Editing Library and Archives Canada (section)

===Predecessors===
[[File:Dominion Archives 1923.jpg|thumb|The Public Archives of Canada building in 1923, prior to its 1925 expansion. The institution was housed at 330 [[Sussex Drive]] from 1906 to 1967.]]
The Dominion Archives was founded in 1872 as a division within the [[Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada|Department of Agriculture]] tasked with acquiring and transcribing documents related to [[Canadian history]]. In 1912, the division was transformed into an autonomous organization, Public Archives of Canada, with the new responsibility of managing government documents on all types of [[Media (communication)|media]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) |url=http://bd.archivescanadafrance.org/acf/repo-bac.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011030549/http://bd.archivescanadafrance.org/acf/repo-bac.html |archive-date=11 Oct 2014 |access-date=5 May 2024 |publisher=Archives Canada–France |quote=In 1872, the Canadian government created an Archives Division within the Department of Agriculture; its mandate was to acquire and transcribe documents related to Canadian history. In 1912, parliamentary legislation transformed this division into an autonomous organization, the Public Archives of Canada, and confirmed its responsibility to manage government documents. The mandate of the new institution focused on the acquisition of documents on all types of media, putting into practice the innovative concept of 'total archives.' Further legislation in 1987 clarified and reinforced the role and responsibilities of the Public Archives of Canada, which was then renamed the National Archives of Canada. In October 2002, in order to improve access to Canada's documentary heritage, the government announced the creation of a new institution, Library and Archives Canada, which united the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada (founded in 1953).|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The organization would be renamed in 1987 as the National Archives of Canada.<ref name=":0" />

With the efforts of people like [[Freda Farrell Waldon]], the first president of the [[Canadian Library Association]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Waldon, Freda Farrell|url=https://www.hpl.ca/inductee/freda-farrell-waldon|access-date=2021-04-12|website=Hamilton Public Library|language=en}}</ref><ref name="brief">{{cite web|title=History of LH&A: Freda Farrell Waldon &#124; HPL|url=http://www.hpl.ca/articles/history-lha-freda-farrell-waldon|access-date=2016-08-11|publisher=Hpl.ca}}</ref> the National Library of Canada was founded in 1953.<ref name=":0" />