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Archives: Vertical Research Files

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Vertical research files maintained in the Archives include:

  • 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