Call for documents from le groupe Archives à voix haute des deux rives de l’Outaouais
Bonjour à vous,
Le groupe Archives à voix haute des deux rives de l’Outaouais prépare une nouvelle séance dont le titre provisoire est « Ottawa et Gatineau : aimer, détester et y vivre ! ».
Rappelons qu’une séance d’archives à voix haute consiste, pour l’essentiel, à lire des documents d’archives devant des auditoires, ce qui permet de rejoindre d’autres publics que les usagers de nos salles de lecture. Pour chaque séance, les documents sont choisis en fonction d’un thème, mis en contexte par des textes d’introduction et illustrés (photos d’archives et autres documents iconographiques) à l’aide d’un diaporama. L’expérience a démarré en France en 1999 et au Québec en 2008, à Montréal d’abord, et depuis septembre 2009 en Outaouais québécois et ontarien.
Le 22 octobre 2010, le groupe Archives à voix haute des deux rives de l’Outaouais a présenté une séance sur le thème « Élites et institutions » dans le cadre du 63e congrès de l’Institut d’histoire de
l’Amérique française, tenu à l’Université d’Ottawa. De plus, en février 2011, dans le cadre des
causeries du Muséoparc Vanier à Ottawa, le groupe a réédité le succès de sa séance de la Saint-Valentin sur les lettres d’amour, offerte l’année précédente au café Le Troquet du Vieux-Hull.
« Ottawa et Gatineau : aimer, détester et y vivre ! »
Nous intéresse tout ce qui peut témoigner de la vie, sous tous les aspects, dans ces deux villes, des sentiments qu’elles inspirent, de la dynamique animant les rapports entre elles. Idéalement, les documents choisis devraient exprimer, de manière consciente ou non, une certaine perception sur les divers aspects de la vie à Ottawa et à Gatineau (Hull, Gatineau et Aylmer auparavant; nous exclurions les secteurs Masson-Angers et Buckingham aux fins de cette séance) et les relations entre les deux rives. Nous voulons mettre l’accent sur les rapports entre Ottawa et Gatineau, leurs citoyens et ceux qui y passent. Nous préférons exclure les rapports entre les anciennes villes fusionnées, ce qui est un thème en soi.
Comme pour les séances précédentes, nous faisons appel à vos ressources et à celles de tous les services d’archives des deux rives de l’Outaouais et de l’Ouest du Québec, pour dénicher des documents intéressants, pertinents et en français. Les possibilités sont à l’échelle des domaines d’activités que l’on retrouve dans les villes d’Ottawa et de Gatineau et ce, à tous les niveaux et à toutes les époques de leur existence. Évidemment, notre défi est toujours de repérer de bons documents pour une lecture publique.
Voici, pour vous donner quelques possibilités de sous-thèmes :
Ÿ Les catholiques et la frontière outaouaise;
Ÿ Les organismes partagés (gens d’affaires, syndicats, clubs sociaux, SRC, Le Droit, etc.);
Ÿ Les célébrations (autour du 24 juin par exemple, Fête nationale, Saint-Jean et Festival franco-ontarien);
Ÿ La frontière : traverser ou ne pas traverser;
Ÿ Boire, manger et faire la fête;
Ÿ Les universités
Ÿ Le milieu littéraire et culturel
Ÿ La Fonction publique fédérale
Ÿ Les juridictions gouvernementales multiples
Ÿ Les classes sociales (perceptions des villes et quartiers)
Ÿ L’impact « Capitale » et CCN
Ÿ Outaouais français et francophones d’Ottawa, la question de la langue, le bilinguisme au niveau municipal
Ÿ Enjeux politiques, sociaux, identitaires et culturels entre les deux villes
Ÿ La diversité ethnoculturelle
Ÿ Sports et spectacles
Ÿ Les deux villes dans la littérature
Ÿ Les services de santé
Ÿ Le transport Ottawa-Gatineau
Ÿ Autres ?
Ce ne sont que des exemples. Ce thème sur les rapports entre Ottawa et Gatineau permet d’englober l’ensemble des domaines d’activités. Quelque soit le service d’archives et quelque soit la mission de l’organisme dans lequel vous œuvrez, vous pensez sûrement déjà à certains documents d’archives.
Nous souhaitons recevoir d’ici le 28 janvier 2012 vos propositions de documents d’archives de manière à disposer d’une bonne sélection de documents pour préparer la séance. Si vous avez dans vos fonds et collections d’archives des documents (lettres, discours, journaux personnels, notes, manuscrits et divers textes), particulièrement pertinents, si vous avez connaissance de sources qui pourraient nous intéresser et pour toutes questions, je vous prie de communiquer par courriel avec le soussigné. À ce stade-ci, des numérisations à basse résolution des documents d’archives proposés sont suffisantes.
Michel Lalonde
Pour le groupe Archives à voix haute des deux rives de l’Outaouais
Michel Lalonde, archiviste prof. cert. (AAQ)
Responsable des archives
Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française (CRCCF)
Université d'Ottawa (Faculté des arts)
Tél. : 613-562-5800, poste 4009; téléc. : 613-562-5143
Tél. sans frais : 1 877-868-8292, poste 4009
Pavillon Morisset, 65, rue Université, pièce 041C, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5 Canada
Feature on Archives Lanark
Recently, Margaret Dixon President of the Archives of Ontario Eastern Chapter was invited to speak at the Archives Lanark October meeting. It was an informative evening with guests hearing about the activities of the Eastern Chapter and the benefits of membership in the Archives Association of Ontario.
Archives Lanark was opened in 2002 based on the concept of an archival depository, accessible to the general public, for historical and genealogical documents pertaining to Lanark County developed after the Province of Ontario accepted a proposal from the Lanark Genealogical Society to preserve the Land Records for posterity.
In 2009, a new governing document was approved providing the Archives with its own Board of Directors and a new name Archives Lanark. The Archives is now an independent non-profit organization accountable to its stakeholders, the members of the Lanark County Genealogical Society. It continues to rely on volunteers, the generous support of the Society and users of the facility.
Among its resource material, one can find Lanark County Land Registry Abstract Books and Land Deeds dating from 1868 to 1955, local cemeteries listings, census records, and early church records of baptisms and marriages. In addition, there are scrapbooks and original editions of local newspapers, Women's Institute history books, family genealogical studies and local histories.
The Archives has undertaken a publishing project of hardcover books documenting the history of the rural schools in each of the original townships in Lanark County. These have proved to be very popular with five books released to date and more planned. The books have sparked considerable local interest with the early editions sold out! Currently, copies of the North Elmsley and Lanark books are still available, either by visiting the Lanark Archives or by ordering from their web site.
You can contact Lanark Archives at: 613-267-2232
They are open: 10Am to 3pm
alternating Fridays and Saturdays
alternating Fridays and Saturdays
They are located at: the former Drummond Township Municipal Building
1920 Concession 7 Road
1920 Concession 7 Road
Drummond Centre
near Perth, Ontario
Official Opening of new City of Ottawa Archives
AAO East was honoured to be invited to participate in the official opening of the new City of Ottawa Archives. On June 27, 2011, the City officially opened the brand-new facility. Members of AAO East were thrilled to attend this event, and a reception held by the Friends of the City of Ottawa Archives (FCOA). Both events were well attended. Mayor Jim Watson and members of the provincial and municipal governments participating in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the official opening, and the FCOA reception included musical entertainment, presentations of generous gifts to the archives, and tours of the building by Archives staff. We encourage all of our members to visit the beautiful new facility. An open house will be held on July 9, 2011, and the building is now open to the public for research. For more information about the new building check out the City of Ottawa Archives website. We would also like to extend our congratulations to executive members Theresa and John, also employees of the City Archives, for surviving the move and on their beautiful new home!
Skate Canada Archives and
Emery Leger, Archivist and AAO East member
AAO East was honoured to be invited to participate in the official opening of the new City of Ottawa Archives. On June 27, 2011, the City officially opened the brand-new facility. Members of AAO East were thrilled to attend this event, and a reception held by the Friends of the City of Ottawa Archives (FCOA). Both events were well attended. Mayor Jim Watson and members of the provincial and municipal governments participating in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the official opening, and the FCOA reception included musical entertainment, presentations of generous gifts to the archives, and tours of the building by Archives staff. We encourage all of our members to visit the beautiful new facility. An open house will be held on July 9, 2011, and the building is now open to the public for research. For more information about the new building check out the City of Ottawa Archives website. We would also like to extend our congratulations to executive members Theresa and John, also employees of the City Archives, for surviving the move and on their beautiful new home!
Skate Canada Archives and
Emery Leger, Archivist and AAO East member
Canada and in particular Ottawa has a rich history of amateur skating. Dating from 1887, the pastime became formalized through the organization of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada and by 1914 a separate section of the Association was formed for figure skating. Instrumental in this later development was the Ottawa Minto Club. In 1939, the organization supporting figure skating was renamed the Canadian Figure Skating Association (CFSA). It was in 2000 that the CFSA changed its name to Skate Canada. There has been a remarkable continuity in the support of the sport which has facilitated a richly documented past. It is of no surprise that much of what has been celebrated and preserved is linked to the CFSA and Skate Canada, beginning with the creation of a Hall of Fame in 1990. The Skate Canada Archives, part of the Hall of Fame was created to collect, preserve, study, and interpret artefacts and archival materials which are historically significant to figure skating in Canada.
Emery Leger has been instrumental in the organization and on-going development of the Archives. Involved in figure skating for over 30 years first as a singles skating medalist and later as coach and mentor, it is evident that Emery has a unique inside knowledge of the sport. Figure Skating has played a big part in Emery`s life and a natural extension of this passion has been his contribution to the preservation of Canada’s skating heritage as Archivist and Researcher for the Skate Canada Archives. A graduate of the Algonquin College’s Allied Museums Program, Emery brings professionalism to his work which is coupled with deep commitment and dedication. When asked, what was the most unique item in the Archives’ collection? Emery had to think. Was it the early skating lantern; the Elizabeth Manley skating costume; or the Barbara Ann Scott mementos? It had to be one of the latest acquisitions, the yet to be described sculpture dating from the early days of figure skating competition in Canada. This is just a glimpse of the Archives’ collection which includes more than 3,000 photographs, 4,000 videotapes, as well as trophies, plaques, textual materials, medals, pins, and skates which span from the beginnings of the organized sport in Canada to the present day. The collection is available for consultation by appointment with the Archivist. You can contact Emery at eleger@skatecanada.ca.
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