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Happy New Year Twenty-Ten
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Folks,
The following is for anyone who would be interested in participating.
Mervyn1096Lobo
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Dear Members,
The following is a Message from Mr Cecil D`Cruz, Chairman
Of The Steering Committee of the Goan Archives Project.
An "Open House" will be held in the Program Room at the
Older Adult Centre, Sq One on Wed Jan 20th 2010 from 7pm to 9pm.
Your presence and support for this worthy Project will be
appreciated.
Paul Nazareth,
Program Coordinator (GCG).
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GOAN ARCHIVES
PROJECT.
Message from Cecil D’Cruz – Chair Steering Committee
http://sites.google.com/site/goanarchivescanada/goan-archives-canada
The Goan Archives mission is to assemble, preserve, organize, and store,
publications and documents generated by Goan Community Groups in Canada over
the last 40 years. The intent is to facilitate study and understanding of the
Community by scholars and researchers in the future.
The project initiated in October 2009, held it’s first Open House on November
11, 2009 at the Rosary Church in Scarborough. This effort has been quite
successful, judging from the list of items in the collection or pledged. See
sample of items in collection.. They represent the work and publications
of the major Goan Organizations which were active in the Greater Toronto Area
over the last 40 years. The organizers of the project are pleased with the
results so far as the collected items serve to preserve the history of the
community which would otherwise be lost or inaccessible.
The next step is an Open House at The Older Adult Centre, Sq One, West GTA on
Jan 20th at 7pm to collect further items, and give the Goan public an
opportunity to view some of the collected items.
See http://sites.google.com/site/goanarchivescanada/open-house-nov-11
The focus of the project for the first quarter of 2010 is the collection
of items from individuals. These include:
* Reminiscences or memoirs of early arrival and settling in Canada. These
can be written accounts, voice recordings, photos and videos. The intent is to
gather first person accounts.
* Papers and collections from those who worked in Canada for many years
in public service, business, or the professions.
* Newspaper clippings or articles of those who achieved distinction in
various sports at local or national level.
* Articles on voluntary service to the community, the Church, Goan
organizations, and welfare groups.
Those wishing to submit collections can contact the Goan Archives Project by
email:
[email protected]
The Goan Archives Project is expects to complete the collection phase by the
summer of 2010. This will be followed by a sorting and classifying work with
the intent of depositing 12-20 bankers boxes of items in a suitable national
archive.
The Goan Archives Project Steering Group invites those who have items of
heritage value, to be magnanimous, and participate in the effort of adding to
the collection now, so that we as a community can properly discharge the
obligations we owe to the community and to next generation.
Cecil D’Cruz
Chair – Goan Archives Project Steering Group.
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