Margaret Phillips began her career in municipal recreation, and became an advocate and activist for feminist and social justice issues. She was a founder of the Northern Woman's Bookstore, an executive director of the Lakehead Social Planning Council, and on the board of directors of Inter Pares, among other work.
Sem títuloCorrespondence, business documentation, staff resources, photographs, and Literacy Group documents, kept by Margaret Phillips of the Northern Woman's Bookstore, of Thunder Bay, Ontario. The store opened in 1984 and had locations on Bay St. and Court Street, before having to close its physical location in 2016.
Two documents containing transcriptions and images of the Silver Islet Cemetery:
"Silver Islet Cemetery," Ontario Genealogical Society, 1982
"Silver Islet Cemetery," 2007.
The fonds consists of New Democratic Party (NDP) campaign and fundraising material. Reference documents have a national focus; some materials address local candidates and campaigns. Most records are 1980-1987; there is also a small amount of material related to the 2015 federal election.
Includes approximately 35 drafts and copies of poems, fragments, essays, and one television script.
Journals, writings, and photographs describing the work of railway construction in the early 1900s.
Photographs and documents, generally collected because they would be of interest regarding the history of Port Arthur and Fort William. Includes rail and CPR, ships, fishing, and social and sporting groups.
The records include Faculty of Law newsletters and promotional material, and a set of building plans for renovations of the former PACI building.
The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law was established at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay in 2013.
Includes records of ceremonies and events, and records related to the Coat of Arms of the University.
Agora was the monthly newsletter/magazine published by Lakehead University's faculty and staff. It was published by the external relations office, and read by many in the university community.
Records include:
- Collection records and slides produced by Claude Garton
- Site-specific information
- Correspondence between the Herbarium, collectors, curators, and external groups
Documents the public information-sharing of the City of Thunder Bay during the COVID-19 pandemic beginning March 2020. Videos include Community Addresses with Mayor Bill Mauro, and press events.
Records related to the academic and artistic work of Dr. Laure Paquette, a faculty member in Political Science at Lakehead University from 1994 to retirement in 2021. These documents, in digital format, reflect her teaching, writing (including texts of many articles and books), and artwork, as well as the progression of her career at Lakehead and with many other institutions and organizations.
The records consist of daily logs and banding data for birds observed at the Thunder Cape Bird Observatory.
Thunder Cape Bird Observatory (TCBO) is a joint project of the Thunder Bay Field Naturalists, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Wildlife Assessment Program (OMNR-WAP), and Bird Studies Canada, working in partnership with Sleeping Giant Provincial Park, and the Canadian Coast Guard. (TBFN)
These are the records of the Chief Librarian (University Librarian) of Lakehead University (Lakehead Technical Institute, Lakehead College of Arts, Science, and Technology.)
The records document the management and administration of the Lakehead University Library, including the construction of the Library building, policies, acquisitions, staffing, and more. Correspondence provides insight into the workings of the library during a period of library and academic expansion, computerization and transition.
The Chief Librarian had a significant role as a member of University administration, and participated on Faculty Council, Senate, and numerous committees. Records here reflect those bodies and their work throughout this time period, including proposed and new programs, enrollment, new construction, governance, and long range planning.
The Library's role in partnership with other organizations provincially, nationally, and internationally is also represented. Many libraries were adopting new technologies at this time, which allowed for more communications and cooperation, on projects including computerized cataloguing and inter-library loan.
The time period covered in these records includes major developments and changes within Lakehead University, and in the cultures and technologies of universities and libraries.
The fonds consists of minutes, membership lists, newsletters, correspondence, a photograph and four negatives, bird census data, and other records associated with the activities of the club.
Sem títuloThis collection is of recordings, photographs, and ephemera related to C.D. Howe, the engineer, contractor, and long-time Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. It includes:
- Recorded broadcast of Howe interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Association in 1955
- Recordings of a documentary on Howe's life
- Letters and clippings on the Howe Committee after Howe's death
Dr. Penny Serafina Petrone (1925-2005) taught at Lakehead University's Faculty of Education. She was also an author, researcher, and traveller. The records reflect her research on Indigenous literatures and cultures and on education (particularly teacher education); her writings including memoirs, personal records, and records of travel.
The records are divided into series as follows:
- First Nations Literature and Culture (First People First Voices, 1983; Native Literature in Canada, 1990)
- Inuit and Arctic Literature and Culture (Northern Voices, 1988)
- Books and Readers, 1594 (M.A. Thesis, 1970)
- Isabella Valancy Crawford (research supporting PhD thesis)
- Canadian writers
- Travels (Europe, USSR, Asia, Africa, South America, North America)
- Education & teaching
- Memoirs, biographical, and family materials (Breaking the Mould, 1995; Embracing Serafina 2000)
- Speeches, conferences, and writing
The records consist primarily of several decades of research data from the study of water quality in lakes. Prepas, who is Professor Emeritus of Natural Resource Management at Lakehead University, was also formerly employed at the University of Alberta. Much of the research was conducted on Alberta lakes, with some performed in Ontario as well. A significant portion of the third accession consists of slides and print photographs showing research activities.
The records also include some teaching notes and course materials, as well as some correspondence and administrative material.
Minute books, memberships, and other records of the Port Arthur Constituency Liberal Association, Port Arthur Women's Liberal Association, and related organizations.
Records relate to the lives and rights of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV/AIDS in Northwestern Ontario and in Canada more broadly. Records reflect the work of Belrose as an individual, and in conjunction with the AIDS Committee of Thunder Bay (ACT-B); Gays of Thunder Bay; Northern Pride; Out and About; and more.
Includes publications, especially Thunder Gay Magazine, reACT-Believe, and FrontLine; notes, minutes, and correspondence related to formal and informal activism; and news coverage and current events in a variety of media.
The collection includes physical textual materials, video and audio cassettes, digital text, and digital audio and video recordings.
Letters, minutes, reports, and other documents regarding schools at the Lakehead: early Port Arthur, Fort William, and the region.
The School of Library Technology at Lakehead University operated from 1966 until 2002, administratively part of the Faculty of University Schools. It was one of only two university-based Library Technology programs in Canada.
Students enrolled in either a 2-year diploma program, or a post-graduate diploma program that could often be completed within 1 year. In the late 1980s, amid concerns that non-degree programs might no longer be funded by the Ontario government, there was a proposal to create a 3-year Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information Studies.
The records consist of:
School Administration: Includes reports, plans and proposals, newsletters, and reference material spanning the year of the School's operation.
Student Experience: Includes yearbooks, photographs, and scrapbooks of students and graduates of the program.
Sites crawled include the web and social media presence of Lakehead University, and associated organizations (including students, faculty, and alumni groups.)
The Argus
Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
Lakehead Athletics
Lakehead University
Lakehead University Alumni Association
Lakehead University Archives
Lakehead University Bookstore
Lakehead University Campus Recreation
Lakehead University Faculty Association
Lakehead University Library
Lakehead University Student Union
LU Radio
Thunderwolves Hockey
Sites crawled include those of municipalities, health services, social services, policing, libraries, and schools across Northwestern Ontario.