• 20 Dec 2022 7:17 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    On December 6th, the AMA hosted the online event "Archiving the Records of the MMIWG2S+ Inquiry". The two speakers, Dr. Karine Duhamel and Marta Dabros, have graciously agreed to share their presentation notes. 

    NI-MMIWG MAA Dec 2022.pdf

    MMIWG_RM_2022-12-06c.pdf

  • 14 Dec 2022 8:07 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    A digital version of this newsletter can be found here.

    Message from the Chair

    Thank you everyone for your participation in the AGM and during the entire year.  The AMA is looking forward to working with our new board members and under the new by-laws approved at the AGM.  We are anticipating new opportunities and programming in the new year that will hopefully be of value to all members.  Best wishes for the holiday season.

    - Andrew Morrison, Chair of the Association for Manitoba Archives

    Call for New Board Member

    The AMA has the following volunteer position open. Board positions are usually for a period of 2 years. Please note that we have Board meetings one time per month and the meetings are held over Zoom in the evening. If you are interested, or want more information, please email Chair@mbarchives.ca.

    Special Initiatives Member-at-Large: From article 5.3 of our by-laws? “Members-at-Large are welcome to attend all meetings, to participate in discussions, vote at meetings, and to help with the organization of Association events.” In particular, we are seeking a Member-at-Large to organize the Manitoba Day event. This can be a shared position.

    Committee Reports

    Digital Initiatives: Digital Initiatives provided technical support for the “Archiving the Records of the MMIWG Inquiry” webinar. The committee has also started examining ways to improve the accessibility of the AMA's webinars.

    Education and Advisory Services: Plans are in the works to hold two workshops in 2023. One addresses the role of trauma in archival research, the second will explore the process of archiving digital media.

    Finance and Grants: We are excited to report that we received eight applications for the MICEC Archival Internship grant. We will be reviewing the applications over the next month. The Archival Internship is intended to give an archival student relevant experience, under the supervision of an archivist, while using the opportunity to discover and process within a smaller, local archive that may not otherwise have the opportunity to fund such a position.

    Indigenous Relations: We had solid attendance at the “Archiving the Records of the MMIWG Inquiry” on Dec 6 with panelists Dr. Karine Duhamel and Marta Dabros. If you are wanting to support Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, please take some time to review the 231 Calls for Justice that were developed through the Inquiry here

    And if you are able, please give a donation to support Velma’s House, a 24/7 safe space, here

    Information and Outreach: Stay tuned for news about an upcoming social event!

    Membership Committee: No report this month.

    Student Member-at-Large: The AMA welcomes Archival Studies JMP student Blake Mueller to this role.

    Featured Member: The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation

    The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation (WAF) has been expanding its archival holdings over the past several years. Thanks to funding from the Documentary Heritage Community Programs and Young Canada Works, WAF has been working on arranging, describing, and digitizing the holdings. The collection includes personal and business records of individual architects, designers, and firms and largely pertains to those who were born in Manitoba, taught at the University of Manitoba, or had professional practices in Winnipeg. These include: Arthur James Donahue*, Burton Stovel*, Charles Grant Marshall*, Claude de Forest*, Debby Lexier, Dennis Carter*, George A. Stewart, Green Blankstein Russell, Harlyn E. Thompson, the Manitoba Association of Architects*, Peter Tittenberger, Roy Izen*, Roy Sellors, and Stan Osaka*. (* denotes finalized collections with finding aids which can be found on MAIN here

    Shop local this holiday season! The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation has a range of publications and merchandise for sale that celebrate Winnipeg’s architectural history. Pick up our latest publications, Max Blankstein: ArchitectOsborne Village: An Architectural Tour, and Ghost Signs: An Exchange District Walking Tour, or some of our unique merch like mugs and viewmasters. We also have items for kids, including the bilingual book The Golden Boy in the Case of the Missing Cube / Le Golden Boy enquête: qu’est-il arrivé au Cube? and two colouring books!

    Shop online at winnipegarchitecture.ca/shop or visit us in person at 266 McDermot Avenue, Monday-Friday 10:00-16:00.

    News from our Members

    Indigenous Afternoons at the Archives of Manitoba returns beginning January 2023! These bi-weekly afternoons assist researchers, students, and community members with family and community archival research. See the poster below for details or email archives@gov.mb.ca or tbphotos@uwinnipeg.ca.


    A pdf of this poster can be found here.

    Call for Volunteers

    We are always looking for members to join our committees. Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this pagehttps://mbarchives.ca/contact 

    News for the newsletter?

    Does your archive have a new grant or a new hire? Or do you have a collection you want to promote? Send your news to ama1@mts.net and we will include it in an upcoming newsletter.


  • 30 Nov 2022 2:29 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    A digital version of this newsletter can be found here.

    Committee Reports

    Digital Initiatives: Jackson Anderson and Katie Lynch have been elected co-chairs. We have upcoming events which will continue to be organized on Eventbrite. Please reach out for tech support or suggestions on improving the AMA website.

    Education and Advisory Services: Stay tuned for upcoming events and workshops.

    Finance and Grants: The Association for Manitoba Archives (AMA) and Endow Manitoba seek applications from community heritage institutions to host a fully-funded archival studies internship in Summer 2023. Funding of $12,000 is available to pay the intern, while $3,000 is available to pay an archival advisor/mentor, if necessary. Applications are due by Monday, December 5, 2022.

    Indigenous Relations: Please join us December 6 at 7-8:15 pm CST for our online webinar on Archiving the Records of the MMIWG2S+ Inquiry. Panelists are: Dr. Karine Duhamel, Marta Dabros, and Petra Lundy. Moderator: Carmen Miedema. Please see our website for more information and to register https://mbarchives.ca/event-5057393

    Information and Outreach: No report this month.

    Membership Committee: No report this month.

    Special Initiatives Member-at-Large: We are looking for volunteers to help with the Manitoba Day Awards! If you are interested, or want more information, please email ama1@mts.net

    Student Member-at-Large: Students interested in volunteering with the AMA can send an email to ama1@mts.net or reach out to us on our social media.

    Photo of the Month

    This photo comes from the Anna Leclerc fonds from the Service des archives de l'Université se Saint-Boniface. The photo was taken by Meyers Photo. This photo shows the ruins of the aftermath of the St. Boniface fire on November 25, 1922. Ten lives were lost due to the fire, and the building with many Franco-Manitoban records were destroyed. In the long and rich history of the College de Saint-Boniface, November 25, 1922, will always remain an important date.

    If you would like to feature a photo from your archives, please submit a photograph along with a sentence or two describing the records, to webmaster@mbarchives.ca.  We love to showcase the collections from our member institutions!  

    News about our members

    Join us in congratulating Anne Lindsay for being awarded the Best PhD Dissertation in Canadian Studies (2022) by the Canadian Studies Network and the University of Manitoba Distinguished Dissertation Award (2022).  Anne’s dissertation looks at slavery in the Canadian fur trade. For more information, see

    https://news.umanitoba.ca/slavery-as-part-of-canadian-history/

    Anne’s dissertation is available online at the University of Manitoba website: https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/bitstream/handle/1993/35829/Lindsay_MargaretAnne.pdf?sequence=1

    Anne is also a graduate of the Archival Studies stream of the Joint Master’s Program of the UM/UW. Her 2011 M.A. thesis is available here: https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/handle/1993/4874

    You can read more about Anne’s work in helping Indigenous community members locate family history in this recent CBC news article:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/three-sisters-residential-school-graves-1.6635772 

    The University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections have posted their short film about the Reginald Buller exhibit “‘He was the Very Model of a Modern Research Scientist:’ Reginald Buller and the Founding of the University of Manitoba" on YouTube. The film includes excellent commentary from Shelley Sweeney and Gordon Goldsborough and was produced by UM Archives & Special Collections head Heather Bidzinski. Enjoy the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuirjunpaSY

    Special Announcements

    Panel discussion: “Archiving the Records of the MMIWG2S+ Inquiry”

    The Association for Manitoba Archives is hosting a panel discussion with Dr. Karine Duhamel, Marta Dabros and Petra Lundy.

    The panel will be held online on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, from 7:00 – 8:15 pm CST.
    The webinar is free and open to all. Please register at Eventbrite here:
    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/archiving-the-records-of-the-mmiwg2s-inquiry-tickets-475651134347

    University of Manitoba’s History Colloquium Committee: “Making Archives, Forging Nations: A Critical History of Canada’s National Archives and Total Archives Tradition.”

    The University of Manitoba’s Department of History Colloquium Committee hosted a talk with Dr. Jamila Ghaddar entitled, “Making Archives, Forging Nations: A Critical History of Canada’s National Archives and Total Archives Tradition.”

    The talk was held on November 30th from 2:15-3:30 in 409 Tier Building with discussant Raymond Frogner.

    Call for Volunteers

    We are always looking for members to join our committees. Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this page https://mbarchives.ca/contact 

    News for the newsletter?

    Does your archive have a new grant or a new hire? Or do you have a collection you want to promote? Send your news to ama1@mts.net and we will include it in an upcoming newsletter.


  • 02 Nov 2022 2:29 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    On October 25th, Dr. Laura A. Millar delivered a talk entitled "Truth, Lies, and Evidence: The Role of the Archivist in an Information Age". The talk was held as a hybrid event with over 100 attendees joining by Zoom and a dozen more attending in person at the University of Manitoba Archives and Special Collections. Dr. Millar spoke on archivists' roles in the modern era and how archivists could define these roles going forward. Afterwards, Dr. Millar responded to several questions and comments from the attendees.

    Dr. Millar has graciously shared her presentation notes, which can be found here. Please note that this version of the notes has been edited to remove any third-party images, to protect third-party IP or other rights. The author has made this text available for research or personal use only.

    Special thanks to Dr. Millar for the fantastic talk, the University of Manitoba for hosting the event, Dr. Greg Bak and Al Thorleifson for organizing the event, Katie Lynch for serving as MC, other AMA volunteers for technical support and advertising, and all the attendees who were able to make it. 
  • 25 Oct 2022 12:33 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    A digital version of this newsletter can be found here

    Annual General Meeting – November 10 

    Our AGM will be held on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 6:30 pm via Zoom. You can register on our website at: https://mbarchives.ca/event-5018153  

    AMA Constitution/By-laws 

    AMA members received an email recently with our proposed changes to the AMA constitution and by-laws. Please review and email any comments or questions by October 31 to the board members below. Suggestions for changes will be reviewed by the board and the proposed amendments will be presented for a vote at the AGM. 

    Heather Bidzinski     Heather.Bidzinski@umanitoba.ca  

    Al Thorleifson          pembinamanitouarchive@gmail.com  

    Shape  

    Committee Reports 

    Digital Initiatives: Registration for events is running smoother as we have begun using EventBrite software. We are also upgrading our analytics capabilities to not only capture data on MAIN, but also the AMA’s website. 

    Education and Advisory Services: We held a successful webinar on Oct 25 with Dr. Laura A. Millar on “Truth, Lies, and Evidence: The Role of the Archivist in an Information Age”. Over 100 people registered for the event. 

    Finance and Grants: Stay tuned for our fulsome report at the AGM. Also, we are looking for volunteers to join the committee. 

    Indigenous Relations: We updated the Indigenous Resources list on our website at https://mbarchives.ca/indigenous_resource_list. Two new sections are added: “Repatriation and Reparation” and “Theses by Archival Studies M.A. students”. If you have links you would like to suggest, please email IndigenousRelations@mbarchives.ca  

    Information and Outreach: The committee has been very active during the municipal election campaign advocating for a proper facility for the City of Winnipeg Archives. 

    Membership Committee: Please take a few minutes to fill in our quick survey and contribute to improving the membership renewal process. Survey closes Friday, November 4. 

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDVnjoXvozsXFuYzJIaGVLeG9EY1wUNMh2RI8y-tyWeMGiCw/viewform  

    Special Initiatives Member-at-Large: We are looking for volunteers to help with the Manitoba Day Awards! If you are interested, or want more information, please email ama1@mts.net  

    Student Member-at-Large: We will provide a report next newsletter. See you at the AGM! 

    Photo of the Month 

    This photo comes from Christy M. Henry at the SJ McKee Archives at Brandon University. Titled “1975 SF – Travellers”, this is part of a new acquisition from the Brandon Sun. 

    If you would like to feature a photo from your archives, please submit a photograph along with a sentence or two describing the records, to webmaster@mbarchives.ca.  We love to showcase the collections from our member institutions! 

    News from our members 

    The Pembina Manitou Archive website has issues from 75 different Manitoba newspapers and magazines. This digital collection has been developed through a partnership with the Manitoba Legislative Library. Visit the collection at: https://pembinamanitouarchive.ca/types/view/11  

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    Funded by a generous grant from The Winnipeg Foundation, the University of Winnipeg Archives and Oral History Centre are excited to begin the second phase of the Two-Spirit Oral History project, emphasizing life stories of Two-Spirit Elders and Knowledge-Keepers. 
     
    The first phase of the project, donated by Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc., consists of interviews conducted in 2018, during the 31st International Two-Spirit Gathering at the Sandy-Saulteaux Spiritual Centre near Beausejour, MB. The recordings have been made accessible online in accordance with the stewardship agreement signed by Two-Spirited People of Manitoba Inc., and consent agreements signed by interviewees:  
    https://archives.uwinnipeg.ca/our-collections/two-spirited-people-of-manitoba-oral-histories.html
     
     
    The stories of Two-Spirit people have been mostly absent from history owing to white settler colonization and discrimination, including within Indigenous and LGBTQ+ communities. The goal of the project is to record Two-Spirit histories for future generations by sharing their lived experiences. These stories will help to provide source material for new histories, research, and creative works about, for, and by Two-Spirit people, and they may assist people of all ages who identify as Two-Spirit, through these examples. The Archives hopes to have the second phase of the project accessible online by the end of the year.  

     

    Special Announcements 

    Webinar: Governance Back: Exploring Indigenous Approaches to Reclaiming Land Governance  

    The David Suzuki Foundation presents a free public webinar on Thursday, Nov 3 at 2:30 pm CST (3:30 EST). The panel features Aimee Craft and Valentin Lopez, and will be moderated by Rachel Plotkin. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MzZxMYQUQ5CCcdDQ2ETL6g?mkt_tok=MTg4LVZEVS0zNjAAAAGHpI10KcHyDugDBVdeAUQN2HdClt5IB7z15vRLLTjskTwAKkwApcBAYZclnJWDH0agqA1g6QiOWaIHGBI7rSx5DxhDdJ_osNnsYgUNU6X9fA-7  

    The Governance Back event is based on the recently published report, available for download at https://davidsuzuki.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSF-governance-back-September-20-v2-003.pdf  

    Call for Volunteers 

    We are always looking for members to join our committees. Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this page https://mbarchives.ca/contact   


                                            

    News for the newsletter?  

    Does your archive have a new grant or a new hire? Or do you have a collection you want to promote? Send your news to ama1@mts.net and we will include it in an upcoming newsletter. 

  • 21 Sep 2022 4:34 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    A digital version of this newsletter can be found here.

    Message from the Chair

    The AMA hopes that everyone had a good summer! As autumn arrives and we return to our usual routines, we also have new opportunities to engage with our colleagues, including our Annual General Meeting and the Heritage Summit presented by the eight Provincial Heritage Agencies.

    -Andrew Morrison, Chair of the Association for Manitoba Archives

    Save the Date! – Annual General Meeting – November 10

    Our AGM will be held Thursday, November 10, 2022. Further details will be arriving in your email inbox.

    Committee Reports

    Digital Initiatives: Digital Initiatives has cleaned up several duplicate authorities in MAIN. We also updated the subject access point “Slaves” to be “Enslaved Persons” to reflect the Library of Congress change in subject headings.

    Education and Advisory Services: The education committee continues to work on plans for a workshop on archiving emails and a series on addressing trauma in archival contexts. As well, there is interest from among the region’s museums for a workshop on developing their own archives.

    Finance and Grants: Did you know that the funding for the AMA Thesis of Distinction Award comes from our endowment fund with the University of Manitoba? We have been awarding this prize since 1994. For more information, see our website at https://mbarchives.ca/thesisaward

    Indigenous Relations: We are planning a panel discussion on MMIWG2S and Archives.

    Information and Outreach: The three committee members are maintaining the AMA's social media accounts, as well as actively fielding Advisory Services enquiries.

    Membership Committee: Psssst! Have a second to help a Membership Committee member out? Fill in our quick survey and contribute to improving the renewal process.

    Survey

    Special Initiatives Member-at-Large: We are looking for volunteers to help with the Manitoba Day Awards! If you are interested, or want more information, please email ama1@mts.net

    Student Member-at-Large: We welcome Krystal Paine as Student Member-at-Large. Krystal is a recent graduate of the Joint Master’s Program in History in the Archival Studies stream. Currently, she is a PhD student at the University of Manitoba and working as a Research Associate with Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre (University of Winnipeg). Krystal would welcome a co-rep to volunteer alongside her – please email ama1@mts.net if you are interested in this opportunity.

    Photo of the Month

    September’s photo comes from the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Archives. Thanks to archivist Gayle DeGagne for the submission.


    This photo was taken in 1951 during the Winnipeg Ballet’s “Royal Command” performance attended by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip. The young girl facing them is Janie Adams. It was photographed by David Portigal and is originally from the Winnipeg Free Press collection of the Western Canada Pictorial Index https://images.uwinnipeg.ca/action.cfm?imageNumber=41657

    Sheila Killough, one of the young dancers in 1951, wrote a charming account of the Princess’s visit:

    "We are sorry now that we gave you such a serious ballet. How we wished you could have stayed for the next number. It was a comedy and lots of fun. We feel sorry, too, that you did not have any young friends in the Royal Box. We had a party after the performance, and we wished that you could have come. You could have hung up your tiara with ours and pinned a white gardenia in your hair and danced and danced with Philip the whole evening."

    (Excerpt from The Royal Winnipeg Ballet: The First Forty Years by Max Wyman, Doubleday & Company, 1978).

    The company received Royal designation on January 31, 1953 and was the first ballet company in the Commonwealth to receive this honour.

    For more information about the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Archives, please visit https://www.rwb.org/who-we-are/alumni/alumni-association/. The Sheila Killough fonds are listed in MAIN: https://main.lib.umanitoba.ca/sheila-killough-fonds

    If you would like to feature a photo from your archives, please submit a photograph along with a sentence or two describing the records, to webmaster@mbarchives.ca.  We love to showcase the collections from our member institutions!

    Special Announcements

    Job postings

    The AMA is happy to circulate job postings to our membership. Please note that we will only circulate postings that include specific salary information (e.g., pay per hour, salary per year, or salary range). You can send your postings to ama1@mts.net

    Call for Volunteers

    We are always looking for members to join our committees.  Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this page https://mbarchives.ca/contact 


  • 27 Jul 2022 9:03 AM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    A digital version of this newsletter can be found here.

    Committee Reports

    Digital Initiatives: The Committee is revamping our registration procedures and plans to implement them in the fall.

    Education: The Education committee is making plans to hold a workshop on addressing trauma in relation to archival records. Once the workshop content has been finalized, a date will be announced. As well, interest in the archiving of emails is increasing and there are several organizations who are instituting protocols. Once their experience is known, the Education Committee plans to host a workshop on the topic.

    Advisory Services: The AMA is currently planning to hire someone to manage Advisory Services. In the meantime, if anyone needs assistance on archival protocol, plans, or questions, they should contact advocacy@mbarchives.ca and arrangements will be made to have someone contact them.

    Finance and Grants: Our funding request through the Ministry of Sport, Culture and Heritage has been approved for $28,400 and the initial $25,560 has been deposited. This grant with our donations and membership fees this month leave the total incoming funds at 25,675 for June 2022. The total accounts currently equal $136,326.00.

    Indigenous Relations: The 5th Annual Signing Ceremony for the Winnipeg Indigenous Accord was held at Oodena Circle, The Forks on June 28. We encourage you to learn more about the Indigenous Accord and consider joining as a partner. The AMA is entering our 3rd year of partnership in the Indigenous Accord. For more info, please visit: https://winnipeg.ca/indigenous/wia/

    Information and Outreach: The Information and Outreach Committee is maintaining social media accounts, as well as providing interim advisory services. Please send any questions you may have to advocacy@mbarchives.ca.

    Membership Committee: Membership has completed a survey of other provincial archives associations to review fee structure, member benefits and member categories.  The Committee is working towards a proposed revision for the AMA membership structure for the 2022 AGM.

    Student Member-at-Large: Students interested in volunteering with the AMA can send an email to ama1@mts.net or reach out to us on our social media.


    Special Announcements

    Digitization at the Morris & District Museum

    The following comes from Lou Erickson of the Morris & District Museum

    Last summer, our Morris and District Centennial Museum was fortunate to have the help of Al Thorleifson and staff from Pembina Manitou Archive (PMA) in getting a number of our treasured archival items online for public access. These included several family histories of Morris pioneer families, our “oral history” project interviews from several years ago, some aging scrapbooks of newspaper clippings compiled by older community members, and our recently researched material relating to the sites on our Morris Heritage WalkingTrails.   Al also did an in-depth study into the background of one of our museum’s most unique and valuable artefacts— an original oil painting of a Blackfoot chief, “Running Wolf, bequeathed to us by Edmund Morris— and wrote it up for us in a monograph which is also now online.  In addition, our town’s most dedicated historian, Tim Lewis, gave us free access to all his research into Morris pioneer history, including a detailed catalogue of the earliest “Scratching River” families, businesses, clubs, etc., as well as an index of our Morris cemetery, and a map of the original “river lots” identifying who owned them at that time, and all these have also been put online.  Finally, we were able to get copies of our earliest Morris newspaper, called the MORRIS HERALD, from the years 1903-1955, digitised and put online at PMA. We are so delighted to have all this now available for everyone to see, and we hope to continue the process with more of our artefacts going forward.

    If you would like to be featured in the AMA newsletter, please contact the AMA!

    1000 Residential School Photographs Found in Rome

    Raymond Frogner, Head of Archives at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), has discovered about 1000 black and white residential school photographs after being given exclusive access to the Oblate General Archives in Rome.  The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, commonly known as the Oblates, were heavily involved in the administration of Catholic residential schools where several documented cases of abuse took place.  While managing these schools, the Oblates sent records back to their headquarters in Rome.  These photographs are examples of such records and will help shed more light on this chapter of Canadian history.

    Call for Volunteers

    We are always looking for members to join our committees. Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a Committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this page https://mbarchives.ca/contact


  • 24 Jun 2022 1:16 PM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    A digital version of this newsletter can be found here.

    Message from the Chair

    Summer is here and the AMA is continuing its work.  Representatives of the eight Provincial Heritage Agencies had the opportunity to meet with Andrew Smith, Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage. The agencies were able to express their concerns about provincial funding for the future and the agencies’ abilities to provide services to the community. The discussion was productive and we hope that we will be able to provide updates in the near future.

    -Andrew Morrison, Chair of the Association for Manitoba Archives

    Committee Reports

    Digital Initiatives: The Committee is looking to revamp the event registration process on the website. Stay tuned for updates!

    Education and Advisory Services: We are currently restructuring Advisory Services. If you need assistance from Advisory Services, please email us at ama1@mts.net

    Finance and Grants: During the month of May we received $381.00 in donations to the Association for Manitoba Archives. We also collected $2631.46 in membership fees over the month. Expenses included Manitoba Day Awards catering and certificates for approximately $660.00. In total through our accounts, we currently have $111,148.83, including our savings.

    Indigenous Relations: June is Indigenous History Month. Check out the updated Resource list on our website https://mbarchives.ca/indigenous_resource_list

    Information and Outreach: The committee members are maintaining the AMA's social media accounts, as well as assisting with Advisory Services enquiries.

    Membership Committee: We are working on a number of small projects with the goal of simplifying membership application, renewal, and accreditation with the goal to ultimately grow membership and better serve our members. We are reviewing current application forms and processes in order to streamline the process and upgrade to online forms. We plan to make these forms also be printable for those members who prefer to pay by cheque. We have undertaken a comprehensive review of the accreditation process to determine how we will proceed. This review will help us decide if we will continue with the accreditation program and what it will look like going forward. We will be analyzing the current process through the lens of accessibility, effectiveness, and practical application. Stay tuned for further information. We are also reviewing lists of current and past members to guide membership growth.

    Special Initiatives Member-at-Large: The AMA wants to extend our appreciation and best wishes to Brian Hubner who is stepping down from his position as Special Initiatives Member-at-Large. We are especially grateful for all the hours he donated to encourage Manitoba Day Award nominations, standardize processes, work with other judges, and keep track of details too numerous to mention.

    We will be looking for Brian’s replacement on the Board in the fall. If you are interested, please contact Andrew Morrison or Terry Reilly through the ama1@mts.net email address.

    Student Member-at-Large: Students interested in volunteering with the AMA can send an email to ama1@mts.net or reach out to us on our social media.

    Special Announcements

    News from our members

    Pembina Manitou Archive: This summer, the Pembina Manitou Archive will continue its partnership with the Boundary Trail Heritage Region.  The project emphasis will be on identifying archival collections within local museums, reviewing their preservation status, and encouraging the museum owners of these collections to ensure their public access. For more information about the Pembina Manitou Archive, visit https://pembinamanitouarchive.ca/

    Manitoba Indigenous Tuberculosis History Project launches website

    On 21 June 2022, Indigenous Peoples Day, the Manitoba Indigenous Tuberculosis History Project (MITHP) launched their website https://indigenoustbhistory.ca 

    Website features:

    • Histories of TB sanatoriums and Indian hospitals in Manitoba
    • A searchable database of historical photos of Indigenous patients and staff in Manitoba TB hospitals
    • Digitized and searchable historical publications of the Sanatorium Board of Manitoba
    • The Missing Patients Initiative Online Research Guide: An online guide to support families of patients doing their own research to locate missing patients and burial sites
    • Publications, videos and podcasts by the MITHP team members, and a curated bibliography of books, articles, documentaries, podcasts, and government reports about Indigenous TB history in Canada
    • Updates on project research and upcoming events

    Photo of the Month

    June’s photo comes from the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

    A photograph of a crowd of people gathered at Grand Beach on Lake Winnipeg to watch Kathie McIntosh attempt to swim across the lake. After swimming for 16 hours and 42 minutes, Kathie was the first person to swim Lake Winnipeg. This black-and-white photograph was taken August 15, 1955 and is part of the Winnipeg Tribune Personalities Collection at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

    If you would like to feature a photo from your archives, please submit a photograph along with a sentence or two describing the records, to webmaster@mbarchives.ca.  We would love to showcase the collections from local institutions!

    Call for Volunteers

    We are always looking for members to join our committees. Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this page https://mbarchives.ca/contact 



  • 26 May 2022 7:51 AM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    Committee Reports

    A printable version of this document can be found here.

    Digital Initiatives: The Committee assisted with the registration for AMA events this month as well as doing some back-end work on the website.

    Education and Advisory Services: The Education Committee is planning a workshop on archiving emails. This workshop will be based on the first year of experiences shared by several archivists who are currently working on the process of archiving emails. A second workshop will discuss trauma related to archival research and the role of the archivist in addressing it. Look for registration information in the early autumn.

    Finance and Grants: The AMA has received the yearly audit report in draft form. The revenue totaled $44,376 during the 2021 financial year. A surplus of nearly $20,000 is remaining from the 2021 financial year.

    Indigenous Relations: The Introduction to the MMIWG2S Report and Calls for Justice with Dr. Karine Duhamel was held May 19. For more information on the report and calls, see https://www.mmiwg-ffada.ca/

    Information and Outreach: This Committee assisted with the Manitoba Day Awards as well as streamed City Council meetings on April 20 and 28 discussing archives.

    Membership Committee: The Committee is reviewing accreditation and investigating ways to improve the process.

    Special Initiatives Member-at-Large: The 2022 Manitoba Day Awards was a success!  Unlike previous years, it was a hybrid model with both online and in-person participants.

    Student Member-at-Large: Students interested in volunteering with the AMA can send an email to ama1@mts.net or reach out to us on our social media.

    Special Announcements

    Manitoba Day Awards

    The AMA would like to announce the winners of 2022 Manitoba Day Awards! 

    • Popular Publication: Gordon McDiarmid.  We Were Builders from Scotland.
    • Scholarly Publication (Two Winners): Chantal Fiola. Returning to Ceremony | Loewen Royden. Mennonite Farmers.
    • Exhibition/Project: Riva Symko. The Alloways' Gift | Rosalie Favell's Family Legacy.

    The AMA would like to thank all nominees and nominators for the participation in the ceremony.  Special accolades to Chris Kotecki for his contributions as a nominator throughout the awards’ history. The AMA would also like to thank the organizing committee for their work in making the event happen both in-person and virtually.

    AMA Photo of the Month

    If interested in participating, please submit a photograph along with a sentence or two describing the records, to webmaster@mbarchives.ca.  We would love to showcase the collections from local institutions!

    Call for Volunteers

    We are always looking for members to join our committees. Volunteering with the AMA is an excellent way to network with archivists, build skills, and shape the future of archives in Manitoba. If you are interested, please contact the Chair, or a Committee chair, at one of the email addresses listed on this page https://mbarchives.ca/contact

    Calla Grabish and the Distinguished Service Award

    The AMA would like to announce that Calla Grabish, recently retired archivist from the Martin H. Ainley Archives Centre of St. John's-Ravenscourt School, has been honoured by the SJR Board of Governors with a Distinguished Service Award for her leadership and exceptional service to the school.  Congratulations Calla!

     

  • 23 Apr 2022 10:56 AM | Digital Initiatives, AMA (Administrator)

    The University of Manitoba has a long and storied history in this province.  In the following blog post, Shelley Sweeney, Archivist Emerita from the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, highlights the work of volunteers to shed light on this institutions history.

    Volunteers at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections work on projects that interest them that augment the regular work done by staff. This latest project by Wayne Chan, a research computer analyst with the Centre for Earth Observation Science at the University of Manitoba, explores the forgotten places and spaces at the University using the new web version of Google Earth. Through this platform people are brought to three different campuses: the Fort Garry campus, the Bannatyne medical campus, and the old Broadway campus.

    Visitors to the site can fly between campuses and hop between various locations, or they can use the table of contents to jump to a particular place, or they can click on a pin to find out what used to be in the space before. On the right-hand side of the screen, people can read a brief description of what was there, accompanied by archival photos and short videos. The majority of these archival materials were obtained from the University of Manitoba Archives, augmented by a few photos from publications or other institutions. Wayne deliberately chose quirky or interesting places to highlight, and further enhanced his choices with unusual facts that will surprise many visitors to the site.

    Thus, visitors to the site can discover that the University of Manitoba used to be the place for an ice-making plant, where men would cut blocks of ice from the Red River to use for people’s home refrigeration. There was a provincial experimental fur farm on the Fort Garry campus, and the University had to provide its own water before being hooked up to the city system. Students used to swim in the Red River, practice shooting rifles, or play broomball on an outdoor rink. In later years, when tired, students could borrow a pillow and blanket to sleep in the University Centre Nap Rooms! In the early part of the last century the Dean of Medicine used a horse-drawn sleigh to make his way around in winter. The tour provides a fascinating glimpse of both the University and broader society in general through these historical vignettes.

    This format is ideally suited for the pandemic and for people who are interested in the University without wanting to deal with the trek out to the campuses or the confusion of making their way around the labyrinthine spaces once they get there. The tour allows people to sample the histories as they have time without having to commit to a lengthy visit. This type of interface brings archival material to new audiences and importantly, drives people to the Archives’ website. Other archives may find this format useful. I have it on Wayne’s word that the format is very easy to master through the various online tutorials.

    To visit the virtual tour, or to learn about other parts of the University’s history, go to https://libguides.lib.umanitoba.ca/c.php?g=501019&p=3430707. And if you have knowledge of other lost places on one of the University of Manitoba campuses, let the Archives know at archives@umanitoba.ca!


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