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From:	"Alison Girling" <[log in to unmask]>
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Date sent:	Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:36:57 -0400
Priority:	normal
Subject:	[Arcan-l] New Exhibition


Victoria University Library is pleased to announce the launch of A.P. 
Coleman: Geologist, Explorer (1852 - 1939) - Science, Art & Discovery, a 
thematic exploration of the life and work of one of Canada´s most 
beloved scientists (http://library.vicu.utoronto.ca/apcoleman). A.P. 
Coleman belonged to the first generation of geologists whose research 
was based on in-the- field exploration and analysis. The Web site is a 
geographic learning environment where visitors travel across Canada and 
around the world to join Professor Coleman in the hunt for ancient
glaciers. An accomplished artist and photographer, the visual artifacts 
left by Coleman make this a particularly lively research collection.

Historical items featured on the interactive website include diaries, 
field notebooks, manuscripts, journal articles, pamphlets, period maps, 
and correspondence; photographs, watercolors, and sketchbooks; late 19th 
century - early 20th century scientific and surveying instruments; and 
rocks and mineral samples. This virtual exhibit was created in 
association with the Royal Ontario Museum and features items
drawn from the A.P. Coleman Archive, Victoria University Library 
(Toronto), the A.P. Coleman Collection, Royal Ontario Museum Archives 
and the Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum Collections.

The project has received funding from the Canadian Council of Archives, 
Archival Community Digitization Project.

Questions concerning the A.P. Coleman Exhibition should be addressed to
Alison Girling, A.P. Coleman Project, Victoria University Library 
(Toronto) at:
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