Peel's Prairie Provinces

Leap year blues

peggysue — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:39:01 +0000

Are you working an extra day this year without any extra pay? Then you might enjoy this leap year poem!

Using Peel in innovative ways

peggysue — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:46:52 +0000

Read all about a data mining project that is making use of the Peel's Prairie Provinces' newspaper collection in the ExpressNews article: "Cadillac service library"!

Happy holidays!

peggysue — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:18:28 +0000

Wondering about Christmases of the past? Why not browse our Christmas-themed postcards to get you in a festive mood. Or consider sending out a jailhouse postcard – just don't forget to add New Year's greetings! Have a safe and joyous holiday season!

Halloween on the Prairies

peggysue — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:31:24 +0000

Oooo, Halloween is here again! To get you in the spirit, why not check out some items from our collection, like this elaborate poem, this tale of Halloween antics, or these images of a Halloween show. It seems that, once upon a time, Halloween carried with it romantic connotations, as demonstrated by this Halloween story and this example of odd Halloween lore.

And even more newspapers!

gharder — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:11:34 +0000

Newly added to the site are historical runs of the Moose Jaw Herald Times, Prince Albert Times and the Qu-Appelle Times. But are we done? No way! Be sure to check back often; many more titles will be added to Peel in the coming months.

Attention genealogists!

sfarnel — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:40:52 +0000

Researchers at Carleton University have launched a national survey to understand why people are so keen on doing genealogy research, what they find and how, and what they do with all that information once they have it. More information and a link to the survey can be found at http://www.cusurveycentre.ca/gensurvey/.

Ken Tingley and "The last best West"

sfarnel — Fri, 20 May 2011 21:24:28 +0000

Interested in learning more about the selection of postcards for "the Last best West" exhibit? Listen to exhibit curator, Ken Tingley, talk about the process of mounting the exhibit and of the cultural and historic importance of this large postcard collection.

The last best West

sfarnel — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:33:09 +0000

Check out our online gallery of images from "The last best West: Glimpses of the Prairie Provinces from the golden age of postcards" exhibit. Like what you see? Want to comment? Visit the collection on Flickr. Treat yourself and visit the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library before June 24th to see the originals!

…and even more newspapers!

gharder — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:55:45 +0000

That's right: 73 newspaper titles and the list keeps growing! Just under 3 million newspaper articles – almost 400,000 pages – are now available with more online access to come as we continue to bring this important part of our Canadian cultural heritage online.

Canadiana.org: Beta discovery portal launched!

gharder — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 15:48:56 +0000

Peel's Prairie Provinces is a proud contributor to Canadiana.org: a unified discovery portal for locating links to digitized Canadian historical material. Canadiana.org has recently launched a new portal, which is well worth visiting: http://beta.canadiana.ca/co/en.