Conference: ​Archiving Migration - Migrating Archives (Canada Day 2025)​, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Since its foundation in 1734, Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen) has been collecting books and other materials from and relating to Britain and its colonies, as Georg August, Duke of Hanover, the founder of Göttingen University, also ruled Great Britain in personal union as King George II. As one of the principal research libraries of the Enlightenment, Göttingen University Library acquired a large variety of accounts of voyages of discovery and travel writings in a period of time which coincided with the French and British colonization of Canada. Over the centuries, the library was able to further expand its collection of Canadiana which encompasses historical and contemporary primary sources as well as scholarly publications on Canadian history, culture, literature, folklore, politics and geography. The collection features books, journals, maps and microforms as well as digitized copies of historical documents and recent scholarly work. The presentation showcases highlights from the wide-ranging collection and traces its history from its 18th century beginnings to the current services for researchers and students of Canadian Studies provided by the DFG-funded Specialised Information Service Anglo-American Culture (Fachinformationsdienst AAC).