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    International Archives Week: A Look Inside the U of A Archives

    by Guest Author June 9, 2025
    written by Guest Author

    The University of Alberta Archives is proud to join a global movement for accessibility by being represented linked on the International Council on Archives’ #ArchivesAreAccessible Map. This demonstrates our dedication to ensuring archives are open, inclusive, and available to all.

    In honour of International Archives Week June 9-13, 2025, we invited Amy Kamel to share her reflections of her work at the University of Alberta Archives as a Student Assistant. 

    A daydreamer by nature, I have spent my life fascinated by any topic or task that would sit still long enough for me to examine it. During my grade school years I was an aspiring librarian, actor, diplomat, teacher, and biologist in turn, among many others I’ve forgotten. Arriving at my third decade had me reimagining these childhood interests, and enrolling in a Master of Library and Information Studies degree at the University of Alberta. I had decided that if I could not be an expert in everything, I would support experts in as many fields as possible.

    While completing my degree, I have had the good luck of holding a student position at the University of Alberta Archives. This has allowed me to learn a range of skills I would not otherwise have been exposed to. What I did not anticipate is the depth of exposure I would have to fields unrelated to my own. For example, the first materials I learned to process with was a large collection of botanical maps of Alberta and their accompanying notes. It was an effective process to learn through and also gifted me with a unique look into the work of an experienced botanist. My eighth grade self was thrilled.

    One of the most enjoyable accessions I have processed thus far is the textual records of prominent Edmonton actor and director Tom Peacocke. The University of Alberta Archives received Tom’s collection of scripts and notes after his passing in November of 2022. Since it was no longer my first inventory, I was more able to enjoy the process of exploring the materials in my care. The scripts we received covered his whole career, and as I inventoried his many projects I could see the ways his style and strategies evolved over the years as well as the consistency in his work ethic. It is an honour to see so much of a person’s legacy beautifully bound and carefully stored in front of you.

    UAA-2024-022-44 “Colours in the Dark” production
    UAA-2024-022-24 “Oh Holy Ghost, Dip Your Fingers in the Blood of Canada and Write I Love You” production

    While I was processing Tom’s scripts I met a researcher who was in the middle of reviewing materials related to the Edmonton theatre community, which was directly associated with the accession on my desk. In my limited experience at the Archive, this does not seem to be a singular occurrence. Over the past year I have met researchers accessing our records for topics from historical pandemics to food sources to personal genealogies. Each accession I encounter in my work is valuable in its own right, but this diversity of subjects I see from our researchers gives me context beyond the preservation of our shared history.

    Growing familiar with archival practice has been fascinating and gratifying. Something about the careful indexing and housing of valuable records has deepened my sense of connection to the rich, layered community in Alberta and Canada-wide. The skills themselves have been a gift. Even more so has the experience been a validation that our cultural and institutional memories are precious, and that I have found my place in connecting people from any practice with the information they need. Perhaps my inner child may finally be satisfied.


    This week we are celebrating the achievements of our graduating student library staff, including Amy. Read more about our graduating student library staff here: Convocation Spotlight: Celebrating our Student Library Staff

    This content is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons licence.

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  • Preserving Born-Digital Records at the University of Alberta Archives

    by Guest Author November 7, 2024
    by Guest Author November 7, 2024

    Happy World Digital Preservation Day! On the first Thursday of November, the international community of digital archivists, librarians, curators, creators, users, and everyone interested in or responsible for the preservation of digital records celebrates World Digital Preservation Day (#WDPD). The 2024 theme is Preserving Our Digital Content: Celebrating Communities. The WDPD is the initiative of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC). It allows us to connect with colleagues and like-minded people and “celebrate…

  • Plamondon interviews of Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain now available through Aviary

    by Guest Author September 17, 2024
    by Guest Author September 17, 2024

    Stories of immigration and settlement, homesteading and going to school in the countryside, church life and traditional remedies, folk songs and recipes of old fashioned doughnuts – these are some of the topics covered in the interviews in the University of Alberta Archives’ (UAA) Héritage Franco-Albertain fonds. The fonds consists of 15.4 m of textual records as well as numerous audio recordings generated by the “Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain.” This fonds was acquired…

  • Les interviews de Plamondon du Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain maintenant disponibles chez Aviary

    by Guest Author September 17, 2024
    by Guest Author September 17, 2024

    Histoires d’immigration, vie à la ferme, remèdes traditionnels, chansons folkloriques et recettes de beignets à l’ancienne, tels sont quelques-uns des sujets abordés dans les interviews des fonds Héritage Franco-Albertain des Archives de l’Université de l’Alberta (UAA). Les fonds comprennent 15,4 m de documents textuels ainsi que de nombreux enregistrements audio générés par le Projet Héritage Franco-Albertain. Les fonds ont été acquis par les Archives de l’Université de l’Alberta en 2019 auprès des…

  • Préserver les souvenirs, un peu à la fois : L’histoire de FRED et Kryoflux !

    by Guest Author October 31, 2023
    by Guest Author October 31, 2023

    Cet article de blog a été écrit par: Maryna Chernyavska Le 2 novembre 2023, les Archives de l’Université de l’Alberta (UAA) célèbrent la Journée mondiale de la préservation numérique. Cette journée constitue une excellente occasion de parler de tout ce qui touche à la conservation numérique. À cette occasion, nous aimerions vous présenter de nouveaux “membres” de l’équipe de l’UAA – FRED et KryoFlux. Découvrez FRET et KryoFlux Le FRED (Forensic Recovery of…

  • Preserving Memories, One Bit at a Time:the FRED and KryoFlux Story!

    by Guest Author October 31, 2023
    by Guest Author October 31, 2023

    This blog post was written by: Maryna Chernyavska The University of Alberta Archives (UAA) is celebrating World Digital Preservation Day on November 2nd. Originally initiated by the Digital Preservation Coalition, it is held on the first Thursday of every November and is a great opportunity to talk about all things digital preservation. On this occasion, we would like to introduce you to new “members” of the UAA team – FRED and KryoFlux. Meet…

  • Discover Archives: Getting to Know Archival Descriptions

    by Guest Author April 11, 2023
    by Guest Author April 11, 2023

    This post was written by Digital Archivist, Maryna Chernyavska In previous posts, we introduced you to the University of Alberta Archives and some of the ways you can search our holdings, and shared some tips on how to search the Discover Archives database. Today, we would like you to get to know archival descriptions and how they help you discover archival materials. You might have noticed that Discover Archives database looks and…

  • Searching the University of Alberta Archives: Using Discover Archives

    by Guest Author March 23, 2023
    by Guest Author March 23, 2023

    A couple of months ago we introduced you to the University of Alberta Archives and some of the ways you can search our holdings. Today Digital Archivist, Maryna Chernyavska take a deeper dive into the Discover Archives database.  About Discover Archives Discover Archives is an online archival database that allows you to discover what archival materials are housed at the University of Alberta Archives (UAA), Bruce Peel Special Collections and the University…

  • Digitizing vintage media – A tale of three films

    by Guest Author January 24, 2023
    by Guest Author January 24, 2023

    In early December 2022 the University of Alberta Archives and Alumni Relations Events team partnered with Metro Cinema to host a screening of three recently restored and digitized silent films from the Archives’ holdings: Le charme des fleurs, Le Remplaçant and The Honor of the Law. These films have also been uploaded to and made freely available to the public through our digital audiovisual repository Aviary.  The tale of these three films…

  • From The Archives – Wintery Fun

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson December 21, 2022
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson December 21, 2022

    Our annual holiday break is just around the corner and many of us are making plans for the time off from studies and/or work!  In today’s blog post we take a look through our archives for a glimpse of the past times and life of long ago winters. Lets start with these students at our Law Library in the 1960’s. It certainly looks like they need a break!  I wonder what our…

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