Why don’t archivists digitize everything?
Today on the blog we’re tackling one of our most frequently asked questions: “Why don’t you digitize everything?” and its related runner-up, “When will you be putting all your records […]
The creation of the County of Peel, 1851-1867
This year the Region of Peel is commemorating both the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Dominion of Canada as well as the establishment of our forerunner, the County […]
Peel in 1967
Libraries, schools, a college, a university, demolitions, a hockey tournament, and the end of Toronto Township.
Staff favourites: The Township of Toronto Benchmark Book
Archivists here are often asked “What is your favourite record in the collection?” This can be a challenging question to answer, given that there are so many wonderful records in our […]
Controlling disease: the fight against rubella, measles, polio, and typhoid
Typhoid, rubella, polio, and measles: we look through the collection at how these disease were recorded in archival records.
An archivist’s night at the movies – revealing the power of archival records
By Kyle Neill, Senior Archivist As a follow up to my colleague Nick Moreau’s post concerning the depiction of archives in the 2014 movie Paddington, I […]
5 things in the Peel Archives about eating
Peel’s Archives, like many municipal archives, covers the food story from farm to table. Let’s take a bite out of the collection, looking at documents and photographs that tell five stories about […]
