Scan-a-thon BAnQ Archives

As part of the WikiConference North America 2017 during the Wikimania Montreal, Wikimedia Canada and Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) organize a "scan-a-thon" of several archives from the BAnQ centers of BAnQ Rouyn-Noranda, BAnQ Sept-Îles and BAnQ Québec. The scan-a-thon will be held at Gilles-Hocquart Building of BAnQ Vieux-Montréal on August 9, 2017 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The event is free and open to all. Registration for Wikimania is not mandatory.

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Digitization of negatives, scan-a-thon at BAnQ Gatineau as part of the Educational project of the Université du Québec en Outaouais.
IAPQ Award of Excellence for collaboration between BAnQ and Wikimedia Canada, International Outreach Award
BAnQ Vieux-Montréal

Planning

The scan-a-thon will take place:

The event is free and open to all. Registration for Wikimania is not mandatory.

Workshop description

BAnQ has gathered five archives fonds from three centers that will be available for digitization and uploading in Commons and Wikisource. One of these precious funds includes nearly nine hundred negatives illustrating the living of First Nations of the Abitibi and the Mauricie region between 1936 and 1952. This particular fonds is in danger as the negatives are getting oxidized and it is urgent to digitize them for its preservation. BAnQ has also gathered thousands of handwritten pages of documents already digitized and ready to be uploaded in Wikimedia Commons and transcribed in Wikisource. Some of these manuscripts are more than two centuries old.

During the scan-a-thon, participants can help in many ways:

  • scan the negatives and handwritten documents;
  • to crop scanned images and do quality control;
  • upload negatives and handwritten documents on Commons;
  • insert images into Wikipedia articles;
  • transcribe manuscripts in Wikisource.

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Archives description

Fonds Louis-Roger Lafleur

P-147 - Fonds Louis-Roger Lafleur: First Nations: Life of the Communities. - (1936-1952)
893 negatives. These negatives can be digitized and uploaded to Commons.
The fonds includes negatives and photographs illustrating the lives of the Cree and Algonquins of the Abitibi, as well as the Montagnais and the Atikamekw of Mauricie region. There are beautiful scenes on the customs and habitat of the First Nations as well as general views of the villages.
Fonds P-147 full description
Fonds Louis-Roger Lafleur
 
   
   

Collection Julienne Sioui

P907 - Collection Julienne Sioui. - [Vers 1920]-2008
98 photographs. The photographs are already scanned and the files can be uploaded to Commons.
The collection contains 98 events, mostly showing two commemorative events in Ontario in 1921 and 1925: the unveiling of the statue of Father Le Caron to commemorate the first Mass celebrated on Aboriginal ancestral territory, and that of the Champlain monument in Orillia ( Ontario) to mark the 30th anniversary of his arrival in this territory (1615-1915). There are also native portraits and photographs of young children in a village. Photographs are by E.J. Rawleigh of Buffalo (1921) and Buffalo Express (July 1923).
Fonds P907 full description

Fonds Placide Vigneau

P-48 - Fonds Placide Vigneau. - Vers 1842-1926
There are just over 1400 pages of handwritten documents already digitized. The files can be uploaded to Wikisource for transcription.
The fonds contains very varied data on the daily life of a family, a village or even a region: the Côte-Nord from Pointe-des-Monts to Blanc-Sablon. Recorded observations concern construction, consumables, new pedlars, maritime traffic, cod and wolffish fishing trips, hunting expeditions with statistics on game drawn and captured, echoes of tradition Oral, expressions specific to the North Shore, notes on the school and municipal life of Pointe-aux-Esquimaux, not counting a thousand and one events.
Fonds P-48 full description

Fonds Picard family (1762-1966)

P882 - Fonds Famille Picard. - 1762-1966
This collection includes handwritten documents of different formats.
The Fonds Famille Picard illustrates the history of this Huron family as well as that of the Huron-Wendat nation over more than two hundred years. Indeed, it illustrates the personal life of members of the Picard family of Wendake over four generations thanks to different types of documents such as correspondence, notarial contracts, photographs and maps. These documents reflect the education, management of property and property and social relations within the Huron-Wendat community. The documents of this fund also reveal the professional life of some members of the Picard family, especially that of Pierre-Albert Picard.
Fonds P882 full description

Fonds Picard family (1802-1958)

P883 - Fonds Famille Picard. - 1802-1958
This collection includes handwritten documents of different formats.
People interested in the history of the Québec City region and the history and culture of the Huron-Wendat nation from the 19th to the first half of the 20th century will be challenged by this fund. Indeed, it illustrates the personal life of members of the Picard family of Wendake over four generations thanks to different types of documents such as correspondence, maps, plans, notarial contracts, statements of account, engravings, Prints and drawings. These documents reflect the education, management of property and property and social relations within the Huron-Wendat community. The documents of this fund also reveal the professional life of some members of the Picard family, some of whom have worked as Grand Chief Huron, notary, merchant and military captain.
Fonds P883 full description

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