Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announced yesterday it will provide $1.5 million to support 52 projects (including 47 new projects) by archives, libraries and documentary heritage institutions throughout Canada.
The recipients of the Documentary Heritage Communities Program (DHCP) for 2019–2020 were announced at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto.
Organizations in all provinces and territories, with the exception of the Northwest Territories, received grants.
Lisa Uyeda, collections manager, Nikkei National Museum, said, “Support from the Library and Archives Canada Documentary Heritage Communities Program enabled us to digitize and exhibit hidden treasures from Canada’s First and Second World War Veterans, allowing us to fulfill our mission to honour, preserve, and share Japanese Canadian history and heritage for a better Canada.”
Including the amounts allocated this year, LAC’s support for documentary heritage communities has totalled $7.5 million since the DHCP was launched in 2015.
Although it is difficult to determine the exact focus of some projects by their name, the following projects may interest family historians.
Territories
Preserving Inuinnait Oral Traditions: Interviewing for Documentation and Capacity Building (Kitikmeot Heritage Society), Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, $28,877
IBC Archive Records Management and Training 2019–2020 (Inuit Broadcasting Corporation – IBC), Iqaluit, Nunavut, $26,822
Champagne and Aishihik First Nations Heritage Oral History Collection Inventory and Access Project (Champagne and Aishihik First Nations), Haines Junction, Yukon, $24,999
British Columbia
At Risk: Preserving Our Most Vulnerable Fonds (Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre), Burnaby, $14,999
Lakes District Museum Digitization Project (Lakes District Museum Society), Burns Lake, $24,977
Digital Preservation of Archive Collection (The Revelstoke Heritage Railway Society), Revelstoke, $21,692
Canadian Pacific Railway Revelstoke Division Accident Reports Digitization Project (Revelstoke Museum & Archives Association), Revelstoke, $14,490
Map Preservation/Digitization (Rossland Historical Museum Association), Rossland, $15,249
Alberta
Scrapbooks: Preservation and Increased Access (The Peter and Catharine Whyte Foundation for the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies), Banff, $50,000
JHSSA Archival Collections Accessibility Project – Phase 2 (Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta), Calgary, $14,550
Safeguarding Our Heritage: Increasing Access to and Preserving Historical Images (La Corporation Épiscopale Catholique Romaine de Grouard (operating as Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan), Grande Prairie, $23,389
Manitoba
Processing of Archival Records of the Polish-Canadian Community (Ogniwo Polish Museum Society Inc.), Winnipeg, $30,903
Ontario
Daniel McLachlin’s Legacy: Exploring the Lumber Era of the Ottawa Valley (Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives), Arnprior, $49,568
Creating Community Access to Lobo Township Book Committee Fonds (Middlesex Centre Archives), Delaware, $13,500
Digitization of the John Bertram & Sons Co. Fonds (Dundas Historical Society Museum), Dundas, $21,055
Images of Ontario by George Hunter, RCA – Digitization and Preservation Project (Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation), Mississauga, $24,906
The WI Historical Documents: A Legacy to Canada (Federated Women Institute of Ontario), Stoney Creek, $100,000
Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre’s Digital Preservation Project (Ontario Jewish Archives, Blankenstein Family Heritage Centre), Toronto, $49,920
Digitizing and Providing Online Access to Testimonies of Canadian Immigrant and Ethnic Experiences (Multicultural History Society of Ontario), Toronto, $47,839
Quebec
Consolidation and Accessibility of the Archival Database of the Société d’histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean (Société d’histoire du Lac-Saint-Jean inc.), Alma, $24,815
Project for the Archival Processing of Documents in the Marcel Sainte-Marie Collection (Centre régional d’archives de l’Outaouais), Gatineau, $17,048
Preservation Project: Textual Records of Brome County (1790–1914) (Brome County Historical Society), Knowlton, $26,120
Investing in Eeyou Istchee Archival Heritage (Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute), Oujé-Bougoumou, $60,000
Digitization and Accessibility of Historical Records of the Huron-Wendat Nation Council (Conseil de la Nation huronne-wendat), Wendake, $24,999
Nova Scotia
Processing, Digitizing and Increasing Access to the Collection: Mahone Bay’s Shipbuilding History, Local Families, and Town History Research (Mahone Bay Founders Society, Mahone Bay, $18,54
Prince Edward Island
St. Peter’s Cathedral: Processing and Providing Access to 150 Years of Archives (St. Peter’s Cathedral Archives), Charlottetown, $51,829.
View the list of all recipients for 2019–2020.
The DHCP was created in 2015 to provide financial assistance for activities that enhance the visibility of, and access to, materials held by Canada’s local documentary heritage institutions. The program also aims to increase the capacity of local institutions to “sustainably preserve, promote and showcase the country’s documentary heritage.”
The next funding cycle will be launched in fall 2019.
