Why I love government records
In celebration of Archives Awareness Week here in Ontario, I have decided to tackle a question I get asked fairly regularly: “What is it about government records that you love […]
Tag Archives: reliability
The Archivist as detective: The use of “diplomatics” in a municipal archive
“It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.” Sherlock Holmes When talking […]
Archives and modern mythology: The use of archival records in comic books
“…what if comic books were not simply a medium of entertainment, but in fact a form of mythology through which we both tell stories about ourselves and look to for […]
Peeling the Past 