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Old 02-02-2006, 08:48 AM   #657 (permalink)
fresnelly
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The Grateful Dead Live Recording Archives?

OK, that's in the States, but it's run by a Canadian

Is this some sort of film archive?

EDIT: Found it. It's the National Archives Preservation Centre in Gatineau PQ.

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Over 71 000 hours of short and full-length films, documentaries, silent films and "talkies", in black and white and in colour. The oldest film in our collection was made in 1897;
Over 2.5 million architectural drawings, plans and maps, some of which date back to the beginning of the 16th century;
About 3.18 million megabytes of information in electronic formats, including more than 9500 Canadian periodicals and books available online;
Millions of books in various languages for all tastes and ages, from rare first editions and livres d'artiste to children's classics and popular fiction;
Over 21.3 million photographic images, captured since the 1850s;
Textual records and publications for federal, provincial, territorial and foreign governments;
Over 270 000 hours of video and sound recordings;
Over 343 000 works of art, including watercolours, sketches, miniatures, oil paintings and caricatures;
The largest collection of Canadian sheet music in the world, documentation related to music in Canada and about 200 000 recordings on disks and records of all formats, piano rolls, reels and spools, and eight-track tapes;
The Canadian Postal Archives;
An impressive collection of medals, seals, posters and coats of arms;
Textual archives for various individuals and groups who have contributed to Canada's cultural, social, economic and political development;
National, provincial and territorial newspapers from across Canada, from dailies to student newspapers, and from Aboriginal magazines to ethnic community newsletters;
Periodicals, microfilms, manuscripts and theses; and
Portraits of over one million Canadians since 1710.


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