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Finding the right home
Posted on Tuesday, March 06, 2018 11:23 AM
Sometimes materials find their way to the archives, but don't really belong there. One important role of the network of archivists around the world is to communicate with each...
Around the world in 318 photographs
Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017 10:26 AM
In 1908 a Belleville-based band embarked on a bold tour of the Earth, performing more than 1,000 concerts, covering 70,000 miles (112,600km) and spending some $60,000 on...
Crime after crime
Posted on Friday, August 25, 2017 08:40 AM
Archivists are guided by collecting policies, also called acquisition policies, when it comes to deciding what to add to our collections. These might be determined by the geographical...
Fire insurance maps online
Posted on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 11:24 AM
The fire insurance maps produced in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries are a valuable resource for researching the history of settlements and buildings. They show...
Senior of the Year!
Posted on Wednesday, June 28, 2017 01:10 PM
Yesterday evening, the Council of the City of Belleville made Lorna Garbutt its Senior of the Year for 2017. Lorna has been volunteering in the Community Archives since 2009 and...
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