A resource which has advanced archival research immensely is now available. ARCHEION is a database of archival holdings in Ontario created under the auspices of the Canadian Council of Archives and the Archives Association of Ontario. This electronic "union list" of resources is linked to the national list, Archives Canada. Trent University Archives was a participant in the pilot project and we have all of our records submitted to ARCHEION complete with clickable links to our full-text, on-line finding aids. ARCHEION and Archives Canada are important aids to researchers as they may now search for archival holdings throughout Ontario and across Canada by title, subject, repository or name.

The University of Saskatchewan maintained an excellent site which organized and listed archives across Canada by type. Even if an archives doesn't all have its finding aids on-line, just knowing the hours, an address and a contact person can be very useful. The new URL located at Archives Canada is http://www.archivescanada.ca/car/menu.html

 Locally, Peterborough Museum and Archives, managed by the Culture & Heritage Division of the City of Peterborough, is an excellent resource. The PMA web site includes links to genealogical resources, other museums and archives, and information on the holdings of the PMA itself. The URL is http://www.peterboroughmuseumandarchives.ca

Following are links to web sites of two additional organizations with local resources. Both offer memberships to the public.

Trent Valley Archives: http://www.trentvalleyarchives.com/

Kawartha Ancestral Research Association Inc.: http://www.karagen.org/

The Trent Centre for Community-Based Education (TCCBE) and U-Links:

Located in Stewart House on the Traill Campus, the TCCBE maintains a Program Resource Library of support materials and in it are copies of unpublished reports on completed community-based projects. For access contact the staff at http://www.trentcentre.ca/contact-us .

A similar organization called U-Links ( http://www.highlandsmediaarts.com/ulinks/ ) sponsors community-based projects based in the Haliburton region. The U-Links office is located in Minden where they too maintain copies of past projects.

Trent Radio has created a database of their collection of historical audio recordings. For a list of titles, click here.

Other sites which comprise supplementary research resources are listed with annotations on a separate page.

Links To Information about Archival Management

A brief on-line tutorial about archival procedures.

Back to the Archives Home Page

The UNESCO Archives site