Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario

Established in 1976, the Multicultural History Society of Ontario collects, preserves, and makes available irreplaceable records of Canadian histories of migration, ethnicity, and Indigeneity. It undertakes educational programming to increase appreciation of the importance of diversity to the development and ongoing vitality of Ontario and Canada.

 

Many items listed has not been digitalize and are in analog format. Contact Multicultural Historical Society of Ontario to access these materials.

Collection includes:

  • Photographs
  • Newspaper
  • Microfilms and Tapes
  • Oral Testimonies
  • Exhibits
  • Papers and Publications

Archive address

4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON
M3J 1P3

The Archive

Black Canadian Photographs 1890-1976 Caribbean Toronto Secretariat Photographs 1976 Braithwaite Family Photographs ca. 1900s Herbert Bell Photographs 1940-1950 Jackson Family Photographs 1890-1900 Carty Family Photographs 1914-1945 African Episcopal Churches Photographs 1890-1961 Harry R. Gairey Sr. Photographs ca. 1900s Rose Taylor Photographs ca. 1900s Africa Speaks (Microfilm) 1965-1975 Alvin D. McCurdy Family Collection (Microfilm) 1856-1989 Black Liberation News (Microfilm) 1969 Canadian Observer (Microfilm) 1914-1919 Contrast (Microfilm) 1969-1991 Dawn of Tomorrow (Microfilm) 1923-1972 Mapou (Microfilm) 1977-1978 Universal African Improvement Association (Microfilm) Share (Microfilm) 1979-1978 Spear (Microfilm) 1973-1978 Unity Press (Microfilm) 1970 Mary (Bee) Allen - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Bromley Armstrong - 1990 (Recording Tapes) William Lloyd Aylestock - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Paul E. Bailey - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Isobel Louise Bailey - 1982 (Recording Tapes) George Winston Bancroft -1982 (Recording Tapes) Constance Belfon - 1983 (Recording Tapes) Violet Eudora Bell - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Archibald Alexander Bell - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Courtney Betty - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Violet Blackman - 1979 (Recording Tapes) Harold A. Boswell - 1991 (Recording Tapes) Daniel Braithwaite - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Rella Marjorie Braithwaite - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Rella Braithwaite - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Daniel Obediah Braithwaite - 1981 (Recording Tapes) June Arlene Braithwaite - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Henry Adolphus Braithwaite - n.d. (Recording Tapes) Leonard Austin Braithwaite - n.d. (Recording Tapes) Leonard Braithwaite - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Oscar Brewton - 1978 (Recording Tapes) George Browne - 1991 (Recording Tapes) Ralph Budd - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Jeannette Carter - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Donald Carty - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Verna Chatters - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Cleo Anne Christian - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Joseph Edward Clarke - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Verda Beatrice Cook - 1989 (Recording Tapes) Verda Beatrice Cook - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Beulah Cuzzens - 1980 Sept (Recording Tapes) Beulah Cuzzens - 1980 Nov (Recording Tapes) Alexander Darrell - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Alice Louise Darrell - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Everett Dawson - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Gorman William Freeman - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Harry Gairey - 1978, Aug 11 (Recording Tapes) Harry Gairey - 1978, June to Aug (Recording Tapes) Harry Gairey - 1977 (Recording Tapes) Harry Gairey - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Norman Grizzle - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Wilfred Harding - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Esther Hayes - 1983 (Recording Tapes) Harold Hayes - 1983 (Recording Tapes) Keith Hoilett - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Albert Edward Hunt - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Rev. Harold Jackman - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Ferguson Hallman Jenkins - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Leonard Johnston - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Roy W. Johnston - n.d. (Recording Tapes) Leonard Johnston - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Gwendolyn Johnston - 1979 (Recording Tapes) Lyle Llewellyn Kersey - 1991 (Recording Tapes) Eric Lawrence - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Dudley Ezekiel Laws - 1981 (Recording Tapes) William Alexander Lawson - 1979 (Recording Tapes) Marjorie Lewsey - 1979 (Recording Tapes) Rev. A. S. Markham - 1979 (Recording Tapes) Dudley Marshall - 1978 (Recording Tapes) Hector Mayers (Pastor) - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Bertha E.A. McAleer - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Pat Metzger - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Ken Milburn - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Wanda Milburn - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Pat Neely-McCurdy - 1991 (Recording Tapes) Hope K. Nicholson - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Norma Nicholson - 1983 (Recording Tapes) Lloyd Perry - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Romain Pitt - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Ted (Edmond) Powell - 1991 (Recording Tapes) Charles Roach - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Weston Robbins - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Vivian Robbins-Chavis - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Edsworth M. Searles - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Philip Shadd - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Melvin E. Simpson - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Betty Simpson - 1991 (Recording Tapes) Rose Taylor - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Kingsley Terrell - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Dawn Sophie Thompson - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Percy Thompson - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Hazel Amelia Thompson - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Herbert Melvin Thompson - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Hattie Josephine Thorne - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Hilda Viola Watkins - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Nellie Rosina Wells - 1980 (Recording Tapes) Nellie Rosina Wells - 1980 (Recording Tapes) John Edgar White - 1982 (Recording Tapes) Geraldine Williams - 1981 (Recording Tapes) Toni Williams - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Frederick Samuel Wilson - 1990 (Recording Tapes) Many Rivers to Cross: The African Canadian Experience Virtual Exhibit Many Rivers to Cross: The African Canadian Experience Book Ontario’s African Canadians, 1865-1915 Black Politics in Toronto since World War I A Black Man’s Toronto, 1914-1980: The Reminiscences of Harry Gairey A Guide to the Collections of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario