Canadian Commission for UNESCO and McMaster University Library announce addition of Basil H. Johnston Archives to the Canada Memory of the World Register
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OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 17, 2022 /CNW/ - McMaster University Library and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are pleased to announce that the Basil H. Johnston Archives have been added to the Canada Memory of the World Register.
Key Points:
- OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 17, 2022 /CNW/ - McMaster University Library and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are pleased to announce that the Basil H. Johnston Archives have been added to the Canada Memory of the World Register.
- These textual materials are supplemented by photographs and sound recordings, including recordings of Basil Johnston narrating traditional Ojibwe stories.
- - Vivian Lewis, McMaster University Librarian
What is the significance of being included in the Memory of the World Register? - The Canada Memory of the World Register provides universal access to our artistic, cultural, economic, geographic, linguistic, political, scientific, spiritual and identity-based heritage.