Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it.
This is a bigger story than just birth records. We are already supporting the descendants of naturalized Canadian citizens, who are also exploring this pathway.
Friends of the BC Archives present Brian Carpenter, Curator of Indigenous Materials, APS.
Sun, Oct 19th 2025 | 2:00pm
Royal BC Museum or via Zoom
The American Philosophical Society (APS) Library & Museum in Philadelphia is one of the largest archives of materials relating to Indigenous peoples of this continent. The talk will provide info on how to search the collections, seek out funding opportunities, and engage with the APS.
Horse racing was a significant industry in Richmond. With its two one-mile racetracks the city was British Columbia's thoroughbred racing capital, attracting many thousands of spectators and enriching its social, commercial and sporting character. This interesting short video was created by Richmond Archives Intern Anouska Kirby,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grs3KDMf0zc
#Richmond #BritishColumbia #Archives #ArchivalResearch #HorseRacing
IL SUONO INCISO / THE RECORDED SOUND Interdisciplinary Conference
📍 Rome & Online
📅 2–4 October 2025
Exploring historical sound reproduction: research, education, collecting, preservation, dissemination. Focus on Italy, 19th–20th c. sound heritage.
Deadline: 15/07/2025
Submit proposals via: [email protected]
#SoundStudies #ArchivalResearch #AudioPreservation #Phonography #Musicology
Are you a Ph.D. or MLIS student studying, working, or living in Boston or DC? Are you passionate about archival research and the digital humanities?
Sourcery, an archival document delivery app based out of the University of Connecticut in partnership with Digital Scholar (the same non-profit behind Zotero), is hiring Community Ambassadors!
Visit https://sourceryapp.org/ambassadors to learn more!
#digitalhumanities #archives #archivalresearch #digitalscholar #zotero #tropy #digitalhistory #libraries
*1775* Poland / Constitution entitled: "Tax on tea traders".
Central Archives of Historical Records
Unit type: Act documentation
Signature: 1/354/0/2.1/3094
Date/Period of creation: 1775
Dates: 1775 - 1775
Upload: Sikorski Arkadiusz htTPS://arQ.PL/
#Document #HistoricalDocument #OldManuscript #Archival #Archive #AncientText #HistoricalRecord #Manuscript #OldPaper #HistoricalArchive #AntiqueDocument #ArchivalResearch #HistoricalManuscript #OldRecord #DocumentaryEvidence #HistoricalText
We love supporting researchers and hearing about the innovative projects they accomplish using our collections. In this guest blog post, Will Hair—recent NYU Cinema Studies alumnus—shares his journey of working with archival materials to analyze the 1970 ABC TV production "Help." The show depicts Afram, a manufacturing company managed and staffed by African Americans in Asheville, North Carolina. Read more here:
https://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/2025/02/21/help-afram-and-black-capitalism/
The Fall 2024, Volume 94 edition of The Velvet Light Trap opens with the article, “Help: Afram and Black Capitalism” by Will Hair. The essay provides a formal and historiographic unpacking of Help, a 1970 ABC television production …
The 2025/26 Lillian Agnes Jones Scholarship is now open for applications, supporting research and studies on the history and culture of Western Canada.
Applicants may request up to $25,000 in either the Academic or Creative Production stream. Proposals should outline how The Whyte’s Art and Heritage collections, Archives, and Special Collections Library will be used.
The deadline is March 31, 2025.
Learn about the Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation Scholarship, offering financial support for emerging artists and scholars in fields related to Canadian Rockies history, art, and culture. Find application guidelines, eligibility criteria, and deadlines to apply for this prestigious scholarship
I'm definitely a week behind in posting interesting tidbits from the YIVO archive 🫣📲 of which I've documented many. It's partly because Mastodon doesn't seem to load well on the WiFi there or on the subway where I lose service a lot, but I'll have to sit and post some goodies sometime soon.
Klahanie Research Ltd.
Fritz Bauer Institut
Petr Nuska
Sourcery 🔮✨
Arkadiusz Sikorski
WCFTR
🕵️old klezmers🎻