Collecting Knowledge: New Dialogues on McCord Museum Collections – Session 3

LECTURE PRESENTED ON  NOVEMBER 8, 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 3:

• CHAIR, Sophie Montreuil, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
• William Notman’s Home Library: Discovering Underlying Meaning in the Portrait Photograph
  Loren Lerner, Concordia University
• Collecting Knowledge and Disseminating History: The Arrival of the Notman Collection and the Changing Role of Photographs within the McCord Museum
  Heather McNabb, Concordia University and McCord Museum
• Collection à Montréal au XIX^e siècle : Gerald E. Hart et la construction d’une pratique utile
  Caroline Truchon, Université de Montréal
• Photographie et connaissance. Enjeux d’observation et de collecte
  Hélène Samson, McCord Museum