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Archives and Special Collections (ASC) is committed to acquiring, preserving, and providing access to select special collections and archives, including rare and unique materials in all media formats.
Bilingual announcement of 3,000+ issues of the London Advertiser added to Canadiana.
📰 CRKN has added 11 additional years of the London Advertiser to Canadiana in collaboration with @westernulibs.bsky.social & @westernuasc.bsky.social! With issues extending from 1922 to 1936, this title covers a transformative period in world history. Learn more: bit.ly/canadiana-ca...
17.02.2026 20:16 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Featuring comic books from our Special Collections holdings!
10.02.2026 16:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Pillows for rare books
Rare books
Rare books
Join us today at 12:30 in the Scholars Lab (Weldon Library) for Binding Waste Buried Treasure. Professor Kyle Gervais and Research Assistants James Kenneth and Stephanie Leith will share preliminary results of their SSHRC-funded project investigating manuscript fragments found in 16th & 17thC books
05.02.2026 15:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This year, #WesternU is celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth with the theme Black Joy, Glory and Reclamation, inviting community members to embrace moments of joy, uplift Black excellence & reclaim narratives that affirm Black identity.
🔗 See details on the event lineup: blackhistory.uwo.ca
Thanks to @brent_lale CTV #ldnont for showcasing our upcoming documentary film on O-Pee-Chee.
Mike Dove and #publichistory students have researched and interviewed Londoners about their memories of the gum, candy and card company. Story at 6pm or via the CTV London webpage. tinyurl.com/25bf455s
Celebrate #LdnOnt's bicentennial in 2026 by learning about earlier anniversaries including a "first" bicentennial in 1993! shorturl.at/t2wPs
Originally presented by #Wordsfest, #LondonPublicLibrary and the London & Middlesex Historical Society.
@westernulibsarc @museumlondon @londonheritagecouncil
The Medical Artifact Collection is pleased to present a new exhibit curated by @westernupublichistory students Erin Case, Kim DelMedico, and Audrey McKenzie! Stop by Lawson Hall to get your dose of "Rx: Take Twice Daily"! #LdnOnt #medhist #medicalhistory #westernu #publichistory #pharmacyhistory
07.01.2026 02:47 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you to all the archivists who help preserve our History. Let us remember as we enter 2026. #westernu
30.12.2025 01:16 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It’s a cold one out there today! Be sure to bundle up if you are coming to campus!
Good luck to those writing exams 😊 we hope you make time to relax and enjoy the snow!
Photograph from The London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1954.
Exams start soon!
Make sure to give yourself lots of time to study and take lots of breaks!
Check out this photograph published in the London Free Press newspaper on April 22, 1954, of Ron Laplante studying with his dog Clancy.
Happy Monday everyone!
There is a dusting of snow on campus this morning, and it won’t be long until we can all participate in fun snowy activities! Check out this photograph of a snowman from The London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1954.
Have you heard of the books containing arsenic discovered in Western University’s libraries? They were identified by third year English student Karen Wen, and we are sharing some photos of the books in our collection! For more information, read the article here: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
10.11.2025 13:33 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Happy reading week!
P.S. we hope you remembered to turn your clocks back this weekend!
Photograph from The London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1955.
Ghosts have been spotted working in the HDM and the reading room! We don’t mind the haunting as long as they are helping!
29.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New acquisition alert!
We have a beautiful Morris Edition of Beowulf in our collection! William Morris and A.J. Wyatt published a translation of the text in 1895.The Morris Edition captures that translation in a beautiful slipcase, cover design, and gold edges, and illustrations!
It finally feels like Fall weather! We hope you have been enjoying it and doing some fun Fall activities – like apple picking!
Photograph from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1954.
Ghost sighting in the Reading Room!
Yes, even the ghosts in the archives study for their midterms.
ASC Schweitzer Gallery is excited to announce the exhibit ‘Austen 250’! A lecture will be held on October 24th from 1-2pm in the Scholars Lab in Weldon Library. An introduction will be given by Professor Mary-Helen McMurran, followed by speakers Ileana Gonzalez-Zavala and Dr. Joan Clayton.
16.10.2025 12:47 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Western Homecoming weekend begins today. We wish you all a safe Homecoming!
In celebration, check out this box of memorabilia 😊
Did you know that Homecoming weekend is this weekend! Check out this photo of the Western Cheerleading Squad leading a parade through downtown London in celebration of homecoming in 1972.
Photograph from the Way We Were collection
Check out this photograph of a business administration class visiting the Cronyn Observatory on campus in 1955!
Photograph from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1955.
What classes are you taking this semester? These students in 1955 are in an Advanced Typing class!
Photograph from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1955.
Have you stopped by London’s Western Fair yet? Check out these folks enjoying a roller coaster ride on September 12, 1955.
Photograph from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1955.
What a view! The Western Fair grounds in 1925 - 100 years ago!
Photograph from the Hines Studio Photograph Series.
Check out this photograph of people lined up at a ticket booth at the Western Fair on September 13, 1954!
Keep your eye out for more photographs of the fair that we will be posting throughout this week!
Photograph from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1954.
The Western Fair in London begins today!
Check out this photograph of a crowd at the Western Fair c. 1925!
We hope you’re ready for the Fall semester! Check out this photograph of students shopping for their books in 1955.
Photograph from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives, 1955.
New academic year, a new Bluesky account for Archives and Special Collections!
03.09.2025 12:28 — 👍 17 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2
