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The Fisher's latest exhibition is now open. Fleeting Moments, Floating Worlds, and the Beat Generation: The Photography of Allen Ginsberg, received its official launch… Read full news article

We’ve added a new album to our Flickr site: a collection of eight albumen prints of photographs from Marc Ferrez, the greatest photographer to emerge from Brazil in the… Read full news article

"Finding Myself in the Archive" was developed in partnership with the Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) at the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto and six… Read full news article

The newest issue of our newsletter, The Halcyon is now available online!
In this issue:
Orwell's Animal Farm beyond the Iron Curtain
An introduction to… Read full news article

In recognition of Canada 150, Campus archives and special collections come together to showcase their unique and diverse holdings within the context of 150 years of Canada… Read full news article

Students in the Jackman Humanities Institute Scholars in Residence program had a hands-on lesson in historic cooking at Fort York's 1826 Officer's Mess kitchen. The… Read full news article

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We’ve added a new album to our Flickr site: a selection of woodcut illustrations featured on the covers of Brazilian “cordel” chapbooks – or, the tradition of popular… Read full news article

Just before this year's Johanna and Leon Katz Memorial lecture, the CBC interviewed lecturer and botanical artist Linda LeGeyt, who discussed the publication of Canadian… Read full news article

We've added a new album to our Flickr site: a selection of nineteenth-century Canadian booksellers,… Read full news article

Have you been wondering what is happening at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library?

We are renovating to improve the thermal performance of the exterior, which will… Read full news article

The latest issue of The Halcyon, the newsletter of the Friends of Fisher Library, is now available in both print and online versions. The December issue looks back on the… Read full news article

The Fisher Library is excited to announce a new educational initiative beginning next June: a summer seminar series. Directed at information professionals, scholars, and… Read full news article

Struggling to find the perfect greeting card to send out this holiday season? The Fisher is again offering holiday cards for sale. We have some new images from our… Read full news article

Beginning Wednesday November 16, there are going to some changes to the Fisher's entrance over the next few months as we begin an important renovation project.

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Since 1918, the First World War has proven to be a rich ground of inspiration for poets and novelists, visual artists and musicians. The poignant stories of the men and… Read full news article

This week, from April 24-29, is the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising in Ireland. The Easter Rising was launched by Irish Republican forces to end British Rule and… Read full news article

The Fisher Library has acquired a remarkable collection of letters written during World War I by three brothers from Ingersoll, Ontario. Ted, Reg, and Harry Richardson… Read full news article

The Fisher Library possesses an extensive bookplate collection dating from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, referencing prominent figures and institutions in… Read full news article

The Fronde, so-named after the French word for the slings that Parisian crowds used to smash the windows of the residences of Cardinal Mazarin and his supporters, was a… Read full news article

The history of the University of Toronto Archives has not been written, but there is a great deal to write about. In lieu of this and to celebrate the past half-century,… Read full news article

The Fisher's latest exhibition is now open. Maximum Imaginativeness: Modern Czech Book Design (1900-1950) features books and journals published in Czech from the turn of… Read full news article