Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives
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What is the Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives?
The Atlantic Canada Virtual Archives (ACVA) is designed to showcase some of Atlantic Canada's rich archival sources and to explore the potential of web-based research. In this phase of the project, undertaken in 2003-04, two frequently-consulted archival collections have been digitized for online delivery: the Loyalist Winslow family papers, housed in the University of New Brunswick Archives and Special Collections, and the McQueen family papers located in the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, and in three repositories in British Columbia - the British Columbia Archives, the Nicola Valley Museum Archives Association, and the Rossland Historical Museum & Archives.
Who sponsors the project?
This project was made possible in part through the Canadian Culture Online Program of Canadian Heritage and by an anonymous donor. Support, both financial and in kind, has been provided by the Harriet Irving Library, the Electronic Text Centre, the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies, all based at the University of New Brunswick, and by participating repositories: the Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, the British Columbia Archives, British Columbia Archives, the Nicola Valley Museum Archives Association, and the Rossland Historical Museum & Archives.
Who manages the project?
ACVA is the joint initiative of Margaret Conrad, Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies, and Alan Burk, Director of the Electronic Text Centre (ETC). The project team includes people who transcribed, imaged, and coded the documents for online delivery, designed the site, and coordinated these diverse activities:
- Project Coordinator: Lisa Charlong
- Web Design: Marc Bragdon
- Programming: Jason Nugent, Jennifer Whitney
- Graphic Design: Metaxia Flogeras, Monica Currie
- Administration: Lori Tozer, Jennifer Taylor
- Director of Imaging: Michael Meade
- Imaging Assistants: David Bent, Heidi Coombs-Thorne, Josh Dickison, Danie Gagnon, Jennifer Hannotte, Corey Slumkoski
- Instructional Design: Martin L'Heureux
- Text Encoding: Matt Baglole, David Bent, Krista Elliott, Roger Gillis, James Kerr, Heather Steel, Sharon Weaver, A.J. Yates, Naishan Zhang
- Transcription: Dorothy Bennett, Sandra Barry
- Translation: Pierre Bériault, Rebecca Colborne
The work of the ACVA project team was supported by two advisory committees, a learning resources focus group and an advisory board.
Winslow Committee
- Patricia Belier, Humanities Librarian, University of New Brunswick
- David Bell, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick
- Gwendolyn Davies, Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice-President Research, University of New Brunswick
- Mary Flagg, University Archivist, University of New Brunswick
- Kathryn Hilder, Loyalist Collection, Reference Librarian (ret'd), University of New Brunswick
- Stephen Patterson, Department of History (ret'd), University of New Brunswick
McQueen Committee
- Jean Barman, Professor of History, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
- Sandra Barry, independent scholar, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Marion Beyea, Provincial Archivist of New Brunswick, Fredericton
- Alison Prentice, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Victoria
ACVA Advisory Board
- Jean Barman, Professor of History, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia
- Maurice Basque, Directeur d'études acadiennes, Université de Moncton
- Marion Beyea, Provincial Archivist of New Brunswick, Fredericton
- John Bonnett, Research Officer in Human-Computer Interactions, National Research Council of Canada, Fredericton
- Gwendolyn Davies, Professor of English and Dean of Graduate Studies, UNB
- Mary Flagg, University Archivist, University of New Brunswick
- Jane Guerts, Head of Design, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
- Barbara LeBlanc, School of Education, Université Sainte-Anne
- Phyllis E. LeBlanc, départment d'histoire, Université de Moncton
- Dale McBride, Head of Graphics, New Brunswick College of Craft and Design
- Elizabeth Hamilton, Head, Government Documents, Data, and Maps, Harriet Irving Library, UNB
- Robert Leavitt, Director, Micmac Maliseet Institute, Faculty of Education, UNB
- Alison Prentice, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Victoria
- Ellen Rose, Head, Instructional Design, Faculty of Education, UNB
- Brian Speirs, Provincial Archivist, Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management
- John D. Teskey, Director, UNB Libraries
- Elaine Toms, Associate Professor, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
Acknowledgements
The project team wishes to acknowledge the following for their support:
The Harriet Irving Library/Electronic Text Centre imaging initiative for permission to use the Winslow Family Papers images.
The Provincial Archives of New Brunswick for assistance in transporting the McQueen Family Papers.
The design images have been drawn from the following sources:
Edward Winslow Letters
George Neilson Smith, Scottish, 1789-1854, Canadian School Beginning of Long Reach, St. John River, 1839. Watercolour over graphite, with pen and black ink on wove paper, laid down on board 38.1 x 59.1 cm
John Clarence Webster Canadiana Collection (W412)
New Brunswick Museum Collection
New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, New Brunswick
Learning Resources: Design image from the preliminary pages of George Fisher, The Instructor: or, Young Man's Best Companion. London, Printed for the Booksellers, 1792.
McQueen Family Letters
Design image from Nova Scotia Archives and Records Management, McQueen Lowden Family Fonds, 3350-11, Robert Lowden's ledger used as a scrapbook by Jessie and Annie McQueen.
Learning Resources: Design image from McQueen Family photograph. Jean Barman Collection, Annie McQueen and Students.
Contact Us
Professor Margaret Conrad
Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies
Department of History, Tilley 113,
University of New Brunswick
PO Box 4400 Fredericton NB E3B 5A3
Tel.: (506) 452 7419
Fax: (506) 453 5068
E-mail: mconrad@unb.ca
Sasha Mullally, Ph.D.
Department of History120 Tilley Hall, 5 Macaulay Lane
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, NB E3B 5A3
sasham@unb.ca
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