You are cordially invited to a free online lecture (7 November 2024 at 12 p.m. EST): “Shot Down and Hiding Out with the Resistance: The Keith Patrick Archive at McMaster University Library.”

Join McMaster archivist Bridget Whittle and librarian Saman Goudarzi for an exploration of the Second World War-era service of Keith Patrick, a Canadian wireless operator/air gunner whose Halifax Bomber was shot down in France in June 1944. Seriously injured, Keith Patrick and his pilot, Don Fulton, were sheltered by members of the French resistance before being liberated by allied forces in September 1944.

Keith Patrick’s archive, housed in McMaster University Library’s department of Archives and Research Collections, reveals how Royal Canadian Air Force crews prepared for adverse outcomes through escape kits and evasion maps. The archive also provides insight into the tremendous efforts of the French resistance to shelter and care for allied troops, including the assignment of false French identity cards and the housing of soldiers with French families.

This lecture is hosted by McMaster University Library’s Archives Alive program in partnership with McMaster University Alumni.

Register using this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5817195943387/WN_lI-qbqy6SR2ulYLQ64Hpeg#/registration

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