Winter photos from the Glenbow Archives
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 thi …
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A treasure trove of material
A 1957 Calgary Stampeder Football program. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: 00012212300. It isn’t easy to fathom the depth of the Glenbo …
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Military History at the Glenbow
Troop commander Eric Harvie leads the Calgary Mounted Constabulary in Calgary Exhibition and Stampede parade. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: …
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Digits for Good: Preserving the Digital Glenbow Library and Archives
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 a …
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Article from University Affairs: U of Calgary offers a new state-of-the-art home for a massive collection of Western Canadian history
Acquiring the Glenbow collection, now housed primarily at the High Density Library, has doubled the university’s archival collection. By Laura Beulne- …
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A Glenbow Halloween
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 …
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Historical photographic processes
First Nations people in canoes near Edmonton, Alberta, celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Hudson’s Bay Company, 1920. Lantern slide, black …
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Nellie McClung and the Glenbow Library
Two books inscribed and signed by author and activist Nellie McClung. Dave Brown photo. In the 1930s, the author and activist Nellie McClung …
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Serving researchers in challenging times
Telephone operators wearing masks, High River, Alberta. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NA-3452-2. In the six months since COVID-19 for …
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Weird, wacky and wild
The 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 …
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Panoramic photos of the Glenbow Archives
These 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 …
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Eric Harvie and the Glenbow
Eric 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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Artificial intelligence and machine learning
Hollywood and science fiction writers would have us believe that we should fear artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. You don’t have to g …
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Keeping the spirit alive
Herman Linder riding “Easy Money” at the Calgary Exhibition and Stampede. Glenbow Library and Archives, UCalgary: NB-H-16-97. Stampede spirit Even tho …
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