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Contents include a description of the papers held at Trent University Archives that deal with the life and times of Richard Birdsall Rogers, superintending engineer of the world-renowned Peterborough Lift Lock. The 100th anniversary of the Lift Lock was celebrated on July 9th of this year.

Contents include Friends of the Bata Library's support of the Library and, particularly, the Archives. Members featured include researcher and writer Quentin Brown, Dr. Fern Rahmel, and Professor Gordon Roper.

Contents include references to Christmas in the writings of Margaret Laurence, Robertson Davies, and E.J. Pratt.

Contents include Thomas H.B. Symons' role in bringing about new directions and vigor to Canadian Studies in Canada and abroad during his term as Chairman of the Commission on Canadian Studies (1972-1984). Highlighted are several archival collections that were acquired for Trent University Archives through the efforts of Professor Symons during his term as University President.

Our Rice Lake holdings are featured in this issue of Archives News. Many include references to Indigenous Peoples of that area during the 19th century and early 20th. Our Trent Treasures column features a publication dated 1632 located in Special Collections: Les Voyages de la Novvelle France Occidentale, Dicte Canada, Faits par Le Sr. de Champlain (Paris: Chez Claude Collet, au Palais, en la Gallerie des Prisonniers, à l’Estoille d’Or, M DC XXX II).

The diaries of Peterborough’s Walter Roger are the focus of this issue of Archives News. Roger kept the diaries in the 1850s when he was in his teens. He went on to become a Presbyterian minister. Our Trent Treasures column features Jack Butler Yeats and his Life in the West of Ireland, published in 1915. A fine copy of this edition is located in Special Collections.

This issue of Archives News focuses on the local farming experience during the period of colonization; the holdings of Trent University Archives include several diaries and letters which reference the experiences of the early farming families. Featured in the Trent Treasures column is our 1846 copy of Gray's Elegy by Thomas Gray and illuminated by Owen Jones.

Issue #62 of Archives News focuses on the building of the late 19th-century home of W.T.C. Boyd of Bobcaygeon, Ontario. The house was designed by well-known Peterborough architect John E. Belcher.

This issue is our first since January. The intervening months were occupied with our temporary move to 225 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough while Thomas J. Bata Library undergoes renovations. In celebrating Canada 150, we have highlighted the 1867 diary of Richard Everett Birdsall from the Birdsall family fonds located in our holdings. The diary reveals glimpses of a life on a local farm at the period of Confederation. Catharine Parr Traill and her books about plant life in Canada, also written during the mid-19th century, are the focus of the Trent Treasures column.

This issue of Archives News focuses on holdings located in the Archives and in Special Collections which pertain to Canada's North. Poetry created during the years following Canada's Confederation is the focus of the Trent Treasures column.

Contents include Ron Thom's award-winning architectural designs for Trent University. As Master Planning Architect, Thom was also responsible for choosing designer furniture for his new buildings. Some of the chairs which adorned the campus are featured in this newsletter.

Champlain College's 50th anniversary is taking place this year; in this issue of Archives News, we focus on the many photographs, posters, and works of art in our holdings which pertain to the College. Our Trent Treasures column features Nellie McClung and her role in the women's suffrage movement in Canada.

It is nearing 100 years since artist Tom Thomson died under mysterious circumstances in Algonquin Park: this issue of Archives News focuses on materials located at Trent University Archives which pertain to the artist. In our Trent Treasures column, we highlight Beautiful Joe by Margaret (Marshall) Saunders; this publication, a copy of which is located in Special Collections, is regarded as the first Canadian book to sell more than one million copies.

Recent news about a possible second discovery of a Viking site in Newfoundland has generated great interest around the world. In this issue of Archives News, we highlight a collection of research papers from our holdings which pertain to a 1930s search for Viking activity in the Great Lakes region. Also featured in this issue in our Trent Treasures column is a publication from Special Collections: The British American guide-book (1859).

We feature a newly received collection of postcards in this issue of Archives News. The 7500-card collection pertains primarily to the former Victoria County (now City of Kawartha Lakes). Our Holm Collection of Children's Literature is the focus of the "Trent Treasures" column, with particular mention of a delightful volume of rhyming couplets titled Bob and Bill See Canada.

Trent University Archives is the depository for the records of the Ontario Camping Association. This issue of Archives News focuses on the papers and their long relationship with the University. The Trent Treasures column highlights Walt Whitman's masterpiece, Leaves of Grass, many editions of which are located in Special Collections.

Curator/Librarian Janice Millard has retired after 41 years of service at Trent University. We wish her a happy retirement! This issue of Archives News includes an overview of the history of the Trent University Art Collection over the past 50 years.

Canadian Studies is the focus of this issue of Archives News, a timely topic, given the upcoming international "Contesting Canada's Future" conference, to be held at Trent in May. Our Trent Treasures column reflects on the Great Depression in Canada and the responses to the social injustices of that period. Also, Doors Open Peterborough 2015 will be held entirely at Trent, also in May, and the Archives is a host site; details are available in the newsletter.

This issue focuses on Education in the Archives and points to several fonds in our holdings which are not normally associated with education. Our Trent Treasures column highlights T.E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1935) located in Special Collections.

In celebration of Trent's 50th anniversary, we are planning to participate in the "50 Years of Trent Archaeology" exhibit to be launched at Bata Library October 20-26; the focus of this issue of Archives News is about our archaeological holdings. Our "Trent Treasures" column features the Captain John Franklin publications located in our Special Collections; these first edition copies are about his initial two voyages to the Arctic. Also included is an article about a new acquisition of historical papers: the Standen-McQueen family fonds.

Contents include Reverend Michael Farrar and his art works depicting Hastings, Ontario in the 1860s and 1870s. Also included are articles on the Edwin Zimmerman Yerex fonds and new additions to the Professor Ross Irwin fonds, and an introduction to our new on-line exhibit featuring women pioneers in Peterborough County.

In this issue we feature three newly acquired fonds: the Bird family fonds; the Birdsall family fonds; and the Wallis family fonds. Our "Trent Treasures" feature is about an 1873 "how-to" book for women, published with "subjects connected with the interests of every family."

This issue focuses on a new accession of 18th and 19th century Wallis family papers. Katherine E. Wallis, whose papers were donated to the Archives in 1969, is a member of this Wallis family. The "Trent Treasures" section focuses on small private presses and specifically highlights the works of Charles Bukowski.

In celebration of Halloween, we've featured Dorothy Herriman Choate's poem "Caterwaul" in this issue of Archives News. You'll also find information about two important new acquisitions and see a story originating from our Special Collections, about Ernest Thompson Seton and his paw print signature. Curator Janice Millard also shares her findings about one of the earliest European visitors to our local area, Sydney Bellingham.