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Every holiday season, children everywhere write letters to Santa. Well, what if he wrote back? Stuart Adams, local author and Edmonton Downtown Christmas Light-Up Santa from 1989 to 2004, seeks to answer that very question in this heart-warming story book.

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 Historical Society of Southern Alberta

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

These acid-free folders offer maximum protection and are the basic element for long-term storage of documents, small prints/photos, and other materials.

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 settlement and eventually into a small city.

Author: Carol Snyder

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 several news stories from the time. Through it, you can relive one of the greatest expansion periods in Alberta s history!

From starvation, epidemics and land surveys primarily affecting the Indigenous people, to the beginnings of missions and the exploding gold rush, this book documents key events that helped shape the Lesser Slave Lake Region.

During this time, life in the North was being tested. Settlers were moving into the area and the fur trade was considered an economic driver to place Edmonton as a commercial centre. At the same time, the old ways of life, transportation methods and cultural activities were still taking place.

While the focus of this book is the Lesser Slave Lake Region, other areas are included. Northern Alberta which is now about half the province   is a vast geographical space. People were bound to each other through travel routes and the fur trade. What happened in one community often affected the next, even if they were several hundred kilometres apart.

Four themed commentaries give timelines and information on the following subjects: Fur Trade, Travel, Settlement/Development and Indigenous Impacts. An index of names, places and other information containing brief descriptions of events is available in the back of the book. The included articles offer newsworthy highlights and present a snapshot of the people and events in the region.

Author: Sheila Willis

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: Nathalie Kermoal

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 those early days that the stately mansion, arguably the most imposing in the relatively new province of Alberta, would always serve as a vice-regal residence, given its luxury and grandeur. A mere 25 years later, however, this role ended and the world events would cast their shadow on Alberta, and the building would be called into a less glamourous kind of duty.

Author: Jane Ross

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

Author: Documentary Heritage Society of Alberta (DHSA)

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Interested in preserving your family's memories, but don't know where to start? These Genealogy Starter Kits, specific to textile and map preservation, can help you take that first step in preserving the records of your family history. Each kit comes with a clamshell box, white cotton gloves, a notebook, five sheets of unbuffered tissue and five sheets of buffered tissue paper.

Reproducing audio format material from the PAA holdings to DVD or digital media storage. $80 per audio item. Please note that completion time on audiovisual transfers can extend upwards of 90 days.