Curated by Dr. Colin Mitchell, Associate Professor & Department Chair- Department of History, Dalhousie University Brought to us from the personal collection of Dr. Colin Mitchell, our next mystery object is the silk map pictured above. In the comments below, we encourage you to consider the objects’ possible context through an examination of the maps' physical characteristics. We invite you to treat this post as a conversation rather than a quiz. There are no wrong answers—only observations,...

Curated by Dr. Grace McNutt, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Cape Breton University, School of Arts and Social Sciences In the very late hours of March 29, 1943, the Royal Airforce Force (RAF) squadrons of Bomber Command were able to launch 329 aircraft to bomb Berlin. Not long after they left the British Isles behind, storms began hampering their progress. Over 120 aircraft were forced to turn around. The rest carried on, including Short Stirling BK716, with a mixed British and Canadian crew....

Curated by Dr. Grace McNutt, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Cape Breton University, School of Arts and Social Sciences Our next mystery object is a remnant of the aircraft, a Short Stirling BK716, and we invite you to examine the object's construction, materials and preservation to begin a conversation on the object's purpose, context and broader historiography in the comments below. We invite you to treat this post as a conversation rather than a quiz. There are no wrong answers—only...