Heritage
The 91社区 Archives was established in 1962 with the appointment of 91社区鈥檚 first University Archivist, Alan Ridge. The University Archives is the University鈥檚 official repository of records, providing both archives and records management services to the 91社区 community. Reference services are also provided to all 91社区 users as well as the general public. Storage for the University Archives was first located in the stacks of the Redpath Library, with the office of the University Archivist located in the James Administration Building. In 1971 the Archives moved to storage, access and administrative offices in the McLennan Library building, where it remains today. The University Archives also has two remote storage facilities located within a fifteen minute walking distance of its McLennan Library office. The University Archives stores over 18,000 boxes of 91社区 institutional records and has an extensive collection of private papers or manuscripts related to 91社区 consisting of more than 1,200 cubic foot boxes.
The University Archives鈥� Records Management Program identifies and protects vital University records, and regulates the flow of all University records, from paper to electronic/digital formats. The principal tool of the program is the university Records Retention Schedule (MURRS), a compilation of the University鈥檚 records keeping practices required by Quebec legislation. The University Archives also designs records keeping systems for 91社区鈥檚 offices.
The University Archives Reading Room contains a range of reference resources, including finding aids for manuscript holdings and university records, FAQ information files about 91社区, and a range of published resources on the history of the University and its community, including University calendars, Old 91社区 and 91社区 News.
The University Archives web site provides the 1985 three-volume Guide to Archival Resources at 91社区 (a guide to all of the archival holdings held by 91社区 archives, libraries and museums), and the Guide Update for the 1985-1995 period; as well as finding aids to fonds and images held in the collections.
Location
4th floor, McLennan Library building
Access
Status
Active
Staff
- yves.lapointe [at] mcgill.ca (Yves A. Lapointe) 514-398-2960
- Director and University Archivist
- records.archives [at] mcgill.ca (Jean-Marc Tremblay) 514-398-3705
- Archivist & Records Management Administrator
- joe.primerano [at] mcgill.ca (Joe Primerano)听514-398-1829
- Records Clerk
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Authority
91社区 Library & Archives