M is for Map Open House! Please join us today and tomorrow from 1-5 pm for an open house featuring archival maps dating from 1709 to the 20th century. We look forward to seeing you there! #ArchivesAtoZ
We're processing a collection of artwork by Nina Hepburn Dinwoodie who lived at #Cartwright with her husband, #HBC employee, W.A. Dinwoodie. This is a small sampling of the large group of drawings she created in the 1920s. #WomensHistoryMonth#HBCArchives#Natsitok#NunatuKavut
“In 1985 I began an interview with Gilbert Abraham, of the Saulteaux tribe of the Objibwe Nation, who told me about his childhood experiences in a boarding school… The trauma of his childhood began when he was separated from his family and loved ones.” (1/2)
1/2 "For the typewriter was the woman’s machine. In the late 1800s the word ‘typewriter’ could mean the woman who used the machine as well as the machine itself."
Join us tonight at 7 p.m. for our online film night "Our Rivers - Masters or Servants" featuring 3 films about Manitoba's rivers, floods and flood prevention projects including the Red River Floodway. https://t.co/KiVp0Pd6Fi #YourArchivesMB#SafeAtHomeMB
Today, every view of this video helps create positive change. All you need to do is watch it and Bell will donate 5¢ more to Canadian mental health initiatives. Retweet to help spread the word! #BellLetsTalk
Join us at 7 p.m. tonight for our #ArchivesAtHome online film night featuring Government promotional films from the 1940's, 50's and 60's. https://t.co/vwxfxwYktm #SafeAtHomeMB#YourArchivesMB
Check out this newly uploaded 1957 film “Centre of Fashion” which features a fashion show staged in The Bay’s downtown #Winnipeg store displaying #MadeInManitoba designs. https://t.co/w1h92YKooO #HBC#HBCArchives@HBCHeritage
@EliseEpp is Winnipeg's leading slow fashion activist, advocating for industry change and accountability. She's the Regional Coordinator for Fashion Revolution Winnipeg, an organization that advocates for safe, clean, and fairway clothing. #Future40
In October 2014, the HBCA established the Names and Knowledge Initiative. The goals of the project are twofold: to name unidentified or misidentified people and places in HBCA records and to make these records accessible. https://t.co/667ODt7NV1 @MBGovArchives
#DYK we have hundreds of photos and other records of the past 94 years at The Bay’s downtown Winnipeg store? Here are just a few of our favourites! #HBC
Proud to have our Names and Knowledge Initiative featured in @CanadasHistory for their 100th anniversary issue. Contact HBCA if you recognize anyone in the photos featured in the magazine article: https://t.co/WftyfbF2W8
Looking for ideas for a #Manitoba staycation? Watch the 1934 film "Vacation Attractions in the Whiteshell Forest Reserve of Eastern Manitoba", just one of the recently uploaded films found on our website: https://t.co/tQ5uaGpMJv
To celebrate #ManitobaDay on May 12, we have launched an online film event. Follow the link to watch 6 videos spanning from 1926-1968 that highlight some activities and iconic sites in Manitoba: https://t.co/SCUTZOHhcr