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      The exhibit is a thematic exploration of the life and work of a distinguished Canadian geologist and glaciologist. The early part of Dr. Coleman’s career was spent prospecting, mapping and charting ore deposits in Ontario on behalf of the Ontario Bureau of Mines, (notably in the Sudbury nickel region); for …

      Osgoode Hall, a National Historic Site of Canada, is celebrating its 175th birthday in 2007. To recognize this important milestone, the Archives of Ontario is pleased to introduce this anniversary exhibition, a joint project of the Archives of Ontario and the Law Society of Upper Canada. Osgoode Hall is both …

      Canadians and Ontarians take great pride and interest in their health care system, and the Archives of Ontario is proud to hold an important key to the province’s heritage through the health-related records that it acquires, preserves, and makes accessible to the public. Medical Records at the Archives of Ontario …

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      On the night of April 19-20th 1904, Toronto experienced the worst fire in its history. The exact cause of the fire was never determined but it levelled nearly 20 acres of land and over 5,000 jobs were lost, at least temporarily. Fortunately, no lives were lost but the fire, which …

      On March 30th, 1954, Canada’s First Subway opened for service. It was an immediate hit with the people; 250,000 rode it on the first day. It quickly became an icon for the booming post-war economy that would define Toronto in the closing stages of the 20th century. The Subway Turns …

      For people who grew up in Ontario or in other parts of Canada, many of our Christmas memories have been touched, in one way or another, by Eaton's department store. The Archives of Ontario invites you to step back in time and remember an Eaton's Christmas from half a century …

      The Archives has recently acquired a series of letters written from the battlefront during World War One by brothers, Charlie and Wally Gray. These letters were composed between 1915-1916 by two very ordinary young men. They are touching in their simplicity and reach us in a way that history texts …

      LEME searches and displays word-entries from monolingual English dictionaries, bilingual lexicons, technical vocabularies, and other encyclopedic-lexical works, 1480-1702. Texts of word-entries whose headword (source) or explanation (target) language is English tell us what speakers of English thought about their tongue in the period. Edited by Prof. Ian Lancashire, this publication …

      Collection of 190 pieces of vellum in Greek and Latin illustrating the history and development of handwriting from the 4th century until the end of the Middle Ages. Items 1-21 (which are Coptic in origin) illustrate the development of uncial writing from the beginning up to its decline in Egypt …

      This evaluation version of MAP's Documentary Sources database, developed by the Medici Archive Project and published on the web by the University of Toronto Libraries, currently describes 200 volumes of documents in the Medici Granducal Archive (Archivio Mediceo del Principato), with document records for approximately 10,000 letters and biographical records …

      One of the most important research collections pertaining to the independence movement in Mexico, 1789-1828, compiled by the late Prof. James McKegney. The collection contains a bibliographic database of more than 11,000 citations and over 1,150 digital copies of pamphlets listed in the database. This database and the accompanying documents …

      Professional performers of all kinds in England and Wales toured to provincial towns, monasteries and private residences before 1642. The REED Patrons and Performances Web Site is a searchable database about professional performers on tour in the provinces – their patrons, the performance venues they used and the routes they …

      Generalizable web-based multiple entry species identification key. Current Pollyclave databases: Carolinian trees, seed flora of La Perouse Bay, Ontario Ericaceae, Leaves (a teaching database of 21 vine and tree leaf types), and Phalaenopsis species. PollyClave can be used as a web interface for any DELTA-format polyclave database.

      This page contains two significant Toronto Korean-language newspapers: The Minjoong Shinmoon (Jan. 1982; Jan. 1989 - Mar. 1993) and The New Korea Times (May 1982 - May 2003). The collection features approximately 7,420 pages. This digitization project was an international collaborative project funded by the National Institute of Korean History.

      This digital collection features over 2500 of the prints of Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677), a great master of the art of etching. The lion’s share of Hollar’s work was produced in and about his adopted England, but his artistic interest was broad ranging and the site also includes religious and historical …

      This site documents two exploratory surveys of the Barren Lands region west of Hudson Bay, in northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan and the area now known as Nunavut. Drawing on materials from the J.B. Tyrrell, James Tyrrell and related collections at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, it …

      Books Online are books that have been digitized, from the University of Toronto Libraries. They are freely available online and out-of-copyright. The full text of these books can be searched, and they are also listed in our catalogue.

      Poetry, biographies, and bibliographies of more than seventy Canadian poets. Also provides information about literary events and awards, Canadian poetry journals and magazines, other poetry sites, and other related resources.

      This site contains the first 20 years of the most significant Canadian trade journal documenting the history of the printing and publishing industry.