
Parlour game books: old games, new fun
By: Kelsey Jacobi 4.5 minute read Finding a new game that you enjoy is always a win. Especially in this past year, you may have had more free time to …
Read moreThe Glenbow Western Research Centre is closed. Email archives@ucalgary.ca for assistance. See Libraries & Cultural Resources COVID-19 page for updates.
By: Kelsey Jacobi 4.5 minute read Finding a new game that you enjoy is always a win. Especially in this past year, you may have had more free time to …
Read moreMétis travelling by horse and sled on their way to Lac La Biche, Alberta, for New Year’s celebrations, 1895. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: N …
Read moreThe Royal Mail stage in the winter time on the overland trail, Yukon. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: S-227-187. We’re fortunate in thi …
Read moreA 1957 Calgary Stampeder Football program. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: 00012212300. It isn’t easy to fathom the depth of the Glenbo …
Read moreTroop commander Eric Harvie leads the Calgary Mounted Constabulary in Calgary Exhibition and Stampede parade. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: …
Read moreWorld 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 a …
Read moreAcquiring the Glenbow collection, now housed primarily at the High Density Library, has doubled the university’s archival collection. By Laura Beulne- …
Read moreIt’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 …
Read moreFirst Nations people in canoes near Edmonton, Alberta, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1920. Lantern slide, black …
Read moreTwo books inscribed and signed by author and activist Nellie McClung. Dave Brown photo. In the 1930s, the author and activist Nellie McClung …
Read moreTelephone operators wearing masks, High River, Alberta. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NA-3452-2. In the six months since COVID-19 for …
Read moreThe Glenbow Archives holds thousands of photographs in its collections and some of it is downright weird, wacky and wild. While the list of subjects t …
Read moreThese days anyone with a smartphone or a digital camera can make great panoramic photographs with the push of a button. There was a time, however, whe …
Read moreEric Harvie and Chester de la Vergne fishing in southern Alberta. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NB-17-29. As Heritage Day is a time to celeb …
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