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Volume 1, Number 3, September-October 2005 New Virtual ExhibitionsA wide variety of online virtual exhibitions have recently been added to the Library and Archives Canada website. Topics explored on these sites are as diverse and intriguing as UFOs and pulp fiction.
Canada's UFOs: The Search for the Unknown highlights strange occurrences of unidentified flying objects and other phenomena reported across Canada during the past few decades. Visitors can use the interactive timeline and map of Canada to browse through a selection of actual Canadian UFO sighting reports and investigations by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Department of National Defence, National Research Council Canada and the former Department of Communications. The records from these five government departments have been digitized and will soon be available to the public through a searchable database in this website. Information within these files ranges from investigations into new technologies, scientific investigations, and possible security risks to our country.
Tales from the Vault! Canadian Pulp Fiction, 1940-1952 offers a trip back to the mid-20th century. Drawing on the Canadian Pulp Art and Fiction Collection, the exhibition brings this once vibrant industry back to life. This virtual exhibition includes magazine covers, selected advertisements, text, excerpts and full-length issues of six magazines. Learn more about pulp fiction from articles on subjects such as censorship, advertising, romance and women, and men and politics -- all written in the snappy style of the pulp magazine. An educational component for schools will follow. We invite you to watch for upcoming launches of other exciting exhibitions that will explore political and scientific topics, including government orders-in-council and the Geological Survey of Canada.
By Executive Decree provides insight into how our country is governed. This virtual exhibition describes the executive branch of the federal government, with historical photographs and documents illuminating the role of the governor general, the prime minister and cabinet, as well as governmental agencies and departments. The site is complemented by a database of orders-in-council, the main instrument of executive power since Confederation.
Written in Stone: William E. Logan and the Geological Survey of Canada and Life of a Rock Star, produced by Library and Archives Canada and its partner institutions, the National Library of Wales, the University of McGill Archives, the Toronto Public Library and Natural Resources Canada, are dedicated to increasing knowledge about the Geological Survey of Canada by making its history and its collections more accessible. Written in Stone: William E. Logan and the Geological Survey of Canada provides researchers with a unique, extensive online resource that allows them to delve into digital copies of Logan's scattered collections, including his notebooks, journals, maps, reports and publications. Life of a Rock Star, an educational site aimed at children and non-experts, illustrates the early history of the Geological Survey of Canada in the 19th century through photographs and archival records. Find these intriguing virtual exhibitions and more at www.collectionscanada.ca/index-e.html |
