Archives exhibit for Black History Month 2024
by Glenn J Lockwood Promised Land? 1833-1880 Two years ago, the Rev. Canon Hilary Murray proposed an exhibit to celebrate Black Anglicans in the Diocese
by Glenn J Lockwood Promised Land? 1833-1880 Two years ago, the Rev. Canon Hilary Murray proposed an exhibit to celebrate Black Anglicans in the Diocese
A funny thing happened to the architecture of Anglican churches in the 1960s. It got religion. Or, to put it another way, people began thinking
Here we are in downtown Ottawa in the mid to late 1870s in the upper storey of a building on Rideau Street, looking north along
At most archives new holdings accumulate quickly. At the Diocesan Archives we have a 25-year backlog on top of our daily work of assisting the
Mattawa had always been regarded as an important place, serving as a jumping off place from the settled area of Upper Canada on the upper
Up until a decade ago, this photograph dating from circa 1910 would have been a revelation to members of Saint Paul’s, Shawville. Where, they would
Something looks familiar about this rural house of worship, but it is hard to place at first. Wright, of course, is the name of the
Christ Church Cathedral looks timeless and certainly familiar in this undated photograph. Doubtless architect King Arnoldi intended it to be when he was handed the
What are we to make of Saint Mark’s Church, Avonmore, viewed here as photographed in the mid twentieth century? It looks so pristine, so perfect,
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