Canaday Center

Until further notice, the Ward M. Canaday Center is closed to the public for the safety of our staff and our patrons. 

The closure will have the following impact on our service:

• Postponement of assistance for reference requests that involve access to our physical collections, including scanning/digitization requests, due to staff working remotely
• Cancellation/postponement of current researcher visits
• No appointments made for future researcher visits at present
• No receipt of archives donations at this time

The Canaday Center will continue to offer a limited service to donors and researchers:

• Individuals interested in donating materials to the Center may still contact us via email at canadaycenter@utoledo.edu or sara.mouch@utoledo.edu to discuss their donation
• We will assist with directing patrons to our digitized collections in the University of Toledo Digital Repository, as well as our website or catalog for access to the finding aids of our manuscripts collections

The Ward M. Canaday Center’s 2019 exhibition: PROTEST: Activism and Social Change, 1845-2015, continues to be on display through December. Drop in to enjoy the displays, a free catalog, and the newly-renovated space that includes bright and welcoming walls and new, comfortable furniture in the Reading Room for our researchers. 

PROTEST illustrates demands for social and political change through the historical materials of local and national activist organizations, student groups, and individual artists and advocates.  The exhibit explores the theme of protest by focusing on six movements: Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, Disability Rights, Labor Rights, Student Protest, and LGBTQ Rights. An exhibition catalog providing a general overview of each movement is available to guests free of charge.