A trip back in time through the archives!
On Tuesday January 16th, the Fletcher Geology Club hosted an open house in the Kirkconnell Room at the Acadia Archives. It was well attended and everyone had a great time with books, maps and cross sections going all the way back to 1827! The Fletcher Club material was a particular hit with old photographs of club activities, and hand-made programs for AUGC conferences going back to the 1950s.
Thank you to Ciaran Purdome from the Archives Department for putting this all together and to Keaton Markham for getting it all started. We hope to make this a yearly event. Thank you to everyone who came out!
Department members listening to archivist Ciaran Purdome.
Fletchers from the Fifties!
Students intently reading through old textbooks...
Hand-drawn landscape in book of geological maps from the late 1800s.
Yes, we still ask those exact questions in classes!