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Eternal Egypt: National Library and Archives
The National Library and Archives was established by an AH 1286 (AD 1870) decree and was originally housed in the Palace of Prince Mustafa Fadel. As it grew, it moved to Bab El Khalq Square and then to its current location overlooking...
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Link to the U of M Libraries' Home Page
This is a small collection of photographs related to the Northwest Rebellion.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum: Roosevelts: Photograph
Black and white photograph of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt on Inauguration Day in 1941.
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Library and Archives Canada: Pathfinders and Passageways: Radisson
Drawing of Pierre-Esprit Radisson.
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Unesco: Belgium: Plantin Moretus House Workshops Museum Complex
The Plantin-Moretus Museum is a printing plant and publishing house dating from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Situated in Antwerp, one of the three leading cities of early European printing along with Paris and Venice, it is...
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Photo of Roberta Bondar
A brief biography of one of Canada's key scientific figures, Roberta Bondar. The biography profiles Bondar's acclaimed career as a research scientist in neurology and her main claim to fame: being the first Canadian woman in space. The...
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Photo of Carrie Derick
A brief biography of an important Canadian educator, Carrie Matilda Derick. The biography profiles Derick's work as a botanist and the fact that she will forever be known as Canada's first female university professor. The information,...
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Photo of Elizabeth Muriel Gregory Mac Gill
A brief biography of Canadian scientist, Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill. The biography profiles MacGill's career as an aircraft designer, the first women in the world to contribute to science in this way. The information, brought to us...
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Photo of Julie Payette
A brief biography of Canadian female astronaut, Julie Payette. The biography profiles Payette's career as an electrical and computer engineer and pilot as well as her main claim to fame: being the first Canadian to work onboard the...
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Photograph of Betty Goodwin With Triptych
A brief biography of one of Canada's most established artists, Betty Goodman. The information, brought to us by Library and Archives Canada, also contains a suggested reading list for further research.
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Photograph of Kim Campbell
A brief biography of one of Canada's most important women political figures, Kim Campbell. The biography profiles Campbell's many firsts, from first woman Minister of National Defense to first woman elected leader of the PC party to...
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Barbara Ann Scott
Barbara Ann Scott is Canada's only female figure skater to win an Olympic Gold Medal. The Celebrating Women's Achievement website from Canada's National Library and Archive profiles the skater nicknamed Canada's Sweetheart. After turning...
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Photograph of Evelyn Lambart
A brief biography of Canada's first female animator, Evelyn Lambart. The information, brought to us by Library and Archives Canada, also contains a suggested reading list for further research.
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Sandra Schmirler
A brief biography of the Canadian Olympic gold medalist, Sandra Schmirler. The biography profiles Schmirler's passion for sport, her Olympic gold medal win in the 1998 Olympics and her untimely death in 2000. The information, brought to...
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Myriam B
A brief biography of the Canadian athlete and Olympic gold medalist, Myriam Bedard . The biography profiles Bedard's passion for sport and her international accomplishments in the biathlon. The information, brought to us by Library and...
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Photograph: Prime Minister St. Laurent, Speaking at Welcoming Ceremonies.
The National Library and Archives of Canada has a website dedicated to each province's road to Confederation in Canada. This section on New Foundland begins years before their eventual inclusion in 1949, but does include a section on...
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Portrait: Louis Joseph Papineau.
The National Library & Archives of Canada's Canadian Confederation website introduces Louis-Joseph Papineau. It follows his rise to political prominence and leadership of the Patriot Party. Included is related links and a portrait.
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Farmer Standing With His Oxen in a Field, Smuts, Saskatchewan, 1912
Immigration and the Canadian experience are portrayed by Library and Archives Canada through the eyes of photographs. Presented are images of of immigrant Canadians who helped to build the Canadian ideal of multiculturalism and the...
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Group at Ukrainian Wedding Posed in Front of a House With a Thatched Roof, 1911
Immigration and the Canadian experience are portrayed by Library and Archives Canada through the eyes of photographs. Presented are images of of immigrant Canadians who helped to build the Canadian ideal of multiculturalism and the...
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Seven Armenian Boys Standing Before a Grove of Trees, Georgetown, Ontario, 1925
Immigration and the Canadian experience are portrayed by Library and Archives Canada through the eyes of photographs. Presented are images of of immigrant Canadians who helped to build the Canadian ideal of multiculturalism and the...
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Japanese Girls Standing in Front of a Fence and a Tree, Letellier, Manitoba
Immigration and the Canadian experience are portrayed by Library and Archives Canada through the eyes of photographs. Presented are images of of immigrant Canadians who helped to build the Canadian ideal of multiculturalism and the...
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Page From Blais' Notebook Xiv, 1972 74, With Original Artwork, [Page 56]
Explore the cultural context of Canadian novelist Marie-Clair Blais' writing through fonds held by Library and Archives Canada. These fonds, which are "broken down into three distinct categories" (journals, manuscript notebooks, and...
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Watercolour Portrait of Marie Claire Blais by Mary Meigs
Explore the cultural context of Canadian novelist Marie-Clair Blais' writing through fonds held by Library and Archives Canada. These fonds, which are "broken down into three distinct categories" (journals, manuscript notebooks, and...
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Colourful Cover of Book, on the Road No More, 1993
The literary work of Canadian novelist, essayist and poet Jacques Brault was no doubt influenced by Brault's "involvement in the cultural life of his time" as well as his "great mind," which is reflected in the collection of notebooks,...