Camping at the Seaside: The “fashionable” thing to do in summer
From about 1894 to 1908, summer camping on the beach was considered a fashionable holiday tradition, enjoyed by many of …
History Of The Archives
This post was written by Marek Bula. The Archives has a long history. Here’s a look at how we grew. …
Spotlight on volunteers – Kaitlin Haley
Kaitlin Haley began volunteering at the Archives in the summer of 2012. After completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at …
Australia Day
January 26 is Australia Day, Australia’s national day. We have records that show some of Vancouver’s interactions with Australia and …
2012 Association of Moving Image Archivists Conference
In early December, I attended the annual conference of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) in Seattle. Here are …
Happy Holidays
The Archives will be closed from noon Monday December 24 to 9am Tuesday January 2. See you in the new …
Something’s cooking in the Archivist’s kitchen
Second in a series about the BC Sugar records While continuing to process our BC Sugar fonds, I had the …
The Archives continues ‘pinning’ content to Historypin!
This isn’t the first time we’ve blogged about our Historypin page. We’ve recently taken the time, however, to add a …
And…Action! On set in the Archives Reading Room.
Here at the Archives, we’re used to working with pre-existing documents and media, though we recently decided to try our …