[1] At this time, the authority to direct the classification and scheduling of government records was held by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.
Under this legislation, the restructured Provincial Documents Committee was responsible for administering government-wide records management issues.
It cost the province $4 million to convert the former Winnipeg Auditorium from an arts and entertainment venue into one for archival storage.
Its cornerstone was laid on 18 August 1932 at a ceremony attended by the Governor-General of Canada and was officially opened on 15 October 1932 by Prime Minister R. B.
It cost the province $4 million to convert the former Winnipeg Auditorium from an arts and entertainment venue into one for archival storage.
Interior renovations included removal of cantilevered balconies from the main auditorium; the exhibition galleries, with their large, arched windows, became the Reading Rooms for the Archives and Library.
Needing to access the company records, he was provided special premises to store the archives, as well as hiring of support staff, including Richard H.G.
While the writing of an official company history was abandoned in 1926, Dominion Archivist of Canada Arthur Doughty was hired that year as a consultant to organize the HBC's archives so that selected historical records could be published.
By 1927, an early version of a department of archives was in place, though it would be interrupted by the Great Depression along with the ending of Doughty's contract.
In May that year, HBC announced that the archives would be made available to the public and that researchers would be allowed direct access to records created prior to 1870.
[13] In November 2019, the HBCA completed a large-scale microfilm digitization project, with funding from the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation.
These are records that document political and legal decisions; the evolution of provincial administration; and the interaction between the government and its citizens.
The records relating to John A. Macdonald include material from his legal practice in Kingston and his personal affairs.
[11] The records relating to and created by Hugh John Macdonald were arranged in three series – subject files on personal matters, miscellaneous office files relating to clients, and records of a number of companies which Macdonald and his legal partners were investors or directors of the company.
The subject files contain, among other things, tax notices and receipts from the City of Winnipeg for Macdonald's home at 61 Carlton Street.
The archives also preserve original written documents that detail the fur trade; European exploration, mapping, and settlement of the western frontier; Indigenous peoples; treaty-making; and the initial development of what would become Canada.
Many of these documents provide detailed descriptions of native groups, forts, rivers, lakes, animals, populations, and the difficult working conditions of fur traders.
[19][20] HBCA operations are partly funded through the ongoing financial support of the Hudson's Bay Company History Foundation.
"[29] Subsequent uploads since its launch took place in July and December 2020, introduced through more 'Films from the Archives' events, this time held online due to provincial COVID-19 restrictions.
[28] On December 9, three "home movies" from the Archives were presented, respectively showing Norway House in the 1930s, Winnipeg during the 1950 flood, and Queen Elizabeth II visiting Brandon in 1959.
The Archives of Manitoba holds numerous records that document the 1919 General Strike, including those entered as exhibits in the Court of King's Bench trial of the strike leaders, including R. v. Ivens et al.[32] The six photographs presented in this exhibit were taken by professional photographer L. B. Foote on 21 June 1919, or "Bloody Saturday."