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Evolving Communities

  • How significantly has the community changed?
  • Which five pictures best tell the story of how the community changed?

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References

Title: Our Future, Our Past: The Alberta Heritage Digitization Project. Alberta Newspapers Collection
Host: University of Calgary Press
Description: This website contains a digital collection of Alberta newspapers.
Navigation Tips: To search the collection, select either a year (1885–2001) or a place and then click on Look up.
URL: http://www.ourfutureourpast.ca/newspapr/  

 

Title: A Sense of Place
Host: Archives Society of Alberta
Description: This website contains archives from communities throughout Alberta.
Navigation Tips: Click on the headings to view images and text.
URL: http://www.archivesalberta.org/place/place.htm

 

Title: Edmonton: Alberta's Capital City. City of Edmonton Archives
Host: City of Edmonton
Description: This website contains archival photographs of Edmonton and surrounding areas.
Navigation Tips: Scroll down to the middle of the screen to Online Research Tools and click on City of Edmonton Archives Photographs to access an alphabetical listing of photograph categories. Click on a category to view thumbnail images. Click on the thumbnails to enlarge and access descriptions.
URL: www.edmonton.ca/archives

 

Title: Political Institutions and Process: Representative Democracy in Action. Historic Museums
Host: Heritage Community Foundation (Now archived by the University of Alberta)
Description: This website contains information about McKay Avenue School—Edmonton’s oldest surviving brick schoolhouse that also served as Alberta’s first Legislature.
Navigation Tips: Click on headings in the left-hand-side menu or under Quick Links to access additional information.
URL: http://www.abheritage.ca/abpolitics/process/mckay_intro.html

 

Title: Museums and Historic Sites
Host: Culture and Community Spirit
Description: This website contains a database of Alberta’s provincial historic sites and museums. Links are provided to the Provincial Archives of Alberta and to the Alberta Historical Resources.
Navigation Tips: Click on Map of Alberta with Site Locations at the top of the page to access a map of historic sites and museums. Click on an icon to access additional information about historic sites and museums.
URL: http://www.culture.alberta.ca/museums/historicsiteslisting/default.aspx
Last updated: July 1, 2014 | (Revision History)
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