Access to Archives, Summer 2025
During the Summer (May-August) the Archives will be open by appointment, and depending on staff availability
We are located on the 5th floor of the Chancellor Paterson Library, LI 5001. Please contact sjanes1@lakeheadu.ca to make an appointment or learn more.
Remote research services are also available. Assistance with research questions and limited digitization on demand are available, though we cannot guarantee a specific completion time. Contact Sara Janes at sjanes1@lakeheadu.ca if you have requests or would like more information about what might be available. Many digitized images are available for public viewing on our Digital Collections page.
What's New
The Archives is sharing digitized film and video on YouTube. You can see it all one one playlist. New video is being uploaded regularly.
New to digital collections:
- Anishinaabemowik: Indigenous Languages Program Historical Documents
- Collective Memories of the Finnish Labour Temple
- Ninette Sanatorium: A Perspective
Digital Collections now includes over 11 000 documents, photographs, and videos.
New descriptions are available for:
- the Canadian Injured Workers' Alliance fonds
- the Northwestern Ontario Women's Decade Council Herstory Project
- the Grand Council Treaty Number 9 collection
- the Derek Burney fonds
- the Sanna Kannasto fonds
- the Arthur Malcolm Mushlian fonds
- Lakehead University Department of Mathematical Sciences fonds
- the Lakehead Social History Institute fonds
- and the Native Studies Study Group fonds.
Additional Resources
Our Digital Collections page is the best way to access digitized material. Check it out to see 9000+ images of this region's history, with more added regularly.
Web Archives Collections are also available online. You can access web material from Lakehead University and from organizations across Northwestern Ontario.
For an overview of the Archives' collections, see the "Archives at Lakehead University" guide.
To learn more about doing archival research in Thunder Bay, see the "Research in Archives (Thunder Bay, Canada, and Around the World)" guide. Find out how you can donate records to the Archives. You can learn more about how this database works.
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