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- MHSO
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- Regional
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Description area
History
The Multicultural History Society of Ontario (MHSO) is a not-for-profit educational institution and archives established in 1976 by Professor Robert F. Harney, Professor Milton Israel, Professor (later Supreme Court Justice) Frank Iacobucci, and a few close colleagues who were convinced that the chronicling of immigrant, ethnic, and Indigenous stories was essential to understanding Canada in the 20th century and beyond.
The MHSO is the creator of the most extensive assemblage in Canada of archival materials documenting immigrant, ethnic, and Indigenous experiences. Assisted by ethnic and Indigenous associations and dozens of actively engaged community researchers, the Society undertook oral history interviews and collected historical photographs and personal and institutional textual records during the first decades of its operation, producing a resource of unparalleled richness and scope. More recently, additional collection activities, including an ethnic press retrieval program, have been undertaken in connection with specific projects. Today, as a result of these efforts, some 100 ethnocultural and Indigenous communities, and over 280 municipalities are represented in the MHSO’s archival holdings. There is no other comparable grouping of primary sources in Canada capable of opening up alternative readings of the country’s past – especially its post-World War II history.
Geographical and cultural context
Mandates/Sources of authority
The Society has long been committed to public education. Often working in partnership with other organizations, it has produced and distributed many publications, mounted and circulated countless exhibitions, and staged innumerable conferences, public lectures, and special events. In recent years, it has focused on virtual programming. The MHSO also provides professional and technical services to teachers and students, scholars and community historians, heritage and cultural organizations, and members of ethnocultural and indigenous communities.
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Finding aids, guides and publications
Ukrainian collection starts at #406 on page 43 http://mhso.ca/docs/microfilm_col.pdf
Ukrainian oral histories start on page 53 http://mhso.ca/docs/MHSO_Oral_History_Inventory.pdf
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Opening times
Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm