Books

Did you know that the Archives Store sells an assortment of local history books? Many of the authors are from Alberta and have done a lot of the heavy lifting for you on a variety of research topics - often right here at the PAA!

 

Check out our collection of books covering topics with wide ranging interests: Francophone history - counterfeit currency schemes - escapes from Germany - oh my!

A JOYFUL HARVEST: CELEBRATING THE JEWISH CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTHERN ALBERTA LIFE 1889-2005

A Joyful Harvest tells the story of Jewish life in southern Alberta from 1889 to 2005, beginning with the early pioneers who came from distant lands to the southern most reaches of what was then the Northwest Territories.

Author: Jewish Histo (more)

AFTER THE FUR TRADE: LIVING ON THE LAND

This book is an in-depth look at four of the original homesteader families of Edmonton who staked river lots in about 1870 in the area now known as Highlands. It is a story of Edmonton as it moved from a fur trading post into a farming settle (more)

ALBERTA HISTORY: LESSER SLAVE LAKE REGION, NEWS REVIEWS V1: 1880-1896

Colonial & Indigenous relationships, the fur trade, methods of transportation. From 1880 to 1896, these changes were happening faster than ever before in Northern Alberta!

Containing an overview of these transformations, this book documents s (more)

ALBERTA, FORMERLY A PART OF THE NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES

An Index to Birth, Marriage and Death Registrations Prior to 1900.

Author: Documentary Heritage Society of Alberta (DHSA)

 

ALBERTA'S FRANCOPHONES

This collection of photographs culled from various archival holdings throughout the province is animated by the author's desire to pay homage to the French-speaking men and women who have left their imprint on the history of Alberta.

Author: (more)

ALBERTA'S GOVERNMENT HOUSE: A VICE REGAL RESIDENCE 1913-2013

In October of 1913, George Hedley Vicars Bulyea, Alberta's first lieutenant governor, celebrated the completion of Government House by throwing a grand fete, to which he invited Albertans from all walks of life. It was easy to imagine in thos (more)

AT FIRST GLANCE

ON SALE!

These portraits offer a close-up view of people who, in point of fact, are impossibly distant from us. More than thirty years of day after day has long since transformed them into whatever they were to become. Yet here they are in cl (more)

BOOZE AND BARS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF PUB CULTURE IN THE CROWSNEST PASS

Welcome to the Crowsnest Pass!

In a region shaped by industry and tragedy, the Crowsnest Pass survived and has created one of the most vibrant and beautiful watering holes in the Canadian Rockies. Surviving amazing hardships in the Crowsnest (more)

BRUTINEL: LE REMARQUABLE DESTIN D'UN FRANÇAIS, BRIGADIER-GÉNÉRAL DE L'ARMÉE CANADIENNE

L'extraordinaire chronique d un citoyen français, Brigadier-Général dans l armée canadienne. Brutinelest la biographie fascinante d un immigrant français en Alberta, Canada, relatée par des amis intimes de la famille, Dominique et Jacques Bay (more)

BRUTINEL: THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF A FRENCH CITIZEN BRIGADIER-GENERAL IN THE CANADIAN ARMY

Raymond Brutinel was born into an old family from Alet-lesbains, in South-East of France. At the age of 16 he abandoned his studies to travel around the world on some of the last sailing ships. After his military service in Tarbes in the Sout (more)

CELEBRATING MUSICAL EXCELLENCE

Celebrating 70 years of the Edmonton Youth Orchestra 1952-2022.

Author: Josephine Boxwell

DAIRIES OF EDMONTON 1905-1955

A historical account of the dairies of Edmonton from 1905 to 1955.

Author: Bob Snyder

DAL & RICE

In 1914 Godfrey Davis arrived in India, a junior officer in the Indian Civil Service. When he reluctantly returned to England thirty years later he was a high court judge with a knighthood and a great love for India. He sympathized with the i (more)

EDMONTON HOUSE JOURNALS: CORRESPONDENCE & REPORTS 1806-1821

In 1795, the Hudson's Bay Company established Edmonton House and the North West Company Fort Augustus a few kilometers downstream from the present-day city of Edmonton. Although both posts were moved several times, they operated side by side (more)

EDMONTON HOUSE JOURNALS: INCLUDING THE PEIGAN POST 1826-1834

As Edmonton entered its fourth decade, its future as one of the most profitable Hudson's Bay Company posts seemed secure, but were its best days behind it? In the late 1820s and the 1830s, John Rowand, the imposing figure in charge of the for (more)

EDMONTON HOUSE JOURNALS: REPORTS FROM THE SASKATCHEWAN DISTRICT INCLUDING THE BOW RIVER EXPEDITION

1821-1826

During the 1820s, Edmonton House re-emerged as the headquarters of a much larger Saskatchewan trading district of the Hudson's Bay Company. Its fur-gathering hinterland extended from the southern edges of the boreal forest near pres (more)

ESCAPE FROM GERMANY

Out of the ten thousand British Air Force prisoners who were in permanent camps in Germany in the Second World War, less than thirty ever reached Britain or neutral territory, despite the most energetic and highly-organized attempts. Even so, (more)

EVER-WIDENING CIRCLES: A HISTORY OF ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE

A history of St. Stephen's College, this book tells the stories, not only of the college, the theological students and the faculty who have worked there, but also of the high school, university and nursing students who, for many years, called (more)

GAVIN BRECKENRIDGE 1870-1946

This book is an in-depth research report about Gavin Breckenridge, his family, and the Hazelwood Dairy.

Author: Bob Snyder

 

HER VOICE, HER CENTURY: FOUR PLAYS ABOUT DARING WOMEN

Celebrate the trailblazing women of Alberta's past! Pick up a copy of Her Voice, Her Century, written by three local authors, including one of our very own Reference Archivists - Karen Simonson! This book of four short plays draws from a rich (more)

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