This post reproduces part of the exhibit, Alice Opens the Door. Below is the introductory wall panel from the exhibit (and a small sample of exhibit items). The exhibit was displayed in the TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library from February 16 to April 28, 2019. Many of the showcased items came from our Osborne Collection of Early Children's…
For the Record: An Idea of the North | Exhibit Digest
This reproduces parts of the exhibit, For the Record: An Idea of the North (with a small sample of exhibit items). Below are the four main wall text panels from the exhibit. The exhibit was displayed in TD Gallery at the Toronto Reference Library from February 16 to April 28, 2019. Produced in partnership with Northside Hip Hop Archive, the exhibit…
Pathways: Following traces of Indigenous routes across Ontario | Exhibit Digest
This post reproduces parts of the exhibit, Pathways: Following traces of Indigenous routes across Ontario (with a small sample of exhibit items). Below are the four main wall panels from the exhibit.
Lest We Forget: Learning about WWI with Teens
Every fall, librarians from Toronto Public Library visit high schools across Toronto to deliver our Lest We Forget program, where teens are able to dig into primary resources from the First World War and learn about individual soldiers who served and died in the war. Lest We Forget is a project developed by Library and…
World War II Posters: 5 Things They Told Canadians To Do
Below are posters—also known as "broadsides"—from Canada during the Second World War. They're all from Toronto Public Library's vaults (well, shelves, not actual vaults) and available on Digital Archive Ontario. Made by different government agencies, this batch of World War II posters generally promote one of five key messages. Before we take a closer look, here's a…
A Treasure Trove of Canadian Literary History: The Newton MacTavish Collection
Tucked away in the manuscript collections of the Toronto Reference Library Marilyn & Charles Baillie Special Collections Centre is a treasure trove of letters and manuscripts written by Canada's literary "in crowd" of the early 20th century. There are files of hand-written correspondence, poems and short stories by Lucy Maud Montgomery, Mazo de la Roche, Marjorie Pickthall, E.J. Pratt, Archibald Lampman, Isabel Ecclestone…
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