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This site was created by faculty, staff and students of the History Department at the University of Guelph.

Funding through the Canada Research Chairs Program was indispensable and is gratefully acknowledged.

Particular appreciation is expressed to the following for their contributions to this site.

Shawn Day: who had full responsibility for overall design, detailed development, and much of the content (including the photographs, the sections on external resources, the material on Guelph theses, etc.)

Jon Studiman: who provided the Tweedsmuir histories section. The students in HI 4620 (fall 2003) also contributed substantially to this section.

Jennifer Legare: who prepared the section on farm diaries and related rural records. The students in HI 4620 (fall 2002) also contributed substantially to this section.

Josh MacFadyen: who prepared the sections on geographic information systems and business accounts and who now has principal responsibility for managing the site.

Jennifer Marvin: the History Librarian whose advice and editing were invaluable to the Geographic Information Systems page.

Terry Crowley and Catharine Wilson: whose advice on design and content shaped and improved many sections.

Lorne Bruce: who shaped all aspects of the site related to Archives and Special Collections.

Staff at Woolwich Historical Foundation, Waterloo County Museum and Archives, University of Guelph Archives, University of Western Ontario Archives, Aylmer Museum and Archives, and the Kitchener Public Library: who helped compile the list of business account books. Special thanks is due to Elinor Rau and Marion Roes of the WHF, and to Elysia DeLaurentis, Ian Easterbrook, and Karen Wagner of the WCMA.

Michael Denny of the College of Arts and Stuart Robertson, the University's Web Manager, for cooperation and advice, both now and to come.


       
     
  
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This research was undertaken, in part, thanks to funding
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