t h e p r o l i f e r a t i o n o f name c a r d s i n t h e r e a d i n g room's g e n e r a l c a t a l o g u e s e r i e s ,
Miss J e s s i e Jackson, who f o r over 20 y e a r s was i n c h a r g e o f t h e r e a d i n g room, d i e d i n 1970 and w i l l b e g r e a t l y missed by t h e t h o u s a n d s o f r e s e a r c h e r s whom s h e s o c a p a b l y a s s i s t e d .
A p a r t from t h e a s s i s t a n c e g i v e n t o r e s e a r c h e r s working i n t h e Archives, some 1 , 9 0 0 m a i l e n q u i r i e s were answered by o u r s t a f f , some o f which i n v o l v e d v e r y e x t e n s i v e r e s e a r c h . I t may be o f i n t e r e s t t o n o t e t h a t some 68% o f t h e m a i l e n q u i r i e s o r i g i n a t e d i n O n t a r i o , 12% i n o t h e r p r o v i n c e s , 18% i n t h e U.S.A., and 2% from o t h e r c o u n t r i e s .
Our photocopying f a c i l i t i e s were u s e d t o c a p a c i t y i n 1970 i n o r d e r t o s u p p l y c o p i e s o f i t e m s p r e s e r v e d i n t h e A r c h i v e s t o r e s e a r c h e r s o r t o add t o o u r own h o l d i n g s . Copies p r o c e s s e d f o r r e s e a r c h e r s i n c l u d e d : 1 , 5 3 0 p h o t o s t a t s , 9,089 Xerox p r i n t s , 1 , 2 5 5 p h o t o g r a p h s and 211 one-hundred f o o t r e e l s o f m i c r o f i l m . An a d d i t i o n a l 149 r e e l s o f m i c r o f i l m r u n s o f e a r l y newspapers and of our f i l m e d pre-Hansard d e b a t e s i n t h e O n t a r i o L e g i s l a - t u r e were s u p p l i e d t o v a r i o u s u n i v e r s i t i e s and l i b r a r i e s . Copying of o u t s i d e m a t e r i a l f o r a d d i t i o n t o t h e A r c h i v e s h o l d i n g s i n c l u d e d : 1 , 3 2 0
p h o t o s t a t s , 2,096 Xerox p r i n t s , 973 photographs and 132 r e e l s o f micro- f i l m . I t s h o u l d b e emphasized t h a t t h i s s e r v i c e i s n o t a s i m p l e m a t t e r o f r o u t i n e p h y s i c a l copying b u t i n c l u d e s e x a c t i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f r e s e a r - c h e r s ' f r e q u e n t l y vague r e q u e s t s , ' t h e s p e c i a l i z e d h a n d l i n g o f p e r i s h a b l e documents and t h e c o n s e q u e n t d e l i v e r y and a c c o u n t i n g p r o c e d u r e s i n v o l v e d .
Government Records S e c t i o n : During 1970 a s u b s t a n t i a l p r o p o r t i o n o f t h e a v a i l a b l e t i m e o f t h i s s e c t i o n was s p e n t i n l i a i s o n w i t h t h e Records S e r v i c e s Branch a n a l y s t s i n a n e f f o r t t o a s s e s s t h e h i s t o r i c a l s i g n i f i - cance of t h e many s c h e d u l e s b e i n g p r e p a r e d under t h e Government-wide
~ e c o r d s Management programme. P r i o r i t y was g i v e n t o t h i s c o - o p e r a t i o n s i n c e d e l a y s i n a r c h i v a l e v a l u a t i o n h o l d up u l t i m a t e r e c o r d s d i s p o s a l and p r e v e n t t h e major f i n a n c i a l s a v i n g s i n h e r e n t i n t h a t programme.
A t t h e same t i m e , t h i s u n i v e r s a l r e c o r d s c h e d u l i n g h a s r e s u l t e d i n t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n o f a l a r g e volume o f p r e v i o u s l y u n r e c o g n i z e d r e c o r d s of a r c h i v a l s i g n i f i c a n c e . These must b e t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e A r c h i v e s p r o p e r where t h e y a r e a n a l y z e d and where s u i t a b l e f i n d i n g a i d s must b e p r e p a r e d t o f a c i l i t a t e t h e work o f r e s e a r c h e r s . T h i s h a s p l a c e d a v e r y heavy burden o n t h e s m a l l s t a f f o f t h e Government Records S e c t i o n . Consequently, comprehensive p r o c e s s i n g o f incoming m a t e r i a l h a s been p r o c e e d i n g a t a slower pace t h a n we would w i s h and, i n a d d i t i o n , o u r b a s i c r e s e a r c h s e r - v i c e s t o t h e p u b l i c have had t o b e somewhat c u r t a i l e d .
Over 4,000 c u b i c f e e t o f Government, Court and m u n i c i p a l r e c o r d s o f e n d u r i n g r e s e a r c h s i g n i f i c a n c e were t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e A r c h i v e s i n 1970.
T h i s more t h a n t r e b l e s t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r ' s i n t a k e . Among t h e l a r g e r and more s i g n i f i c a n t Government r e c o r d a c c e s s i o n s i n 1970 were:
1,302 c u b i c f e e t from t h e Department of t h e P r o v i n c i a l S e c r e t a r y and C i t i z e n s h i p i n c l u d i n g r e g i s t e r s o f c o p i e s o f L e t t e r s P a t e n t and Crown L e a s e s , 1794-1968; g e n e r a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e f i l e s o f t h e M i n i s t e r and s e n i o r o f f i c i a l s , 1867-1909; and f i l e s o f v a r i o u s S e l e c t and S t a n d i n g Committees o f t h e L e g i s l a t u r e , 1868-1968;
176 c u b i c f e e t from t h e Prime M i n i s t e r ' s Department, i n c l u d i n g g e n e r a l c o r r e s p o n d e n c e f i l e s o f t h e Prime M i n i s t e r ' s o f f i c e , 1934-1958,
l e t t e r books o f o u t - g o i n g c o r r e s p o n d e n c e , 1943-1961, book c o p i e s o f O r d e r s - i n - c o u n c i l , 1867-1968, and c o r r e s p o n d e n c e f i l e s o f t h e Cabi- n e t S e c r e t a r y , 1945-1953.
P r i v a t e Manuscript S e c t i o n : The h o l d i n g s o f our P r i v a t e Manuscript S e c t i o n were e n r i c h e d by 128 a c c e s s i o n s d u r i n g 1970. Most o f t h e s e , i n c l u d i n g g i f t s , p u r c h a s e s o r copy l o a n s , were o b t a i n e d t h r o u g h t h e e f f o r t s o f our A r c h i v e s L i a i s o n O f f i c e r who was a l s o r e s p o n s i b l e f o r many o f t h e newspaper and p i c t u r e a c q u i s i t i o n s . While we r e c e i v e d a v e r y l a r g e number o f i n d i v i d u a l documents o r s m a l l c o l l e c t i o n s o f h i s t o r i c a l s i g n i f i c a n c e , few major c o l l e c t i o n s were added. I n a b r i e f sdmmary o f t h i s n a t u r e i t i s , t h e r e f o r e , d i f f i c u l t t o l i s t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e a c c e s s i o n s .
Among a c q u i s i t i o n s p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e f u r t r a d e were: t h e Aeneas and Angus Cameron p a p e r s (copy l o a n ) c o n t a i n i n g some 1 , 5 0 0 i t e m s r e l a t i n g t o t h e N o r t h West and Hudson's Bay Companies' p o s t s i n t h e Upper Ottawa V a l l e y r e g i o n (1777-1866). S t u d e n t s o f t h e North West R e b e l l i o n may b e i n t e r e s t e d i n t h e Robert Cunningham p a p e r s (1859-1874) r e l a t i n g t o a r e p o r t e r who c o v e r e d t h e Wolsley E x p e d i t i o n and remained i n Manitoba t o p u b l i s h a newspaper and win a s e a t i n t h e House o f commons; and t h e D i a r i e s (1885) o f Capt. J. M. Delamere who s e r v e d w i t h t h e Q u e e n ' s Own
R i f l e s . M i l i t a r y h i s t o r i a n s may wish t o c o n s u l t t h e J o u r n a l and Memorandum Book (1848-1868) of W. T. McKinstry, Commissary G e n e r a l o f B r i t i s h F o r c e s i n Canada.
Two major c o n t i n u i n g m i c r o f i l m i n g p r o j e c t s might b e n o t e d . By a g r e e - ment w i t h t h e f e d e r a l Department o f I n d i a n A f f a i r s and Northern Development, we a r e f i l m i n g l o c a l l y - h e l d r e c o r d s o f I n d i a n a g e n c i e s t h r o u g h o u t O n t a r i o . The e a r l i e r r e c o r d s o f t h e f o l l o w i n g a g e n c i e s were completed i n 1970;
Tyendinaga, F o r t F r a n c e s , F o r t William, Kenora, Savanne, S t e . Marie and Peterborough. The second p r o j e c t i n v o l v i n g t h e copying of t h e domen's institutesi Tweedsmuir h i s t o r i e s i s c o n t i n u i n g w i t h 12 more h i s t o r i e s added t o our h o l d i n g s i n 1970.
Newspaper C o l l e c t i o n : While t h e A r c h i v e s i s n o t p r i m a r i l y a d e p o s i - t o r y f o r p r i n t e d m a t e r i a l , a n e x c e p t i o n i s made i n t h e c a s e o f e a r l y news- p a p e r s , p a r t i c u l a r l y t h o s e o f t h e 1 9 t h c e n t u r y and o u r Branch h a s one of t h e most comprehensive e x i s t i n g c o l l e c t i o n s o f t h i s P r o v i n c e ' s p a p e r s . During 1970, t h e t o t a l o f 56 a c c e s s i o n s comprised 167 d i f f e r e n t mastheads.
The Archives used i t s own cameras t o m i c r o f i l m e x t e n s i v e r u n s o f O n t a r i o newspapers
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P i c t u r e C o l l e c t i o n : The new system r e p o r t e d l a s t y e a r o f p r e p a r i n g a s u b j e c t , c r o s s - r e f e r e n c e f i l e o f p o s i t i v e t r a n s p a r e n c y a p e r t u r e c a r d s h a s been v e r y w e l l r e c e i v e d by r e s e a r c h e r s . During t h e y e a r some s i x thousand e n t r i e s were p r e p a r e d f o r t h i s s u b j e c t r e f e r e n c e ' b r o w s i n g ' f i l e . A s f a r a s p o s s i b l e , r e c e n t a c c e s s i o n s have been i n c o r p o r a t e d i n t o t h e system w h i l e making p r o g r e s s on i n c o r p o r a t i n g t h e p r e v i o u s l y - e s t a b l i s h e d h o l d i n g s .
New B u i l d i n g s : The t e n t a t i v e d a t e f o r t r a n s f e r t o our new A r c h i v e s ' b u i l d i n g i s l a t e May o r June, 1971. I t w i l l p r o v i d e u s w i t h a p p r o x i m a t e l y 52,000 s q . f t . o f u s a b l e s p a c e , o v e r f o u r t i m e s t h e i n a d e q u a t e a r e a i n which we a r e now compelled t o o p e r a t e . S i t u a t e d a t 77 G r e n v i l l e S t r e e t , i t w i l l f e a t u r e s u p e r i o r a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g , t e m p e r a t u r e humidity and d u s t c o n t r o l , f u m i g a t i n g equipment, a p h o t o g r a p h i c darkroom, dumb-waiter s e r v i c e from s t a c k l e v e l s t o t h e p u b l i c r e s e a r c h room, and s o on.
A major a d d i t i o n t o our Record C e n t r e a t C o o k s v i l l e h a s a l s o been approved. Scheduled f o r c o m p l e t i o n i n 1971, i t w i l l i n c r e a s e o u r t o t a l i n t e r m e d i a t e s t o r a g e f a c i l i t i e s t h e r e from 86,000 cu. f t . t o o v e r 200,000 cu. f t .
ARCHIVES DE L'UNIVERSITE D'OTTAWA: un a r c h i v i s t e e n f o r m a t i o n , Robert P o t v i n , a e t e remplacg p a r un a u t r e , Marc ~ a f r e n i e r e . Deux a u t r e s nouveaux a r c h i v i s t e s s e r o n t embauches e n 1971-1972.
Grace a un echange d e p i e c e s e n t r e l e Doyen d e s Etudes s u p e / r i e u r e s e t l l A r c h i v i s t e d e l ' u n i v e r s i t g , l a c a p a c i t e d e s magasins s ' e s t a c c r u e d e 306 p i . l i n . e n 1970 p o r t a n t l e t o t a l a 750 p i e d s l i n e ' a i r e s . La p l a c e d i s p o n i b l e s u r l e s r a y o n s , s o i t 180 p i . l i n . s e r a s a t u r g e
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l a f i n d e 1971.Le manque de p l a c e , v o i l i l a p i e r r e d'achoppement, q u i p a r a l y s e t o u s nos e f f o r t s pour i m p l a n t e r n o t r e programme d ' a r c h i v e s .
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t i t r e d e v i c e - p r 6 s i d e n t de l l A s s o c i a t i o n France-Canada (Ottawa) a a s s i s t 6 a u I(Xe c o n g r e s a n n u e l de 1 8 A s s o c i a t i o n n a t i o n a l e France-Canada a P a r i s , l e s 13, 1 4 e t 1 5 mars 1970.E t a t d e s A r c h i v e s l e ler f d v r i e r 1971: f o n d s o f f i c i e l s ( 2 4 ) , 469 p i e d s l i n 6 a i r e s ; f o n d s prive/s ( 2 ) , 6 p i e d s l i n e ' a i r e s .
QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES: S e v e r a l s t a f f changes have o c c u r r e d i n t h e Q u e e n ' s U n i v e r s i t y A r c h i v e s d u r i n g t h e p a s t y e a r . I a n E. Wilson, a member o f t h e A r c h i v e s s t a f f s i n c e 1966, was a p p o i n t e d t o s u c c e e d D r . John Archer a s U n i v e r s i t y A r c h i v i s t on A p r i l l s t , 1970.
The A r c h i v e s c o n t i n u e s t o a c q u i r e m a t e r i a l and t o d e v e l o p i t s c o l l e c - t i o n s i n f o u r major a r e a s : U n i v e r s i t y r e c o r d s and f a c u l t y p a p e r s , p o l i t i - c a l p a p e r s , l i t e r a r y p a p e r s , and r e c o r d s and p a p e r s c o n c e r n i n g K i n g s t o n and a r e a . P o l i c y s t a t e m e n t s c o n c e r n i n g t h e a u t h o r i t y o f t h e A r c h i v e s , a c c e s s and d e s t r u c t i o n o f U n i v e r s i t y r e c o r d s a r e now under c o n s i d e r a t i o n and s h o u l d soon p e r m i t a r e c o r d s management programme f o r t h e u n i v e r s i t y . On t h e p o l i t i c a l s i d e , Q u e e n ' s a c q u i r e d t h e p a p e r s o f Donald C. Mac- Donald, l e a d e r o f t h e O n t a r i o CCF-NDP 1953-70 and o f P r o f e s s o r George M.
A . Grube c o n c e r n i n g h i s p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n t h e CCF. The i n f o r m a t i o n i n t h e s e p a p e r s i s b e i n g supplemented by a n o r a l h i s t o r y programme o n t h e development o f t h e CCF and NDP i n O n t a r i o b o t h a s a c l a s s movement and a s a p a r t y s t r u c t u r e . The A r c h i v e s i s a l s o a s s i s t i n g a n o r a l h i s t o r y p r o j e c t on t h e i n f l u e n c e and r o l e o f s e n i o r f e d e r a l c i v i l s e r v a n t s i n t h e 1 9 3 0 ' s and 4 0 ' s . Over 50 i n t e r v i e w s have been completed i n t h i s l a t t e r p r o j e c t . The R. 0 . Sweezey p a p e r s and a p o s i t i v e m i c r o f i l m copy o f t h e C. A . Dunning p a p e r s i n t h e P r o v i n c i a l A r c h i v e s o f Saskatchewan have a l s o been a c q u i r e d . F i n d i n g a i d s f o r t h e John R. Matheson, Grant D e x t e r , and R. 0 . Sweezey p a p e r s have been completed.
The f i r s t O n t a r i o H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y A r c h i v e s workshop was h e l d a t t h e Q u e e n ' s U n i v e r s i t y A r c h i v e s i n mid-November 1970. The workshop was o r g a n i z e d by I a n Wilson and t h e s t a f f o f t h e Q u e e n ' s A r c h i v e s a t t h e r e q u e s t o f t h e O n t a r i o H i s t o r i c a l S o c i e t y and i n r e s p o n s e t o t h e problems f a c e d by l o c a l h i s t o r i c a l s o c i e t i e s i n h a n d l i n g g i f t s o f s i g n i f i c a n t a r c h i v a l m a t e r i a l . Twenty-six r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f l o c a l s o c i e t i e s from a c r o s s t h e p r o v i n c e converged on K i n g s t o n f o r a busy day and a h a l f o f l e c t u r e s and d i s c u s s i o n s .
Those who a t t e n d e d were a most e n t h u s i a s t i c group and e n j o y e d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o look b e h i n d t h e s c e n e s a t a f u n c t i o n i n g r e p o s i t o r y . With a d e t a i l e d look a t t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s i n c u r r e d by a s o c i e t y i n a c c e p t i n g a r c h i v a l m a t e r i a l , t h e p a r t i c i p a n t s were b e t t e r a b l e t o judge whether t h e i r s o c i e t i e s s h o u l d a t t e m p t t o o p e r a t e a r e p o s i t o r y o r whether t h e y s h o u l d a s s i s t t h e p r o v i n c i a l o r o t h e r e s t a b l i s h e d a r c h i v e s i n p r e s e r v i n g t h e r e c o r d s o f t h e i r community.
THE ANGLICAN CHURCH OF CANADA ARCHIVES: Among s i g n i f i c a n t a c c e s s i o n s made i n 1970 were: Records of t h e F e l l o w s h i p o f t h e Maple L e a f , a n o r g a n i - z a t i o n founded i n 1917 by George Exton Lloyd, l a t e r A n g l i c a n b i s h o p o f Saskatchewan. The ello ow ship s e n t many t e a c h e r s t o Western Canada i n t h e p r e s e n t c e n t u r y ; P a p e r s o f t h e l a t e A . L. Fleming, Bishop o f t h e A r c t i c .
C e r t a i n o f t h e s e p a p e r s w i l l n o t b e a v a i l a b l e f o r r e s e a r c h f o r t h i r t y y e a r s ; M i c r o f i l m o f t h e d i a r i e s o f t h e l a t e Canon J. H. T u r n e r , A r c t i c m i s s i o n a r y , 1928-1946; Microfilm o f R e p o r t s o f t h e New England Company 1829, 1832, 1840, 1846, 1871-72, 1873-78.
Because o f c o n t i n u i n g l a c k o f money, no a d d i t i o n s have been made t o s t a f f . S t u d e n t s and w r i t e r s c o n t i n u e t o make good u s e o f t h e r e s o u r c e s o f t h e A r c h i v e s .
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ARCHIVES NATIONALES DU QUEBEC: Le s e r v i c e d e s A r c h i v e s n a t i o n a l e s du Quebec a voulu s o u l i g n e r d e f a c o n p a r t i c u l i e r e e n c e t t e annee 1970 deux evenements d ' i m p o r t a n c e dans n o t r e h i s t o i r e . Tout d ' a b o r d il a marque l e q u a t r i e m e c e n t e n a i r e d e l a n a i s s a n c e d e Samuel d e Champlain p a r une e x p o s i - t i o n o u v e r t e au p u b l i c e t q u i g r o u p a i t , o u t r e l e s o e u v r e s du f o n d a t e u r d e l a Nouvelle-France, d e s p h o t o g r a p h i e s , documents o r i g i n a u x e t d i v e r s a s p e c t s s e r a t t a c h a n t a c e t evenement q u i a a t t i r e dans l a s a l l e de l ' e x p c s i t i o n p l u s d e 65,000 v i s i t e u r s . N o t r e e x p o s i t i o n l o c a l e s ' e s t t e r m i n e e l e 19 septembre, a l o r s que s e t e n a i t l a r e u n i o n a n n u e l l e d e s membres d e l l A s s o c i a t i o n d e s a r c h i v i s t e s du Quebec, aux A r c h i v e s .
Le second evenement d ' i m p o r t a n c e e s t que 1970 m a r q u a i t l e cinquan- t i e m e a n n i v e r s a i r e d e l a f o n d a t i o n o f f i c i e l l e d e s A r c h i v e s . Pour l ' o c - c a s i o n , nous avons monte une a u t r e e x p o s i t i o n d e nos documents l e s p l u s p r e c i e u x e t nous avons evoque l e s o u v e n i r d e c e l u i q u i , e n r e a l i t e , e s t l e " p e r e " d e nos A r c h i v e s , monsieur P i e r r e - G e o r g e s Roy.
NOUS avons e u a d e p l o r e r c e t t e annee l a mort d e n o t r e b i b l i o t h e c a i r e , monsieur Antonio D r o l e t . Home d ' u n e g r a n d e competence, e r u d i t e t t r e s v e r s e d a n s l e domaine b i b l i o g r a p h i q u e , monsieur D r o l e t e t a i t pour nous t o u s un c o l l e g u e d ' u n e g r a n d e a m e n i t e e t s a mort nous p r i v e d ' u n p r e c i e u x c o l l a b o r a t e u r
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R e o r g a n i s a t i o n e t e f f i c a c i t e , v o i l a e s s e n t i e l l e m e n t l e s b u t pour- s u i v i s au c o u r s d e c e t t e annee a l a s e c t i o n C a r t e s e t Gravures d e s A r - c h i v e s n a t i o n a l e s du Quebec. A i n s i 1935 n e g a t i f s o n t e t e c l a s s e s e n fonc- t i o n d ' u n numero d ' o r d r e e t i d e n t i f i g s ; 896 g r a v u r e s d i v i s e e s s e l o n l e u r g r a n d e u r e t l e u r s u j e t . Un i n v e n t a i r e s o m a i r e nous permet de l e s l o c a - l i s e r rapidement. De p l u s , nous avons c a t a l o g u e e n v i r o n 1600 c a r t e s d e n o t r e c o l l e c t i o n r e g u l i e r e , e x c l u a n t l e s c a r t e s e n c o r e depose'es dans l e s f o n d s m a n u s c r i t s e t a l a b l b l i o t h e q u e . Nous avons, pour c e f a i r e , a d o p t e un nouveau c l a s s e m e n t d e j a u t i l i s e e t mis a 1 1 6 p r e u v e a l a d i v i s i o n d e s c a r t e s a Ottawa. Par s a r e l a t i v e s i m p l i c i t e , il repond d ' u n e f a c o n p l u s immediate aux b e s o i n s p a r t i c u l i e r s d e n o t r e c a r t o t h e q u e .
LES ARCHIVES DE LA VILLE DE QUEBEC: A r c h i v i s t e d e l a V i l l e , F r a n c o i s Beaudin; A s s i s t a n t e - a r c h i v i s t e d e l a V i l l e , M u r i e l l e Doyle; ~ r c h i v i s t e , . F r a n c e B. S i r o i s .
E d i f i c e e t equipement: Les A r c h i v e s d e l a V i l l e s o n t l o g e e s d a n s 1 ' ~ o t e l - d e - v i l l e d e ~ u g b e c , p i e c e 310. L ' a d r e s s e p o s t a l e e s t : A r c h i v e s , S e r v i c e du G r e f f e , ~ 8 t e l - d e - v i l l e , c.P. 37, Quebec, 4. Le numero d e t e l e p h o n e e s t : 418
