The following is posted on behalf of the Municipal Archives Interest Group of the Archives Association of Ontario.  Please note that the correct date for this event is October 23rd, 1999.  The date printed in the last edition of Off the Record is incorrect.  

YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO THE AAO’s FIRST ANNUAL

MUNICIPAL ARCHIVES OPEN HOUSE


The Municipal Archives Interest Group (MAIG) of the Archives Association of Ontario welcomes you to its first annual open house. Here you can meet and talk with archivists working in the municipal sector, tour a vibrant municipal archives and share ideas and strategies about the development of municipal archives elsewhere in the province.


Location: The Simcoe County Archives 


Date: October 23rd, 1999, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm


The archives is located off of Highway 26, 1 km west of the junction with Highway 27 north of Barrie. From highway 400, take the Bayfield Street exit north through Barrie to Highway 26 at Midhurst. The archives is located across from the Simcoe County Administration Building and beside the Simcoe County Museum. Please call the archives at 705-726-9331 for further information.


Refreshments and snacks will be provided. Lunch on your own (several options are close by). Feel free to bring a bag lunch.


This is a great opportunity to learn more about a program with an excellent national reputation, an impressive collection and a facility specifically built to be an archives, the first county archives in Ontario!


In order to help us gauge attendance, please indicate your ability to attend to:


Brian Masschaele

AAO Archives Advisor

Phone: 519-690-2870 

Fax: 519-690-2871

E-mail: [log in to unmask] 


Come be our guests. We look forward to seeing you!