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Date Post Title Author Image
2020-01-28 Welcome from Scott Goodine, Archivist of Manitoba Scott Goodine, Archivist of Manitoba
2020-02-07 Welcome and submission from Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister and the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, Honourable Cathy Cox Cathy Cox, Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage Minister and the Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Edith Roger's election postcard front
2020-02-14 HBC's 1919 film expedition: textual materials and nitrate film footage Kevin Nikkel, filmmaker Photo from the Trials and Tribulations of a Cameraman
2020-02-18 1967 Pan Am Games documentary Ross Munro, filmmaker born in Winnipeg now living in Vancouver B.C. Images from the 1967 Pan-Am Games
2020-02-21 Photo from 1964 of the Simpsons-Sears building at Polo Park Shopping Centre Belle Cameron, Admin of Facebook group ‘Retro St. James’ Photo from 1964 at Polo Park
2020-02-25 Cyclist on trail along Portage Avenue, 1900 Glenn Bergen, Managing Editor University of Manitoba Press Cyclist along Portage Avenue
2020-02-27 A letter written by James Sanderson to John Norquay in 1879 Gerald Friesen, University of Manitoba Letter by James Sanderson
2020-03-03 Drewry Scrapbooks Gordon Goldsborough, President of the Manitoba Historical Society Drewry Scrapbook
2020-03-05 Photographs of Industrial Bureau Exposition Building, ca. 1912 Christine Hanlon, Author of Out of Old Manitoba Kitchens and Everything Manitoba Industrial Exposition Building, ca. 1912
2020-03-10 Gertrude Perrin’s travel diary: 1936 voyage aboard the ‘Nascopie’ Joni Storie, Associate Professor University of Winnipeg cover of diary
2020-03-12 Half yearly attendance report for Beaudry School in La Salle, 1956 Rachel Lagacé, Reporter CTV Morning Live photo of 3 identical babies
2020-03-16 The History of Winnipeg Beach oral history project Dale Barbour, historian photo of 3 cassettes
2020-04-24 Homestead files related to James Sinclair's homestead, NW22-14-22W Sharon Simms, family history blogger Letter from James Sinclair to T.M. Daly, 30 May 1893
2020-04-27 Photographs of the Hudson’s Bay Company store, Portage and Memorial Della Beattie, Student photo with Hudson's Bay Company building with Legislative Building in background
2020-04-29 Hudson's Bay Company department store employee newsletter, “The Beaver Log” Janis Thiessen, Professor of History University of Winnipeg “The Beaver Log” newsletter, July 1946, cover
2020-04-30 Hudson's Bay House Library photograph collection subject files and "The Beaver" magazine vertical files Karla Kit McManus, Assistant Professor of Visual Arts (Art History) Faculty of Media Art + Performance University of Regina “Enter the Europeans…Among the Eskimos”
2020-05-07 Children’s Home of Winnipeg fonds James Mochoruk, Historian University of North Dakota document
2020-05-14 L.B. Foote fonds Danny Schur, composer/producer/writer of historical musicals Strikers overturn a streetcar in front of City Hall, June 21, 1919
2020-05-21 Petition for Franchise for Women Roland Sawatzky, Curator of History Manitoba Museum The petition after treatment
2020-05-29 Le Club Belge fonds Neil Pryce First minute book of Le Club Belge
2020-06-05 York Factory Post Journal 1714-1715, written by James Knight Amelia Fay, Curator of the HBC Museum Collection at the Manitoba Museum York Factory post journal, 1714-1715
2020-06-11 The Spanish Flu and the Death of a Cavalryman: Diaries of George Hambley Warren Breckman Sheldon and Lucy Hackney, Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania Diary of George Hambley
2020-06-18 Samuel Taylor’s journal entry, November 15, 1862 Maureen Dolyniuk, retired Archivist [former Keeper of the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives Samuel Taylor’s journal
2020-06-26 Exhibits and other records related to the Winnipeg General Strike trials Zenon Gawron, researcher Socialist Party of Canada banner
2020-07-03 Hudson’s Bay Company’s 300th anniversary press kit Joan Craig, Archivist Hudson’s Bay Company Archives 1968-1973 Cover of the Hudson’s Bay Company’s 300th anniversary press kit
2020-07-10 Legislative Building architect’s files Zenon Gawron, researcher Sketches of sculptures and carvings for Manitoba Legislative Building
2020-07-16 Legislative Building architect’s files Rachel Mills, Acting Senior Archivist / Analyst Government Records Office photo of an open cardboard box containing files
2020-07-24 Red River Settlement census, 1846 Jackie Corrigan, amateur genealogist blogger handwritten ledger with list of names and census information for 1846
2020-07-31 Manitoba and Climate Change: Investing in our Future, Report of the Manitoba Climate Change Task Force, September 2001 Juliane Schaible, Senior Economic Development Consultant in the Department of Conservation and Climate cover of report
2020-08-07 Petition from citizens of Transcona to be incorporated as a town, 1912 Lee Gibson, former Archives of Manitoba volunteer petition with signatures
2020-08-14 Photographs of the International Winnipeg to St. Paul Snowmobile Race Dale Neduzak, amateur snowmobile historian professional WW2 aircraft restoration expert film strip with images of snowmobilers racing
2020-08-21 Records of Filipino-Manitobans in the garment industry since 1968 Rod Cantiveros, community volunteer and publisher of Filipino Journal Workers in Garment Plant
2020-08-28 The Hudson’s Bay Company Cumberland House post journals Paul C. Thistle, Ethnohistorian Cumberland House post journal, July 1774
2020-09-04 Records documenting the settlement of New Iceland Julianna Roberts, Executive Director of New Iceland Heritage Museum Report of the Icelandic Commission, 1875
2020-09-11 Manitoba Guild of English Handbell Ringers fonds Morna-June Morrow, Archivist of MBGEHR Manitoba Guild of English Handbell Ringers: The First Twenty Years, 1995-2015
2020-09-18 Records of Ralph Maybank, Humphrey Lloyd Hime, and L.B. Foote Barry Hyman, retired archivist [former Deputy Archivist and Head of Private Sector Records, Archives of Manitoba] Letter to Ralph Maybank from his son, Michael
2020-09-25 1767 and 1772 maps of the route from Churchill to the Coppermine River Michelle Rydz, Archivist, Hudson’s Bay Company Archives A Map of part of the Inland Country to the North Westt of Prince of Wale's Fort
2020-10-02 Inkster family correspondence (1853-1895) Samantha Booth, Archivist, Hudson’s Bay Company Archives Letter from Ellen (Nell) Inkster McDonald, ca. 1870
2020-10-09 Resolution found in proceedings booklet for the 7th Annual Indian and Metis Conference Dr. Mary Jane McCallum, Professor of History, University of Winnipeg Indian and Metis Association conference, 1961
2020-10-16 "My Notebook" by Isobel G. Finlayson. This is the chronicle of Isobel's 1840 journey on the “Prince Rupert” from London to York Factory, and from there to the Red River Settlement Heather Beattie, Archivist, Archives of Manitoba First page of Isobel Finlayson’s notebook
2020-10-23 Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg fonds Dr. Kathryn A. Young, Ph.D History, Historian and former board member of the Women's Musical Club of Winnipeg Photo of WMC board members: Mrs. Heaton, Mrs. Collum, Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Tanner, and Mrs. Luck, 1960s
2020-10-30 Double exposed photograph in James McDougall fonds Mandy Malazdrewich, Archivist, Hudson’s Bay Company Archives double exposure, one of post, one of four men and loaded canoe], ca. 1889
2020-11-06 First World War letter written by Lt. Alexander Logan Waugh to his father Alexander Waugh, nephew of Lt. Alexander Logan Waugh, grandson of Winnipeg Mayor R.D. Waugh and great-grandson of Mayor Alexander Logan Letter from Alexander Waugh to his father, France, 17 November 1917
2020-11-13 Records related to brick and limestone Peter Schuster, Director, MMI (Manitoba Masonry Institute) Brickyard
2020-11-20 Records of 4-H Clubs Alfred Chorney, amateur historian Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs handbook
2020-11-27 Watercolour painting of Fort Dunvegan by Rollin Price Meade Thomas Schultze, author of Hudson’s Bay Company Posts and Depots: Images from a Vanished Era Watercolour of Fort Dunvegan
2020-12-04 Records related to Deaf Education in Manitoba David Burke, researcher of Deaf Education in Manitoba and member of the Deaf community Base Coy, 27th Battalion C.E.F. Winnipeg
2020-12-11 Records of Manitoba’s Centennial Celebrations Christian Cassidy, History Blogger Memorial Park, Centennial Caravan 70-1589, 1970
2020-12-18 Architectural Survey photograph collection and Donald Roderick Cameron fonds Murray Peterson, Historical Buildings Officer, City of Winnipeg 88 Adelaide Street, 1974
2021-01-08 Photograph of Abram and Agatha Friesen family farm, Neuhorst, Manitoba M. C. Kotecki, Research Associate, Archives of Manitoba Photograph of Abram and Agatha Friesen family farm
2021-01-15 Dressage Winnipeg fonds Dr. Kathryn A. Young, Ph.D History, Historian Margaret (Peggy) Sellers
2021-01-22 Wendy Wersch fonds Bev Pike, artist and archivist Installation view of Emergence, Ace Art Gallery, 1996, (slide 81)
2021-01-29 Archival material about York Factory and William Hemmings Cook at the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives The Famous Sandhogs, Musician cover of York Factory correspondence book for 1790-1791
2021-02-05 Scrapbooks and Newsletters documenting tuberculosis in Manitoba Carmen Lowe, A/Senior Archivist/Records Analyst, Archives of Manitoba Sanatorium Board of Manitoba historical files
2021-02-12 Drawings of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre building Camilla Holland, Executive Director, Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Drawings of Manitoba Theatre Centre building (interior)
2021-02-19 “Journal of a Journey over Land from Buckingham House to the Rocky Mountains in 1792 a 3 by Peter Fidler” Roland Bohr, Historian, University of Winnipeg, Centre for Rupert's Land Studies Journal of a Journey over Land from Buckingham House to the Rocky Mountains in 1792 a 3 by Peter Fidler
2021-02-26 HBC Cartographic Records related to Laurenson Lake Jason Carrie, Archivist, Archives of Manitoba “Sketch showing positions of Water Powers near Rat Portage”
2021-03-05 The Road to Recovery, a film produced for the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba Tamara Schaab-Johnson, Medical Radiologic Technologist and member of the Manitoba Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (MAMRT) Scenes from The Road to Recovery
2021-03-12 Drawn by the Feathers or Ac ko mok ki a Black foot chief 7th Feby 1801 in Peter Fidler journals of exploration and survey, 1792-1806 Ted Binnema, Historian map drawn by a Black foot chief on 7th Feb 1801
2021-03-19 Why Be A Farmer? A film produced by Manitoba Department of Agriculture Roger Mills, Dairy Business Consultant Scene from Why Be A Farmer?
2021-03-26 Hudson’s Bay Company Archives photograph Mark Reid, Editor-in-Chief, Canada’s History magazine and CanadasHistory.ca, Director, Content & Communications, Canada’s History Society Kids playing on packed Hudson's Bay Company canoes
2021-04-09 Manitoba District School Attendance Registers, Woolwich School, 1952-1968 Ernest N. Braun, Retired teacher and amateur local historian Half-yearly attendance record for Ernest Braun’s class
2021-04-16 Photograph of Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) employees in the air raid shelter located in the sub-basement of Beaver House, the HBC’s Head Office, 1941 Anne Morton, Archivist at the Archives of Manitoba, 1981-2006, for most of that time with the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives HBC employees in the air raid shelter located in the sub-basement of Beaver House
2021-04-30 Letter from Louis Riel to his wife, Marguerite Riel, written from the jail in Regina, October 5, 1885 Brian Hubner, Archivist at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Letter from Louis Riel to his wife Marguerite written from prison in Regina
2021-05-14 Ground Plan of York Factory by James Isham Ala Rekrut, Conservator, Archives of Manitoba Ground plan of York Factory
2021-05-28 Annie M. Laycock diary Jody Baltessen, former Manuscript Archivist, and later, Head of Textual Records and Public Service at the Archives of Manitoba cover of diary
2021-06-11 Records by Peter Fidler from his time at the Hudson’s Bay Company Paul Hackett, Historical Geographer cover of journal
2021-07-09 Winnipeg fire insurance atlases Jim Blanchard, Historian diagram of fire plan for Roslyn Road and River Ave
2021-07-23 Photographs of the Manitoba Developmental Centre Mary Horodyski, researcher and archivist institutional ward with several empty beds and two stern-looking nurses
2021-08-27 Two photographs of the wreck of the HBC ship Cam Owen taken in 1889 by James McDougall, HBC post inspector Jean-Luc Pilon, Former curator of Central Archaeology, Canadian Museum of History Wreck of H.B. Schooner Cam Owen seen near Sandy Head, Hudsons Bay
2021-09-28 Interview with Gilbert Abraham, a residential school survivor, and Oblates of Mary Immaculate films Gilbert Comeault, former archivist, Archives of Manitoba stack of audio cassettes
2022-03-25 Letters regarding Lt. Andrew Bulger, Governor of Assiniboia and influential British soldier Jacob Richard, MPhil Candidate at the University of Cambridge letter from Sir Drummond to Earl Bathurst
2022-06-17 Winnipeg Blue Bombers Team Photo, 1962 Honourable Andrew Smith, Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage photo of Blue Bombers team
2022-08-12 Photo of Fred Ferguson and a boy beside a 1920s Monocoupe aircraft, by L.B. Foote Bob Lower, retired filmmaker and author photo of man and boy in front of Monocoupe aircraft
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