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Trent
Valley Archives was founded in 1988, and incorporated in 1989. It is a
public advocacy group promoting the preservation, identification, and
care or archives. It has also advocated more liberal access to archival
collections, and a recognition that freedom of information laws should
be exactly that. In particular it favours the development of public,
regional and county archives, or barring that strong municipal
archives. It realizes that reorganizations of governments lead to
inadvertent destruction of records and offers help in meeting such
difficulties. It encourages businesses and organizations to include
archiving as part of their records management programs. It assists
individuals in keeping archives or finding suitable homes. It has
accepted archival documents and fonds when necessary and the move to
the Fairview Heritage Centre was partly promoted by the need to make
its holdings accessible. Ask about our Outreach Program if
your
organization requires assistance from our qualified Archivists.
Microfilm
Our
holdings include microfilm records of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Peterborough, St John's Anglican Church Archives, the censuses of the
five counties (Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, Durham and
Haliburton) from 1851 to 1901, 260 reels of pre-confederation
historical papers, Early Upper Canada Newspapers, as well as the
Newcastle District census from 1800 to 1850, which depict heads of
household.
Other
significant collections include Land
Registry Office Documents for Peterborough
County, Lakefield newspapers since 1949, the
radio archives of Frank Schoales ,and the personal archives of Howard
Pammett, J. Alex Edmison, Archie Tolmie, Albert Hope, and others.
Recently,
we we have been adding the following archival records: Delledone
collection on Lakefield history; the Anson House archives 1862 to
present, the Dyer family papers related to the history of Peterborough,
recreational activities (including a magnificent archive related to
pigeon racing in the 1960s and 1970s). There are now 150 collections or
archival records relating to various aspects of Victoria, Peterborough,
Durham, Northumberland, Hastings and Halliburton counties.
In
addition to the Research Room Library, the Trent Valley Archives has
books, journals, and newsletters relating to archival organizations,
the history and function of archives, and issues surrounding freedom of
information, legislation relating to municipal government, Hansard for
the 1980s, Journals of the House of Commons and Senate, for the 1980s
and other books relating to farming, public history, architectural and
other issues.
Research Committee
The
Trent Valley Archives Research Committee oversees our many ventures in
family history, and researching the many queries that we receive. Our
Reading Room houses a significant library of local books, cemetery
records, family histories, and some of our microfilm collections.
Our growing Genealogy program computer
database contains over 210,000 names, mainly connected to original
families of the Trent Valley, as well as access to ancestry.com.
Irish Heritage Research
Centre
The
Irish Heritage Research Centre has a fine and growing collection of
pamphlets, magazines and other materials relating to research on Irish
migration and family history on both sides of the Atlantic. The Trent
Valley Archives now has holdings that relate to child migration as well.
Membership
Membership in the Trent Valley Archives
continues to grow.
The reading room is open to members from
Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 4:00, and other times by appointment.
Annual memberships:
Single: $52.50
Family: $63.00
Day rate: $26.50
(GST included)
Special rates for university students can
be arranged. The major
benefits of membership are unlimited use of the reading room at the
Fairview Heritage Centre, subscription to Heritage Gazette of the Trent
Valley, invitations to special events, and
opportunities to help in the diverse work of the Trent Valley Archives.
Public Internet Access
Through a cooperative program with
Industry Canada & COIN several on line computer workstations
are available for public use.
Board of Directors
Keith Dinsdale, Elwood Jones,
Toni Sinclair, Wally Macht, Chris Minicola, Steve Guthrie, Bruce
Fitzpatrick, Martha Kidd,
Susan Kyle, Heather Aiton-Landry, Douglas
Lavery, Alice MacKenzie,
John Marsh, Gina Martin, Marjorie
Shephard, Donald Willcock,
Trust Committee
Michael Bishop, Peter Lillico, Tom
Robinson
Trent Valley Archives 567
Carnegie Ave Peterborough Ontario K9L 1N1
info@trentvalleyarchives.com
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