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    Hidden Gems: Edmonton Queer History Collection

    by Emily Zheng March 14, 2023
    written by Emily Zheng

    The University of Alberta Library offers access to numerous resources that are core for certain disciplines, but also really deserving of wider attention. Here is one of those gems…

    The Edmonton Queer History Collection features 2SLGBTQ+ community magazines, newsletters, and items of historical significance in and around the Edmonton area. 

    Fine Print (1983) is one of the earliest periodical issues we digitized for this collection. Lent to us by the City of Edmonton Archives.   

    The collection is an ongoing collaboration between the University of Alberta Library’s digitization services, MacEwan University Library, and the Edmonton Queer History Project, a university-community collaborative initiative. 

    The digital items are hosted on Internet Archive, where it is fully open and free to view for anyone with an internet connection. 

    What is in this collection?

    So far, we’ve digitized several periodicals from the early-1980s to the 2000’s. These titles are now available to browse & search:

    • Fine Print (1983)
    • Fresh Magazine (2003-04)
    • Times .10 (1993-2005)
    • Womonspace (1982-2008)

    And we’re in the process of adding more issues and titles.  Check back for updates! 

    Womonspace (1999) is one of the longest-running periodicals in this collection. Lent to us by the Pride Centre archives.

    Where did we get these materials? 

    All of the materials have been identified by the Edmonton Queer History Project, who also coordinated our access to the print materials, as well as securing permission to put them online.

    Some material came from organizations like the Pride Centre and the City of Edmonton Archives. Others were donated directly by the local community.

    Why are these materials important to digitize? 

    As Dr. Kristopher Wells told us:

    We are thrilled to be working in collaboration with the UofA and MacEwan university libraries to help highlight, preserve, and share important parts of Edmonton’s 2SLGBTQ+ rich and diverse history. This history has often been excluded from official archives, public records, and is still largely invisible in school curricula and text books. Edmonton’s queer community has a storied history of vibrant community groups, clubs, bars, social networks, and service organizations. Before the advent of the Internet, club newsletters and community newspapers were the primary means by which information about 2SLGBTQ+ news, events, and happenings were shared. In a very real sense, it was an underground network that was vital to building and sustaining our community. Virtually, every community group, large or small, had a newsletter of some kind ranging from Fine Print (1983), Times .10 (1993-2005), Fresh Magazine (2003-04), and Womonspace (1982-2008), among many others. Our small and growing collection represents an important archive of not only how our community has grown and evolved, but also how we have overcome adversity and flourished.

    By digitizing these records, we are trying to make a previously-hidden part of our city’s history a bit more visible. These publications can show us how marginalized individuals organized, resisted, and formed communities. And they can provide us with a historical context for some of the issues that concern us today.

    Times. 10 (1999) was printed in colour, which allowed for a vast array of vibrant photos (and photo collages!)

    Why is the University of Alberta Library Involved? 

    The University of Alberta Library’s (UAL) Digitization Strategy focuses on building unique, distinctive, and diverse digital collections to enable access to materials that are otherwise hidden. In addition to digitizing items held in our own collection, we’re open to collaboration from external groups, if they fit within our scope. This project fits perfectly with these criteria. 

    We had the digitization infrastructure, expertise, and staffing capacity at that time, so we said yes!

    What’s next for this project?
    We’ll soon be adding more issues of Times. 10. And we’re excited to start working on the Coronation Ball programs from the Imperial Sovereign Court of the Wild Rose, dating back to the 1970s. If you haven’t heard about our city’s rich history of drag, check out this series on Edmonton City as Museum Project!

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  • Ghost Tour of Western Canada: Spooky Photos from the Historical Postcards Collection

    by Emily Zheng October 27, 2022
    by Emily Zheng October 27, 2022

    This post was originally published on Oct 27, 2020. Cold fall air. Howling wind. Crackling leaves on the ground… Halloween spirit is in the air! Although these images weren’t created to scare, sepia has been generously applied by the passage of time… and they emerge as the perfect backdrop for spooky stories… Let’s start at the iconic Alberta Legislature Building, which looks like it’s holding a flashlight up to its face. A…

  • World Digital Preservation Day

    by Guest Author November 5, 2020
    by Guest Author November 5, 2020

    Happy World Digital Preservation Day! Today, November 5, is the day those of us in the library and archives community celebrate the wonderful work done to ensure that items from the past and present will be permanently preserved on open access, digital platforms to be accessed for future use.  University of Alberta Library has a number of initiatives that involve digital preservation, including our ongoing work to preserve born digital resources (ie.…

  • Let us introduce you to… Kayla Lar-Son!

    by Eva Romanick April 16, 2020
    by Eva Romanick April 16, 2020

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Library, this is ours… Meet Kayla Lar-Son!Kayla Lar-Son is an Indigenous Academic Resident in Digital Initiatives. She is also an outreach librarian for the Transition Year Program at the University. Originally, Kayla is from Tofield AB, and is a proud member of the Metis Nation. When she’s not at work she can be seen scooting around town in…

  • Indigenous Initiatives Projects at UAlberta Libraries

    by Meredith Bratland June 10, 2019
    by Meredith Bratland June 10, 2019

    Here at the library we have a stellar team of library folks working on indigenous projects to further our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation. The team consists of:Kathleen De Long, Associate University LibrarianKim Bates, Learning ManagerKayla Lar-Son, Academic Librarian ResidentGabrielle Lamontagne, Indigenous InternLeigha Rind, Indigenous InternGeordie Cardinal, Public Service AssistantLarry Laliberte, GIS LibrarianDebbie Feisst, Interim Head, HT Coutts LibrarySharon Farnel, Metadata CoordinatorAnne Carr-Wiggin, Coordinator, Indigenous InitiativesPaul Gareau, Assistant Professor, Native Studies. Here’s…

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