Trent University Archives is a regional repository for historical records related to the Trent Valley area. Counties include Peterborough, Victoria (City of Kawartha Lakes), Northumberland, Durham, Hastings, and Prince Edward. Personal, family and organizational documents are collected. These documents support teaching and research at Trent University.
Archival fonds and collections
The Archives holds more than 1,000 fonds and collections, which are described in the Archives Database. More information on searching and browsing this material is available on our Search the Archives page.
Pamphlets
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Pamphlet collection: The collection of pamphlets in the Trent University Archives are generally Canadian in scope and there is a special emphasis on items that relate to the Peterborough and Trent regions.
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Camp pamphlet collection: We have a separate collection of pamphlets related to camps and camping
Vertical research files
- papers and reports prepared by students in the Haliburton-centered bioregionalism course;
- research papers of a more general nature by faculty and students, particularly students in applied history classes such as HIST 475;
- three boxes of vertical files relating to National and Provincial Parks created by Professors Douglas Pimlott and Paul Aird;
- an extensive collection of books which relate to the organized youth camping movement which may be consulted in the reading room;
- records and reports relating to the Trent University Nature Areas;
- Professor John Wadland vertical research files on many topics; files compiled from the early 1970s to early 1990s
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