Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada Conference
At the end of May I attended the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada’s (SSAC) annual conference held …
Preserving Fronds, not fonds: The Conservation and Digitization of a Fern Album
Picking up from our last blog post on the curious history of the fern album, for this month’s post, we …
An Album of Fronds, not fonds
Some of the more curious acquisitions by first City Archivist Major J.S. Matthews have taken time to make fully discoverable …
Caught in a bind: Digitization with an Atiz book scanner
We have long recognized the importance of increasing accessibility to our City Council Meeting Minutes series (COV-S31), from providing microfilm …
Finding Your Way Through City Council Minutes
Over the past year or so Archives staff have been working on two long-term projects to improve access to one …
Records Roundup IV
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a Records Roundup for y’all, so we’re due. This series was started in …
Happy Holidays!
A reminder that the Archives will be closed for the holidays at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, December 24th and will …
Lighting up the province: Neon Products design records now available
The Archives is pleased to announce that records of Vancouver’s first and longest-lived neon sign company, Neon Products, are now …
Just Encased: A Spotlight on the Conservation Treatment and Digitization of Cased Photographs
Cased photograph is a term used to describe a class of photographs popularized in the mid-19th century that includes daguerreotypes, …
Visions of the Good Life: Landscape architecture of Desmond Muirhead, Clive Justice & Harry Webb
The Archives is pleased to announce that the entirety of the architectural drawings of the partnerships of Desmond Muirhead, Clive …