Collecting Knowledge: New Dialogues on McCord Museum Collections – Session 8

LECTURE PRESENTED ON  NOVEMBER 9, 2013

Colloquium organized jointly by the research team of Montréal, Dynamic Hubspace, and the McCord Museum, was held November 7-9, 2013.

Attracting 150 participants, this unique event was designed to establish a dialogue about new research frontiers and stimulate discussions to enhance public knowledge of the Museum’s collections. The colloquium was also an opportunity to present recent research findings that have made innovative use of the McCord Museum’s historical collections, one of Canada’s largest sources of documents and artefacts for historical research.

The meeting presented a wealth of information and generated a great deal of interest, proof of the importance of encouraging exchanges between researchers and curators.

Session 8:

• CHAIR, Dominic Hardy, Université du Québec à Montréal
• Taxpayer Identities in Political Cartooning, 1867-1967
  Elsbeth Heaman, McGill University
  Shirley Tillotson, Dalhousie University
• Rituels des regardeurs : Vue de la basse-ville à Quebec vers le fleuve Saint-Laurent de Franz Xaver Habermann
  Marjolaine Poirier, Université de Montréal
• « L’Oncle Sam, un cousin pas si éloigné». Quelques jalons d’une affiliation canadienne dans la genèse d’une figure allégorique américaine
  Christian Vachon, Musée McCord