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The Law Society of Upper Canada Archives collects and preserves records and other material that documents the history of the legal profession in Ontario. The Archives acquires and preserves records of permanent value to the Law Society of Upper Canada, the regulatory body for lawyers and paralegals in the province of Ontario. The Archives also accepts external donations of material that is significant to the legal profession in Ontario. The Archives serves as an information resource centre for Law Society staff, the legal profession, and the public. ==Holdings== The bulk of the Archives' holdings are corporate records that document the administration, activities, and functions of the Law Society of Upper Canada since it was established in 1797. In addition to corporate records, the Archives accepts donations of non-Law Society records significant to the legal history of Ontario. The Archives currently houses records of over 215 organizations and individuals, such as: * The Lawyers Club * William Osgoode * Sir John Graves Simcoe * Chief Justice William Goldwin Carrington Howland * Women's Law Association of Ontario * Sir John Beverley Robinson * Essex Law Association * The Juvenile Advocate Society, an early 18th-century law students' club * Cyril Frederick Harshaw Carson * Chief Justice George Alexander Gale * Toronto Lawyers Association * Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP The Archives contains over 80,000 photographs, which includes an almost complete set of Osgoode Hall Law School class photographs from 1891 to 1968. The photograph collection also includes photographs of lawyers and judges, various views of Osgoode Hall, and Law Society and legal events. The Archives also collects printed and published material about or by the Law Society of Upper Canada that is deemed important. Special Collections includes brochures, special reports, posters, postcards, and ephemera (programmes, menus, invitations, etc.). In addition, the Archives collects periodicals that relate to the Law Society of Upper Canada or the Ontario legal profession, such as copies of "Obiter Dicta", the Osgoode Hall Law School student newspaper. The Archives' holdings can be searched via an on-line (Description Database ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Law Society of Upper Canada Archives」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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