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British Museum Department of Ethnography
Objects in the British Museum collections that tell the history of North
America before European settlement and modern Native history are held
by the Department of Ethnography (they were formerly at the Museum
of Mankind). The J P Morgan Chase Gallery of North America is a permanent
display of material relating to the culture of Aboriginal peoples.
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/ethno/ethhome.html
Associated heading: Aboriginal
peoples
Canadian Collections - British Library
General description of the British Library’s
extensive Canadian collections and current acquisitions policy. A separate
page gives more
details on French-Canadian holdings.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/oes/oescanadian.html
Associated heading: Libraries
Canadian Collections - National Library of Scotland
Description of the Canadian collections and current collecting policy
of the National Library of Scotland.
http://www.nls.uk/collections/foreign/canadian.html
Associated heading: Libraries
Canadian High Commission in the UK
Canada House, the home of the Canadian High Commission, ‘serves
as a window into Canada’ and has regular exhibitions and promotions;
performance; film, video and tv screenings; seminars, conferences and
lectures on Canada and Canadian culture. It also houses an information
centre, reference library and reading room, and music-listening posts.
The website provides a history of Canada House, and a virtual tour.
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/canadaeuropa/united_kingdom/canadahouse-en.asp
Canadian Studies - Edinburgh University Library
Canadian Studies subject guide of Edinburgh University Library.
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resbysub/canadian.shtml
Commonwealth and Latin American Political Archives Project
The Institute of Commonwealth Studies and Institute for the study of
the Americas Political Archives Project. The collections include some
1,200 items from Canadian political parties, pressure groups and trade
unions.
http://www.sas.ac.uk/polarch
Emigrants' Guides to North America - National Library of Scotland
A bibliographical database containing details of guides held by the National
Library of Scotland and written for emigrants or potential emigrants
to the USA and Canada, with substantial Canadian content, searchable
by keyword and date of publication.
http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/scotsabroad/egna/index.html
Associated heading: Migration
Emigration from Scotland: Emigrants' Correspondence - National Library
of Scotland
A keyword searchable database of manuscripts held by the National Library
of Scotland and related to Scots who emigrated and travelled abroad,
with substantial Canadian content.
http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/scotsabroad/mss/index.html
Associated heading: Migration
French-Canadian Collections - British Library
Description of the British Library’s French
Canadian collections and current acquisitions policy.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/westeuropean/canada.html
Associated heading: Libraries
Institute of Commonwealth Studies Library
Website of the Library of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University
of London. The Library contains significant Canadian collections, and
there are also archives and special collections, all described here,
and a link to the Political Archives Project website.
http://www.sas.ac.uk/commonwealthstudies/library.htm
Associated heading: Libraries
Marischal Museum - University of Aberdeen
The Non-Western ethnography collections at the Marischal Museum, University
of Aberdeen, contain a significant number of artefacts relating to
Inuit and other Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/museum/
Merseyside Maritime Archives and Library
The Merseyside Maritime Museum has substantial collections relating in
particular to emigration to Canada and to the vessels that made the
transatlantic crossing. See the section on Major Collections for more
details on holdings.
http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/archive/
Associated heading: Migration
Mountaineering and Polar Collections - National Library of Scotland
The Mountaineering and Polar collections at the National Library of Scotland
contain significant numbers of books, periodicals, manuscripts and
maps relating to exploration in the Canadian Arctic and mountaineering
in Canada.
http://www.nls.uk/collections/foreign/mountains/index.html
Associated heading: Arctic Museum Archives - British Empire and Commonwealth Museum
The artefacts collections of the Empire and Commonwealth
Museum in Bristol consist mostly of material transferred from the Commonwealth
Institute
in South Kensington. Also transferred was the Commonwealth Resource
Centre, consisting of nearly 15,000 books, journals, videos and audio
tapes. Canadian collections contain both ethnographic material and
material relating to the lives of British emigrants.
http://www.empiremuseum.co.uk/aboutus/museumarchives.htm
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
has a sizeable collection with Canada well represented. Selected
material is displayed in both the archaeological and anthropological
galleries. The website provides general information on opening
hours and exhibitions.
http://museum-server.archanth.cam.ac.uk/
The National Archives
The National Archives is responsible for looking after the records
of central government and the courts of law for England and Wales
and the UK. The National Archives hold the records of the Colonial
Office, Dominions Office, Commonwealth Relations Office, and the
Commonwealth Office. There is substantial material relating to
colonial administration and emigration to Canada.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
National Archives of Scotland
The National Archives of Scotland is the repository for the public
and legal records of Scotland but also contains a number of private
collections. There is notable material relating to emigration to
Canada. The factsheets section of the website has a guide to finding
information on emigration.
http://www.nas.gov.uk/
National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum holds over 2 million objects relating
to the sea, ships, astronomy and time. Of particular Canadian interest
are the collections of maps and charts and other objects relating
to transatlantic travel and Arctic exploration.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/collections/
Pitt Rivers Museum Oxford
The Pitt Rivers Museum at the University of Oxford collects and displays
archaeological and ethnographic objects from all parts of the world.
The permanent displays, arranged according to type, contain numerous
items of Canadian interest, including masks from North America,
Inuit fur parkas, Plains skin shirts decorated with porcupine quills,
painted coats and a range of decorated moccasins. There is also
a collection of Native American photographs.
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/collections.html
Associated heading: Aboriginal peoples
Pre-1900 Printed Canadiana on Microfiche - Edinburgh University Library
Guide
This includes an access page to Edinburgh University
Library’s
extensive part-set of Canadian Institute of Historical Microreproduction
(CIHM) microfiches and access to the CIHM online catalogue and databases.
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/specdivision/finding.shtml/#otherfin
Primary resources in North American Studies - Edinburgh University Library
Primary resources in North American Studies at Edinburgh University Library.
http://www.lib.ed.ac.uk/resources/collections/specdivision/nas.shtml
Quebec House, Kent
Quebec House, Westerham Kent, where General James Wolfe spent his first
eleven years. The house contains memorabilia of Wolfe, his family and
career, and there is an exhibition about the 1759 Battle of Quebec.
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-quebechouse/
Royal Geographical Society Collections and Archives
The collections of the Royal Geographical Society contain a considerable
amount of material relating to various polar journeys, as well as cultural
objects from the Canadian Arctic. There is an extensive library of
150,000 volumes, numerous maps, expedition reports and pictures.
http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Collections/Collections.htm
Associated heading: Arctic
Scots in North America - National Library of Scotland
A bibliographical database containing details of personal accounts held
by the National Library of Scotland and written by Scots who visited
the USA and Canada as settlers, explorers, tourists etc., with substantial
Canadian content, searchable by keyword and also browsable by date of
visit.
http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/online/scotsabroad/sna/index.html
Associated heading: Migration
Scott Polar Research Institute
The Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge has
a small museum with exhibits relating to British Arctic expeditions.
There is a small collection of Inuit sculpture and scrimshaw, and a
large polar library and archives.
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/
Associated heading: Arctic
SCURL North American Studies Group
General descriptions of resources for North American studies in all research
and university libraries in Scotland together with detailed listings
of relevant holdings of US and Canadian manuscripts, microforms,
maps etc. SCURL is the Scottish Confederation of University and Research
Libraries.
http://scurl.ac.uk/about/nasg/introduction.html
Stromness Museum
The Stromness museum has descriptions and displays relating to the strong
links with Hudson Bay Trading Company. The website gives details of
the museum's address and opening hours.
http://www.orkney.org/museums/stromness.htm
US and Canadian Newspaper Holdings in Scottish Libraries - National
Library of Scotland
A directory listing all US and Canadian newspapers held in major research
and university libraries in Scotland.
http://www.nls.uk/catalogues/resources/uscnh/index.html
Associated heading: Newspapers
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