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ENG 3105A: History of the Book Bibliography Assignment
Images of 13 books from the Rare Book Collection at the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collection to be used by students for the bibliography assignment.
Anti-Racist Feminism
Featured here are items from the Women's Archives collections at the University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections (ARCS).
As a response to traditional (white, middle-class) feminists who assumed women's experiences were universal and did not look at the individual experience of women and the interconnection of racism and sexism, anti-racist feminism focused on challenging racism and patriarchy. Anti-racist feminists wanted to show how racism worked across the lives of women of color and that the experience of racism and that of being a woman cannot be separated. Many groups were formed from communities of women of colour and focused on issues like racism that affected the daily lives of many women. As time passed, issues of racism and the experience of women of colour, were brought into the larger conversation.
The material shown here highlights some of the work that was done to bring attention to these issues.
Centenary of the death of Milán R. Štefánik
About this exhibit
May 4th, 2019 is the centenary anniversary of the death of Milán R. Štefánik, Slovak philosopher, astronomer, aviator and co-founder of Czechoslovakia. This exhibit highlights selected archival material from the Archives and Special Collections Slovak Archives related to Štefánik's life and legacy in Europe and North America.
International Women's Day 2018
How will you celebrate March 8?
International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8 every year. It is a day to highlight the achievements of women and also to bring attention to the inequalities that women continue to face. University of Ottawa Archives and Special Collections invites you to reflect on this important day by showcasing some related items from our collections.
Be inspired by the second wave women’s movement…
Do you know how women fought for equality in Canada?
Did you know that the Archives and Special Collections of the University of Ottawa contains and preserves an important collection of original documents relating to the history of the women’s movement from the 1970s-1990s?
We invite you to celebrate March 8 by delving into the archives. Be inspired by the women who took to the streets to protest and advocate for women’s equality from the 1970s to the 1990s, and also those who worked from behind the scenes. Discover the hidden treasures in our collections.
This book belongs to...
“This book belongs to …” this is the standard phrase used in order to indicate ownership of a book, with these words usually found very meticulously and even lovingly copied out on the flyleaves of treasured printed possessions. In order to shorten things up a little, owners often opted for the Latin phrase “ex-libris”. All of these phrases offer us a glimpse into a former owner’s relationship with his book. There may be other indications of ownership present in items which may be less evident but they serve just as well in signalling that a book is one person’s very specific piece of property. Being the owner of a text could be seen as the final link in a long chain of events where a number of people have left their marks and consequently parts of themselves, figuratively and even somewhat literally, between the covers, between the pages, and within the leaves, of a book.
From the author who imagines a text and drafts his ideas into words, to the printer who literally puts these words to paper by means of his types and press, to the papermaker who presses the fibres out of old linen, scoops his mould into this odd mixture of fibre and water, pressing out the moisture in order to fashion sheets of paper by a process to which few are privy, to the binder who not only has to ensure pages of text are kept together but may also be called upon to decorate his work as richly or plainly as his patron demands, to the tanner who will prepare the leather for the outer binding, to the marbled papermaker who will fashion the endpapers, to the gilder who will brighten the exterior with great passion or reserve: the final result, the book, belongs to each and every individual who has given of himself to ensure its creation.
This exhibition was presented at the Archives and Special Collections, University of Ottawa Library, from October 2016 to April 2017.
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