The Archivist's Pencil
What's old and new at the Archives of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto
Friday, 31 March 2017
Angels in the Archives
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This week's blog highlights a group of strong, caring, and dedicated women: nurses. We at the Archives have struggled, unfortunately, t...
Friday, 24 March 2017
The Shot Heard Round the City
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On March 25th, 1880, news quickly spread through the city that George Brown , politician and editor of the Globe had been shot in his office...
Friday, 17 March 2017
A Real Work of Arch
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In December 1841, the diocese of Toronto was created out of the Archdiocese of Kingston. It remained a diocese for over 28 years. During th...
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Friday, 10 March 2017
Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.
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These days we mostly use our phones for Facebook, Candy Crush, and cat videos, but that wasn't always so. The telephone's developmen...
Friday, 3 March 2017
"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." – Helen Keller
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On this date 130 years ago, Anne Sullivan began teaching Helen Keller. Helen was six years old. She had lost her sight and hearing due to a ...
Friday, 24 February 2017
The Quest for the Map of Canada
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It seems difficult to remember what we did before GPS and Google Maps. We can put the globe in our pockets, but before smartphones and compu...
Friday, 17 February 2017
Remembering Sir Wilfrid Laurier
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Sir Wilfrid Laurier was Canada’s seventh prime minister. His tenure as the first francophone PM – from July 11, 1896, to October 6, 1911 – i...
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