On June 30, 2012, the JHSSA hosted an event unveiling a plaque for the site of the old Smithbilt Hat Factory, now the home of Hotel Arts. The event, part of Historic Calgary Week, highlighted the early history of Smithbilt hats, and company founder Morris Shumiatcher. We...
The JHSSA now has a twitter account. Board member Harry Sanders, Calgary's outgoing historian laureate, has agreed to do some tweeting for us. Check it out at: https://twitter.com/JHSSA1 A link from our home page is coming soon....
The office hours over Pesach will be: March 25 9:00-12:00 March 26 Closed March 27 Closed March 28 9:00-12:00 April 1 Closed April 2 Closed We will resume normal hours on Wednesday, April 3. Chag Sameach, have a lovely Passover....
Doug Cass, Director of Library and Archives at the Glenbow, hosted two informative sessions for the JHSSA. On January 8, 2013, we were given a tour behind the scenes of the archives. This climate controlled area consists of rolling shelves allowing the archives to fill...
Our next event will be a Tribute to Jack Switzer z'"l at 7:30 on May 13th. Watch this space for details....
Everyone in the office is delighted that Agi Romer Segal is back from her sabbatical. We have definitely missed her. Her return means that we are back to business as usual in the Archives, and can accept donations of archival materials. It also means that we...
There will be no office hours from December 24th through January 1st. We will resume normal hours on January 2nd, 2013....
Amendment to the Fall issue of Discovery: the tribute to Jack Switzer z’’l will be held on May 13th, rather than on May 6th. Please save this date in your calendar....