Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative

The Memorial University site is a repository of digitized resources that provides long-term preservation of books, manuscripts, photographs, maps, articles, theses and dissertations, newsletters, newspapers, reference sources, and yearbooks.  The index of their collection can be viewed at http://collections.mun.ca/index.php . 

The index can be viewed by type, sponsor, or list.

Their collection includes literary, labor, theatre and the performing arts, women, post-Confederation Newfoundland politics and social organizations, and activities of Newfoundland society. It provides access to an extensive collection of digital objects in various formats such as image, audio, video, etc.

Let’s use an example, "a telegraph map of Newfoundland", to demonstrate how to search for a digitized item within Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative.

Simply key in “telegraph map” in the search box,

Refine your search by selecting “Centre for Newfoundland Studies – Digitized Maps” from the panel on the right, then select “Telegraph – Newfoundland and Labrador – Maps” also from the right panel.

Select Newfoundland map from the options displayed.  In this case, there was only the one map.

 
 
 
 

The following image is a digitized map of Newfoundland from Memorial University Digital Archives Initiative.

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All information in this posting was obtained at Memorial University Digital Archives Initiatives at http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/about.php .

[1] http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/maps&CISOPTR=93&CISOBOX=1&REC.  Memorial University Digital Archives Initiatives.  Center for Newfoundland Studies – Digitized Maps. Web. 9 Nov 2010.