| Mission Statement |
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Management
Board
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Executive
Officers
| John Smith
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President |
| Irene Robillard -Vice
President (
also Women's Institute Representative ) |
| Arthur McLean -
Secretary |
| Ken DeLuca
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Treasurer |
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Other Board
Members
| Tom
Peckett- Town of
Arnprior |
| Mary
Campbell -
Township of McNab-Braeside |
| Janet Carlile -
Arnprior & District Museum |
| Enid Blackwell-
Member
at Large |
| Julie
Hartwick - Member at Large |
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| Laurie Dougherty
- Consulting
Archivist
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| The
Arnprior & McNab/Braeside Archives is a multi-municipal
institution established by local volunteers as a non-profit,
charitable organization, serving the
citizens of the Town of Arnprior and MacNab-Braeside
Township. The Archives was established to acquire,
preserve and make accessible important historical documents
pertaining to the history of the area. |
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holdings include: |
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- Business records and family
documents of the Gillies and Stewart Families, two of the
earliest mill owners in the area, and other collections
pertaining to the lumbering industry
- Women's Institutes have
chronicled community life in the Tweedsmuir Histories of
Braeside, Arnprior, Pine Grove and White Lake.
- Renfrew County Land Registry
Records (1858 - 1958)
- Newspapers of the district
dating back to 1888 are available on microfilm at the
Archives along with several family collections which
document the life and times of area residents (not
described on the web site).
- Cemetery records, assessment
rolls and census records for the area will be of interest
to genealogists and family history researchers.
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| Collection
Profile ( a collection may consist of one item or
thousands of items) |
- Total
Holdings:
320 metres
- Textual Holdings:
308 metres
- Photographic
Holdings: 12 metres
- Number of
Accessioned fonds: 195
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Volunteer Support
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In 2007, volunteers contributed 2395 hours. Of that total
1046 hours were contributed by service
volunteers who help researchers better access the archival
material. Other volunteer work included service on the
management board, standing and ad hoc committees, web site
development, research, archival projects, publicity and fund
raising.
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2007 Statistics
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First time visitors/researchers register with the Archives.
In 2007, there were 131 new walk-in registrations In
2007 there were 173 repeat walk-in visits. As well, 54 people
arrived in groups to do research.
| Other
forms of research enquiries (2007) |
| E-mail/ Phone |
79 |
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Total number of
enquiries handled by volunteers and staff in 2007: 437 (2006
comparison: 564)
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