Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1924-1975 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
6,078 b&w photographs
414 printing tools (plates, blues, etc.)
11 newspaper inserts
18 press releases
1 transcript
2 newsletters
2 letters
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Hamilton Spectator's first issue was published on 15 July 1846 in Hamilton, Ont. It was founded as a semi-weekly, the first newspaper in what became the Southham chain. Recently there have been ownership changes; the current owners are TDNG Inc., a subsidiary of Torstar Corp.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The collection consists primarily of b&w photographs syndicated in North American newspapers during World War II. The collection was assembled by Cecil Williams, the librarian at the Hamilton Spectator.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Collection (69-2010) was acquired from the Hamilton Spectator in October 2010
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged thematically as follows:
Series 1 - World War II in Europe
Series 2 - World War II in the Pacific
Series 3 - Korean War
Series 4 - Moroccan War
Series 5 - Weapons
Series 6 - War in Canada
Series 7 - War in the United States
Series 8 - Aviation
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no access restrictions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
For further information on the collection, see: Paul Wilson, "A Fascinating Gallery of War: Spectator Writer-Archivist Compiled Two Legacies", Hamilton Spectator, 6 May 2010, pp. VE4-5.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected
