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The creation of the County of Peel, 1851-1867

April 25, 2017by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel 4 Comments

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 […]

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Peel in 1967

January 1, 2017by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel 1 Comment

Libraries, schools, a college, a university, demolitions, a hockey tournament, and the end of Toronto Township.

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Staff favourites: The Township of Toronto Benchmark Book

December 14, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel 3 Comments

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 […]

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Controlling disease: the fight against rubella, measles, polio, and typhoid

September 30, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel 1 Comment

Typhoid, rubella, polio, and measles: we look through the collection at how these disease were recorded in archival records.

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5 things in the Peel Archives about eating

July 29, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel Leave a comment

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 […]

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From mud to pavement: the early history of Peel roadways as told by our records

June 30, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel 7 Comments

“…Driving down a corduroy road, Weeds standing shoulder high…” At The Hundredth Meridian by The Tragically Hip I have long harboured a fascination with the history of the road network […]

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5 environmental things in the Peel Archives

April 21, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel Leave a comment

With Earth Day approaching, can records relating to the environment be found in the Region of Peel Archives collection? While we don’t have the papers of any household names from the Canadian […]

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5 funny things in the archives collection

April 1, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel Leave a comment

From cheeky war posters to the world’s tightest roundabout, we look at five things in the archives that are funny.

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Caroline Armington, a Canadian artist in Paris

March 11, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel Leave a comment

Caroline Armington struggled to become an artist, in an era where her gender was a liability to art sales.

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Unbuilt Peel: What could have been

January 28, 2016by Archives @ PAMA, Region of Peel 5 Comments

Taking inspiration from Mark Osbaldeston’s Unbuilt Toronto books, the Peel Archives is currently showcasing records documenting never-realized planning and building initiatives within the Peel area. The exhibition, now open in […]

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