Other Archives with McGill and Canadian Historical Medical Material
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has records and other material
from the Faculty of Medicine, the Montreal General Hospital, the Royal Victoria Hospital,
and individuals and organizations involved in Montreal medical/health history.
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has holdings from its medical faculty and related departments, as well as individuals
and associations.
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has the records of the various bodies of the City of Montreal and a number of local organisations.
One can search collection level descriptions by using the "guide des archives."
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is a gateway to over 800 repositories across Canada, searchable through a common search engine.
Holdings are almost always described at the fonds (collections) level, so one should
also search on the web sites of specific archives for more detailed holdings information
(e.g. series or item level descriptions). Note that some major archives are not part of
the network, such as McGill University, so these need to be searched or contacted
individually. Use The Canadian Council for Archives Directory below for finding archives.
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has an extensive listing of Canadian archival repositories with brief descriptions
of holdings, along with web site and contact information.
Searching by such keywords as "health", "medicine" or
"hospital" can help find archives with Canadian medical holdings.
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is the official repository of records for the Government of Canada.
There are also a great number of collections of personal and non-governmental bodies.
Library and Archives Canada has a searchable database, called Archives Search,
which has more detailed information on LAC holdings than listed in CAIN.
Note that NOT all the holdings of the Archives are included in ArchiviaNet.
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The Jewish General Hospital (JGH) Archives, is set up
to preserve the institutional memory of the Hospital from its medical
precursors in the 1910s through modern times.
The Archives contains textual records, photographs, artefacts, and audiovisual materials and is responsible for maintaining a growing record of the JGH legacy. Through acquisition, arrangement and preservation efforts as well as digitization, the Archives aims to ensure proper care and management of archival documentation and provide access to its historical holdings.