Title and statement of responsibility area
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Guelph Mercury fonds
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Fonds
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[1960?] - [1999?] (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
ca. 45,000 photographs : negatives ca. 9,000 photographs : prints
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Archival description area
Custodial history
Prior to transfer to the Guelph Public Library, the Guelph Mercury had unbroken custody of these records.
Scope and content
Fonds consists primarily of photographic negatives and prints created by the Guelph Mercury in the course of its journalistic activities. In addition to images that appeared in the newspaper, this fonds includes other images that were taken for newspaper stories but were never actually used.
The photographs are arranged into 18 artificial series by subject. The Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials serves as a basis for this arrangement.
Due to the size of this collection not all of the negatives have been described and or digitized.
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Restrictions on access
These records have not been fully processed and access to some images may be restricted during processing. Please contact the Guelph Public Library archivist for more details.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Donor-held copyright in these records has been transferred to the Guelph Public Library. Permission of the Guelph Public Library is required for publication.
Finding aids
See series descriptions for more details on available listings for these records.