Dr. Robert W. Jackson (right) receiving the Olympic Order, the highest award of the Olympic movement, from Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, 1997 (5258295)
Below is a selection of archives that we have recently acquired. These records will be available for consultation once they have been processed and described.
Some of the acquisitions are accruals or additions to existing fonds.
Please see New acquisitions - archives: Complete list to consult the complete listing of all our new archival acquisitions.
Robert W. Jackson fonds
(MIKAN 5258295)
The Robert W. Jackson fonds consists of records documenting his activities in Canada and internationally as a founder of parasports for people with a disability, and his development of arthroscopy, for which he became internationally renowned after introducing it to the Western world.
Flora MacDonald fonds
(Accrual, R10914,
MIKAN 157474)
This accrual to the Flora MacDonald fonds consists of one photo album.
William Lyon Mackenzie King fonds
(Accrual, R10383,
MIKAN 98362)
This accrual to the William Lyon Mackenzie King fonds consists of one printed card produced by the National Liberal Federation encouraging people to vote Liberal and give King a working majority as prime minister.
Tobie Steinhouse fonds
(Accrual, R11208,
MIKAN 212518)
The recent accrual to the Tobie Steinhouse fonds consists of 13 original prints as well as textual records documenting Steinhouse’s life and career, including exhibition catalogues, publicity and personal correspondence. Steinhouse (1925–) is a Montréal painter and printmaker.
Victor Pilon fonds
(Accrual, R16089,
MIKAN 5093438)
This accrual to Victor Pilon's fonds consists of approximately 47,000 photographs, including urban murals in Canada (1983–1987), visits by the Royal Family (1980–2002), investitures of Governors General (1990 and 1995) and some visits by international heads of state.
Bonnie Robichaud fonds
(R16206,
MIKAN 5145352)
In 1980, Bonnie Robichaud began what would become a multi-year legal challenge. In July 1987, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled unanimously in her favour that “the employer is responsible for the unauthorized discriminatory acts of its employees in the course of their employment.”
Arlette Cousture fonds
(R16227,
MIKAN 5176231)
The archives of the writer Arlette Cousture include the manuscripts and scripts of the novels and hit TV series Les Filles de Caleb.
Corporation de Développement et de Production ACPAV Inc. fonds
(Accrual, R10967,
MIKAN 5050680)
This acquisition was made through Library and Archives Canada’s Telefilm acquisition program. This feature film, Antigone, written and directed by Sophie Deraspe, won the Canada Goose® Award for Best Canadian Feature Film at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival.
Francine Ouellette fonds
(Accrual, R14228)
The second accession to the fonds of this writer, known for her historical sagas that were adapted for television, contains the manuscripts of Feu, her most recent saga covering 360 years, from the early 17th century to the 1960s.
Gilles Provost collection
(R16205,
MIKAN 5145495)
This collection comprises 14 scrapbooks containing press clippings, theatre programs and photographs relating to the Canadian Repertory Theatre, one of Canada’s first professional theatre companies.
Macpherson and Reidford collection
(R16211,
MIKAN 5159179)
A donation of 59 original pen and ink drawings from two of the most important figures in early Canadian editorial cartooning: James D. Reidford and Duncan Macpherson. The cartoons date mostly from the 1960s.
Ned Sparks and family collection
(R16226,
MIKAN 5176218)
This collection of textual records and photographs (approx. 200 items) documents the career and family history of pioneer Canadian stage and screen actor Ned Sparks (born Edward Arthur Sparkman, 1883-1957).
George Bowering fonds
(Accrual, R11712,
MIKAN 3671496 )
This accrual, which includes manuscripts, notebooks, correspondence, promotional material and audiovisual recordings, chronicles the writing career of the prominent author George Bowering from 2005 onward. The accession also contains his diaries and photographs from the 1950s and 1960s
Guy Badeaux fonds
(Accrual, R5791,
MIKAN 5154050 )
This is a recently acquired accrual of 77 original editorial cartoons by the noted Quebec artist Guy Badeaux (Bado). Appearing in Le Droit between 1981 to 1991, the cartoons cover a wide range of provincial, national and international topics.
Herb Gray fonds
(R14567,
MIKAN 4594322 )
The fonds, which consists of correspondence, audiovisual records, and ministerial, personal and constituency records, documents the long and distinguished career of Herb Gray, a Liberal politician and cabinet minister from Windsor, Ontario. Mr. Gray died in 2014.
League of Canadian Poets fonds
(Accrual, R9803,
MIKAN 107205 )
This accession of newsletters, correspondence, annual general meeting minutes and Living Archives Series material records the efforts by the Feminist Caucus of the League of Canadian Poets to encourage greater participation by and recognition of women in Canadian poetry.
Rick Stow fonds
(Accrual, R5799,
MIKAN 181326 )
This recent accrual to the Rick Stow fonds consists of 72 oral history interviews with labour, political and left-wing personalities in Canada, as well as interviews with delegates at Communist Party of Canada and Parti communiste du Québec conventions.
W.P. Kinsella fonds
(Accrual, R11760,
MIKAN 3671979 )
This addition, comprising manuscripts, correspondence, audiovisual recordings and personal records, documents the life and career of the award-winning author W.P. Kinsella, following a serious car accident in 1997.
Map of the Dominion of Canada. Karta Öfver Canada Inberäknade Manitoba och Nordvest Territorierna och visande Jernvägsystemet och de skandinaviska Colonierna [single item]
(R16166,
MIKAN 5111490)
Published and overprinted in a combination of Swedish and English by the Department of the Interior, this map documents the existence of Swedish communities and describes Canada for those who may wish to visit or immigrate
Peter Rindisbacher collection
(Accrual, R8203,
MIKAN 185961)
Two portrait miniatures by Peter Rindisbacher depicting Peter Rindisbacher Sr. and Barbara Ann Rindisbacher, the artist’s parents. The Rindisbachers were Swiss colonists who lived the Red River Settlement from 1821 to 1826.
Self-portrait by Georgina E. Barker [single item]
(MIKAN 5109397)
This painting is by and of the first child of writer Elizabeth Smart and British poet George Barker. Smart’s existing fonds at LAC contains much documentation about the childhoods of the four children she had with Barker. Georgina bears a striking resemblance to her mother.
