Thanks to a multi-year grant from the Government of Canada’s Documentary Heritage Communities Program, we have been able to continue our work on the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta Archives Backlog Project.
Since our last website update we have processed over 6 meters of additional textual records (approximately 21 banker boxes) establishing fonds for another 14 organizations, including Bertha Gold Jewish Seniors Residence, Calgary Jewish Family Loan Association, Calgary Jewish Federation, Calgary Jewish Welfare Fund, Calgary Young Judaea, Calgary Zionist Association, Calgary Zionist Council, Calgary Zionist Federation, Camp BB-Riback, Histadrut, Jewish Family Service Calgary, Jewish National Fund Calgary, Meadowlark Athletic Association [curling club], Medicine Hat Jewish Community, Mizrachi Women Calgary, Na’amat Canada-Calgary, Sharon Zionist Club of Calgary, State of Israel Bonds, The Calgary Zionist Organization, and The Little Synagogue on the Prairie Project Society. We have also processed significant accruals (archival additions) to several of our extant fonds, and completed an inventory of all of our unprocessed over-sized material.
In addition, we have begun work on the establishment of subject-specific collections, such as Zionism, Military, and Performing Arts. (In archival terms, a “collection” is a group of material collected on purpose, as opposed to a “fonds”, which consists of material generated by day-to-day activities.) For more information on the collections, or on any other aspect of the JHSSA Archives Backlog Project, please contact our office.
- “This project has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada.”
« Ce projet a été rendu possible en partie grâce au gouvernement du Canada. »
