Remembering Jeannine Green
We are deeply saddened by the recent passing of our dear friend and former colleague, Jeannine Green, who retired from the University of Alberta in 2010. Jeannine worked in Bruce Peel Special Collections as the Assistant Special Collections Librarian from 1981 to 2004 and as Special Collections Librarian and unit head from 2004 to 2010. She earned a bachelor’s degree (BASpec) in 1977 and a master’s degree (MLS) in 1980 from the University of Alberta. She was also a sessional instructor in the U of A’s School of Library and Information Studies where she taught History of the Book. Jeannine mentored scores of students, librarians, and library staff, and we remember her friendship and achievements with great pride. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Accolades for Ancestors catalogue!
Curators: Sarah Carter and Inez Lightning
21 September 2022 to 31 March 2023 (open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays from 1-4pm; class/group visits may be requested for Mondays 1-4pm by writing to bpsc@ualberta.ca). Note that the exhibition is closed February 20th and April 7th-10th.
Link to introductory exhibition
The Ancestors exhibition catalogue—winner of the Margaret McWilliams Book Award in the Popular History category, one of three finalists in the Women Writers category for a High Plains Book Award, recognized with an honorable mention (8. Exhibition Catalogues) in the annual University & College Designers Association (UCDA) Awards, and reviewed by Felix Berry in Prairie History 8 (Summer 2022)—is sold out in the Peel library, but is still available through University of Alberta Press or Indigo.
This exhibition explores a selection of photographs from a rich and diverse collection with potential for enhancing our understanding of the history, economies, culture, ceremonies, and art of the Indigenous Peoples of the western provinces. By sharing the many insights and perspectives generously provided to them by Elders and keepers of traditional knowledge, the curators hope to show us some of the ways that the photographs in this exhibition represent more than moments frozen in time; they carry stories and legacies into the future.
To learn from these photographs, it is crucial that we try to understand them in context. Most of these photographs were created in the nineteenth century by non-Indigenous photographers. Frequently sold as souvenirs or postcards, these images of Indigenous peoples were contrived and disseminated for commercial, ideological, and imperial reasons, and they seemed to satisfy a hunger for exotic, nostalgic, and romanticized depictions of so-called “vanishing” peoples.
Many of the photographs from the Indigenous Photograph Collection can be viewed online through the Internet Archive.
A digital version of the print gallery guide, for use when viewing the exhibition, is available here.
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BRUCE PEEL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS HOURS
Peel Workshops, Winter 2023
Those who have participated in Peel Workshops have found it deeply rewarding to work with primary materials, to learn about the history of books, to hold special rare books in their hands, and to discover what kinds of knowledge can be gleaned from the material objects themselves. For the winter term, we plan to offer a mix of small in-person and larger online workshops, as well as a couple of evening workshops.
Registration is required. Find detailed workshop descriptions here. Please login using your UALBERTA ID to register here. If you join a waitlist you may be interested in knowing that there is usually some movement in the days right before the workshop.
Becoming Pauline Johnson: A Mohawk Author’s Breakthrough Moment
Exploring the Diversities of the Book Form: Artists’ Books
Secrets to Success in Archival Research
Online at 10:00-11:20am on Thursday, 26 January 2023
Preserving Treasured Collections
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Exploring the Diversities of the Book Form: Artists’ Books
In-person at 10-11am on Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Teeny Marvels
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Where Do Our Ideas about Witchcraft Come From?
In-person at 10-11am on Tuesday, 7 February 2023
Teeny Marvels
Online at 10-11am on Wednesday, 8 February 2023
From the Grotesque to the Sublime: Exploring Rare Medical Books
Online at 10:00-11:20am on Tuesday, 14 February 2023
Secrets of the Rare Book Library
Online at 10-11am on Wednesday, 15 February 2023
Images from Edmonton’s Past