8.6 Geographical place names

If you come across a geographical name within a finding aid that is no longer in use, enter the present-day name in brackets.

EXAMPLE 1

In 1960 a World Health Organization travel fellowship enabled Dr. Hastings to study medical care, public health and the teaching of social medicine in the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, the USSR [Russia], India, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], Singapore, and Japan. Again, he kept detailed records of his travels, including notes and accounts of his impressions, especially on the Soviet Union. Afterwards, he wrote a detailed report on what he saw. Later WHO –related activities include an employment offer as chief of WHO’s Organization of Medical Care Unit in Geneva (1969), which Dr. Hastings reluctantly turned down; and his work as member of WHO’s Expert Advisory Panel on Public Health Administration between 1974 and 1990.

EXAMPLE 2

Notes. Gold Coast [Ghana]

EXCEPTION

If the name is part of a publication title or the name of an institution (i.e. Peking Union Medical College, Rupertsland Centre for Métis Research)

Endnotes

  1. Hastings (John E. F.) Family fonds, B2002-0014. John Elgin Ferguson Hastings sous-fonds, Series 5. https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/other-professional-activities ↩

  2. Thomas Forsyth McIlwraith fonds, B1979-0011/005(37). https://discoverarchives.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/notes-gold-coast-ghana ↩