Books

Books & Other Print Materials

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This collection includes a wide variety of monographs, ephemera, and periodicals related to the history of the Prairie Provinces.

Highlights include printed advertisements promoting local businesses, cultural events, government programs, and elections. Many documents were created or collected by educational institutions, religious organizations, associations, and unions. You'll also find reports, booklets, pamphlets, letters, and other ephemeral print materials about a range of topics.

Program from Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival (2003).

Cover of the 2003 Edmonton's Labatt Blues Festival program with a black and white image of a Black woman in a white dress singing into a microphone.

Gladstone's Glory Years Vol. 4: a compilation of newspaper clippings about Gladstone, Manitoba taken from the Gladstone Age newspaper (1901-1914)

Cover of the Gladstone's Glory Years book including a black and white image of Gladstone teacher Miss Minnie Schooley.

Program from the Calgary Stampede (1972)

Cover of the 1972 Calgary Stampede program containing the image of cowboy bareback riding a bucking horse.

Betty's Scrapbook of Little Recipes for Little Cooks: a compilation of recipes saved from the Nor'West Farmer journal

Cover of Betty's Scrapbook of Little Recipes for Little Cooks.

Schedule of events from the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba (1967)

Peel's Prairie Provinces

Books & Other Print Materials