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In this issue we feature three newly acquired fonds: the Bird family fonds; the Birdsall family fonds; and the Wallis family fonds. Our "Trent Treasures" feature is about an 1873 "how-to" book for women, published with "subjects connected with the interests of every family."

This issue is our first since January. The intervening months were occupied with our temporary move to 225 Charlotte Street in downtown Peterborough while Thomas J. Bata Library undergoes renovations. In celebrating Canada 150, we have highlighted the 1867 diary of Richard Everett Birdsall from the Birdsall family fonds located in our holdings. The diary reveals glimpses of a life on a local farm at the period of Confederation. Catharine Parr Traill and her books about plant life in Canada, also written during the mid-19th century, are the focus of the Trent Treasures column.