An Archivist’s Night at the Movies, Part V: Spooky Halloween Edition
I have long maintained that the pervasive power of records as storytelling devices means that they show up in all manner of films, across all genres. To further develop […]
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An archivist’s night at the movies, part IV: Science fiction edition
As a lover of science fiction, I have decided to add another entry in our Archivist Night at the Movies series, seeking to boldly explore how creative teams involved with […]
An archivist’s night at the movies – revealing the power of archival records
As a follow up to my colleague Nick Moreau’s post concerning the depiction of archives in the 2014 movie Paddington, I thought it might be […]
Immigrant voices in archival records: The Cumbrian Connection, final post.
Note: As we conclude our project comparing Peel and Cumbrian records, the County of Cumbria is currently suffering the aftermath of devastating floods which have tragically affected many of its […]
Canadian and English archives go head-to-head with their records: The Cumbrian Connection Part 2
Archival records function like portraits: taken together, they give us pictures of lives and communities over time. Because records are rare or even unique, we get different views from different […]
How do archivists organize collections?
In our posts on what archivists do and on what it’s like to visit the archives, we promised you a closer look at how archivists organize collections. Here it is: we […]
What do archivists do all day?
You may have seen archivists on television helping people to discover their roots in old records or talking to historians (or detectives!). But you might be wondering what archivists do […]
A trip around the world in archival records: A Peel tribute to International Archives Day
To mark International Archives Day 2015, we’re posting a sampling of some of the international fare in PAMA’s archival collections. Now of course we’ve said several times on this blog […]
What’s it like to visit the archives?
When you’re looking for information, you might try the internet first and then maybe the library. But you’ll find information in the archives that isn’t available in either. Here you […]
Why archives matter
Here at the Region of Peel’s archives at PAMA, we’re celebrating Archives Awareness Week in Ontario by launching this blog. We hope you’ll get to know us better as we […]
Peeling the Past 