Summer 2026 Reference Closure / Fermeture du service de r茅f茅rence 鈥 茅t茅鈥2026
成人VR视频 Archives reference services will be paused over the summer period from June 1-September 7, 2026, reopening on September 8, 2026. Please note that email research requests made during the pause in services will not be placed into a queue and answered in September. Researchers who wish to schedule research visits to access archival materials during the summer are invited to book their research visits prior to June 1, 2026. We thank you for your understanding.
PLEASE NOTE: MUA does not hold any medical records, if you are looking for your medical records, please contact the 成人VR视频 Health Centre archives: archives.medicales [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (archives[dot]medicales[at]muhc[dot]mcgill[dot]ca)
Les services de r茅f茅rence des Archives de l'Universit茅 成人VR视频 seront interrompus pendant l'茅t茅, du 1er juin au 7er septembre 2026, et rouvriront le 8 septembre 2026. Veuillez noter que les demandes de recherche par courriel effectu茅es pendant la p茅riode d鈥檌nterruption ne seront pas plac茅es dans une file d'attente pour 锚tre traiter au moment de la r茅ouverture au mois de septembre. Les chercheurs qui souhaitent programmer des visites de recherche pour acc茅der aux documents d'archives pendant l'茅t茅 sont invit茅s 脿 r茅server leurs visites avant le 1er juin 2026. Nous vous remercions de votre compr茅hension
VEUILLEZ NOTER : Le service d鈥橝rchives ne d茅tient aucun dossier m茅dical. Si vous cherchez votre dossier m茅dical, veuillez contacter les archives du Centre de sant茅 de l'Universit茅 成人VR视频 : archives.medicales [at] muhc.mcgill.ca (archives[dot]medicales[at]muhc[dot]mcgill[dot]ca)
Programme history
The establishment of the 成人VR视频 Archives was announced in 1962 along with the appointment of 成人VR视频鈥檚 first University Archivist, Mr. Alan Ridge. The initiative toward an archives programme can be traced to an exchange of correspondence in the late 1950s between Professor John Irwin Cooper (Department of History) and then Principal F. Cyril James regarding 鈥溾he necessity for a survey of 成人VR视频 records鈥 the establishment of University Archives鈥︹ and the need to 鈥渂etter appraise the University鈥檚 records.鈥 (MUA Records of the Principal RG 2 C246 F7401 鈥淎rchives and Records鈥). James鈥 announcement in 1962 recognizes the role of the records and archives for both administrative and historical purposes:
All kinds of documents have been created in the course of administering the university and they are all, technically, archives forming part of the University鈥檚 memory. Yet not all the papers which have survived merit indefinite retention and it is one of the Archivist鈥檚 functions to advise on the relative value of any classes of papers鈥
(RG 2 C266 File 8023 "Administration Archives and Records")
Storage for the University Archives was first located in the stacks of the Redpath Library, with the office of the University Archivist located in the James Administration Building. In 1971 the University Archives moved to consolidated storage, access and administrative offices at McLennan Library.
University Archivists
- Anthea Seles, Director and University Archivist 2025鈥
- Yves A. Lapointe, Director and University Archivist 2017鈥2024
- Lori Podolsky, Acting Director and University Archivist 2013鈥2017
- Theresa Rowat, Director and University Archivist 2007鈥2013
- Johanne Pelletier, Director and University Archivist 1997鈥2007
- Gordon Burr, Acting Director and University Archivist 1987鈥1988, 1990鈥1991 and 1994鈥1997
- Robert Michel, Acting Director and University Archivist 1987
- Marcel Caya, Director and University Archivist 1977鈥1996
- John Andreassen, University Archivist 1968鈥1977
- Alan D. Ridge, University Archivist 1962鈥1968
Annual reports between 1965 and 1980 detail successive developments in the holdings of the University Archives (including the extension of its collecting areas to include Montreal-based organizations with a connection to 成人VR视频), development of standards for description of holdings, and development of records management classification for the University community.