Students celebrate the last day of school, Calgary, Alberta. Search, select favourites, and order Glenbow photos We are excited to announce that Glenbow Library and Archives digital content is now on our new Digital Collections site. This site is a one-stop for searching, researching, and following your favourite topics from all our digital collections, including […]
Read more
Métis travelling by horse and sled on their way to Lac La Biche, Alberta, for New Year’s celebrations, 1895. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NA-1185-4. Welcome back to the Glenbow News! As it’s a new year, we thought we’d make a change for 2021. The Glenbow News began in early 2020. We wanted to […]
Read more
The Royal Mail stage in the winter time on the overland trail, Yukon. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: S-227-187. We’re fortunate in this region of Alberta to be graced with the Chinook and its warm winds. That shot of warmth can do a lot to lift spirits during a bitter winter. It can make […]
Read more
A 1957 Calgary Stampeder Football program. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: 00012212300. It isn’t easy to fathom the depth of the Glenbow Library and Archives, but once you get into it, there’s a treasure trove of material. Sure, it’s easy to say there are thousands upon thousands of items, all of which take up 3.3 […]
Read more
Troop commander Eric Harvie leads the Calgary Mounted Constabulary in Calgary Exhibition and Stampede parade. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NA-3316-78. Given Eric L. Harvie’s life-long involvement with the army, it’s only natural that military history at the Glenbow Library and Archives is a substantial area of focus. Harvie, who founded the Glenbow Library […]
Read more
World Digital Preservation Day 2020 takes place November 5. It’s a good time for us to reflect on the unique digital assets that we received when we accepted the stewardship of the physical material in the Glenbow Library and Archives. Digital assets present a different set of inventory, transfer, access and preservation challenges for the […]
Read more
Acquiring the Glenbow collection, now housed primarily at the High Density Library, has doubled the university’s archival collection. By Laura Beulne-Stuebing Published October 26, 2020 Read the article here
Read more
It’s a Glenbow Halloween at the Glenbow Western Research Centre, and since we can't hand out candy, we thought we'd instead share some of the Glenbow Library and Archives photographs of the spookiest time of the year.
Read more
First Nations people in canoes near Edmonton, Alberta, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1920. Lantern slide, black & white, hand tinted. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: S-28-46. Compared to other art forms, the history of photography is short. In fact, the first photograph—a view of a building in France—was only taken […]
Read more
Two books inscribed and signed by author and activist Nellie McClung. Dave Brown photo. In the 1930s, the author and activist Nellie McClung signed two of her books for Edith A. Clark, a southern Alberta woman who grew up in Calgary. Later, both of these signed books (Be Good to Yourself: A Book […]
Read more