Do you remember what life was like before computers? That far away time when, if you wanted to communicate with someone you would call them, or more likely write them a letter? Though it may seem like a lifetime, it wasn’t that long ago that the main form of communication between the City and the [...]
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It’s October, the happy month of fall colours, Thanksgiving and Hallowe’en! Since photographs are such an important part of my blog posts, I thought I’d go into a bit more detail about photographs in archives, how we take care of them, how we reproduce them, how they are used, etc., and have a bit of [...]
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This is my final post exploring the student newspapers created at the Belmont School in the 1890s. I’m continuing my exploration by looking at the School itself. Thanks to all of you who have followed me this far! If you’re new to the series, see my first post for the background. First of all, Belmont [...]
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My summer fun post became a two-parter, so if you were looking for the dogs in my last post and could only find one it’s because one of them is in these photographs. I apologize for any confusion caused. The first post was all about pools because of my love of water but, apart from [...]
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I hope you’ve got your texting and/or typing fingers ready! Archivists at the City of Edmonton Archives are all set to answer your questions today until 4pm. Do you have questions on how to care for and store family records? We can give you some tips on how to deal with those old shoeboxes full [...]
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