Postcards showing local events and scenes offer a fascinating glimpse of Alberta's history.
Read more about "Postcards from the Past"Always available eBooks on everything from animals and weather, to history and technology.
Read more about "Gale eBooks"A history of flooding in Calgary, starting in 1883 through to the flood of 2013.
Read more about "Calgary’s Flood Story"Filmed in the Summer of 2021, Eli Hirtle, host of the documentary series Voices on the Rise, visited the Breaker family in Siksika to learn about a burgeoning grassroots language...
Read more about "National Indigenous History Month: Voices on the Rise film screening"Glenbow Western Research Centre at the University of Calgary's Taylor Family Digital Library documents the history of Calgary and southern Alberta. Find personal history records, including diaries, letters, and family albums there. The Research Centre has more than 2 million Western Canada photographs from the 1870s – 2000s as well as historical maps and newspapers from Calgary and rural communities.
Read more about "Glenbow Western Research Centre"“The History Wrangler” Rob Lennard, Historic Bow Valley Ranche historian and 2019 City of Calgary Heritage Award recipient, invites you to his 2-part military themed...
Read more about "Cowboys and Other Brave Albertans, Off to the Great War"Learn the true history from Indigenous perspectives, shared through maps, art, and culture.
Read more about "Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada"Over 500 Calgary residents share the history of their century homes built before 1912.
Read more about "Century Homes Calgary 2012"Oxford Professor of Modern Russian History Dr. Dan Healy examines the role anti-LGBTQ campaigns.
Read more about "The Calgary Institute for Humanities LGBTQ2S+ Lecture: Ukraine, Russia, and the Struggle for LGBTQ Freedom"Ruth was born on the Siksika First Nation, east of Calgary. Her Father was Blackfoot and her mother was Cree. She was raised in her traditional culture. As a young child, she was placed in the Indian Residential School, where she suffered much abuse. She survived that experience and the following years of addiction and violence. In 1974, she experienced spiritual reawakening and chose a healing path. She worked in many helping places until she had the vision to address the legacy of her people, working for many years to establish a shelter for Aboriginal women based on a cultural approach. Ruth ran for the position of MLA in southern Alberta in 1992 for the NDP. She then ran and was subsequently elected as a Band Councillor at Siksika Nation, where she sat for 18 years. In 2014, she released her book titled
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Read more about "Take a stroll down Music Mile."When it comes to history's greatest storytellers, Mary Hays thinks these authors are on top of their craft. Browse these titles to find your own story crafting inspiration.
Read more about "Recommended reads from the Storyteller in Residence"Explore souvenir picture postcards from the early 20th Century showing views of Southern Alberta and Calgary. Collections include pictures of early architecture, entertainment venues, local industries, urban landscapes and more. Track the history of Alberta's changing landscape in the Calgary Story's maps collection.Not sure how to start? Watch the tutorial in Niche Academy: BiblioBoard tutorial
Read more about "Experience local content"The third version of the Calgary General Hospital - a 160 bed facility - opened in the newly annexed community of Bridgeland on the north side of the Bow River in 1910. The growth...
Read more about "History and Legacy: The 88 Years of the Calgary General Hospital in Bridgeland-Riverside"When Mike& Gord Downie heard the story of Chanie Wenjack, it was like an arrow shot through their heart. They vowed to find a way to tell it to the world. Mike will explore this...
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