A couple years ago at a library technology conference, a respected colleague mentioned offhand that, “You could always make an Omeka exhibit.” While those around me nodded, I had no idea what Omeka was, so put it on my list to find out sometime. Omeka came up again recently when the Toronto Area Archivists’ Group …
A Day Trip to Buffalo, New York, to See Architecture I think I’m finally starting to “get” Frank Lloyd Wright. On Saturday I joined a one-day bus trip from Toronto to New York State to see two Wright-designed properties: Graycliff in Derby and the Martin House Complex in Buffalo, both on the U.S. National Register of Historic …
A visit last weekend to the former Anglican Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, Ontario, was a disturbing but educational experience. Three survivors from Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation generously shared their stories as they guided us through the property, which was operated by the Government of Canada from 1885 to 1970. The Toronto …
