Here's my monthly Library and Archives Canada progress report on its Co-Lab Challenges since last month.
The late 19th century saw thousands of people flock to British Columbia, but few were as remarkable as John Freemont Smith. With an enthusiasm for his new home and a determination to succeed, he flourished as a businessperson, a municipal and federal official, and a civic volunteer. His accomplishments were all the more outstanding given that he was a Black man in a white settler community. He endured racism throughout his life while also earning respect and admiration from his contemporaries. Library and Archives Canada holds many records relating to Smith’s work as the Agent for the Kamloops Agency from 1912 to 1923, and a selection of these documents has been prepared as a Co-Lab challenge.
Read the LAC blog post about him and you'll be amazed he's not in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
There are 90 images available in total.
War Diaries of the First World War: No. 2 Construction Battalion is 38% complete, 26% last month.
Canadian National Land Settlement Association remains 94% complete.
Molly Lamb Bobak remains 86% complete.
Diary of François-Hyacinthe Séguin remains 98% complete.
George Mully: moments in Indigenous communities remains 2% complete.
There are 297 images available for tagging by those who recognize someone or a location, or know when an event took place.
Correspondence regarding First Nations veterans returning after the First World War remains 99% complete.
Winnipeg General Strike of 1919 is 96% complete, 84% complete last month.
Legendary Train Robber and Prison Escapee Bill Miner remains 99% complete.
Japanese-Canadians: Second World War, remains 61% complete.
The Call to Duty: Canada's Nursing Sisters remains 94% complete.
Projects that remain 100% complete are no longer reported here.
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