Not Just Numbers

Case 2: Round 3

Fifteen Minutes

Excerpts from Letter from Frederick Loft, President of the League of Indians of Canada, to an unidentified Aboriginal Nation – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Excerpts from Letter from Frederick Loft, President of the League of Indians of Canada, to an unidentified Aboriginal Nation – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Excerpts from Letter from Frederick Loft, President of the League of Indians of Canada, to an unidentified Aboriginal Nation – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
The Globe, 12 December 1914 – Courtesy of the Globe and Mail Inc.
The Globe, 12 December 1914 – Courtesy of the Globe and Mail Inc.
The Globe, 12 December 1914 – Courtesy of the Globe and Mail Inc.
Portrait, unknown date, from Alexander Fraser, Brock Centenary 1812-1912 (William Briggs: 1913) – Courtesy of Archive.org
Portrait, unknown date, from Alexander Fraser, Brock Centenary 1812-1912 (William Briggs: 1913) – Courtesy of Archive.org
Portrait, unknown date, from Alexander Fraser, Brock Centenary 1812-1912 (William Briggs: 1913) – Courtesy of Archive.org
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
WWI Canadian Expeditionary Force Declaration Paper cont. – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Mohawk Institute Residential School attended by Loft – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Mohawk Institute Residential School attended by Loft – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
Mohawk Institute Residential School attended by Loft – Courtesy of Library and Archives Canada
The Globe, 2 February 1926 – Courtesy of the Globe and Mail Inc.
The Globe, 2 February 1926 – Courtesy of the Globe and Mail Inc.
The Globe, 2 February 1926 – Courtesy of the Globe and Mail Inc.

What do these documents tell us that the census couldn’t?

What do you find surprising about these documents?

What kind of documents could a historian use to tell your own story?

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