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Digital Archives

Archives & Special Collections has digitized tens of thousands of items from the many collections in its holdings.  Digitizing these records means users can access archival material any time of day, any day of the week, from any internet location.  The following digital collections range in scope from the entirety of certain collections, to portions of others, to thematic exhibitions featuring digitized samples of several collections.  Please remember that although there is a large portion of archival material available on-line, this is but a fraction of the volume of the Archives' holdings.  If you can not find the resource you desire on-line, please contact the Archives or visit us in person.

Make sure you check out the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections' channel on YouTube, UMA-TV. Here is where you will find digitized versions of video and film held in the Archives, as well as informative and interesting original content pertaining to the Archives and its records.  Subscribe to the channel and receive updates when new material is posted on-line.  And don't forget the What the Fonds? blog where you can find all kinds of funny, interesting, or cool stuff from our holdings.

We have also included a selection of photographs on the new website HistoryPin.  HistoryPin allows you to overlay historic photographs on top of Google Streetview, allowing you to juxtapose the past with the present.  Check out our collection here: My Photos on HistoryPin.

New Exhibits:

• King James Bible, 1611 (First Edition) 

Other Digital Exhibits:

• Arctic Blue Books Online
• Archives of the Agricultural Experience
• Henry Budd Letters
• A.H. Reginald Buller Botanical Drawings
• Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Winnipeg Chapter fonds
• Canadian Wartime Experience
• Dysart Memorial Collection of Rare Books and Manuscripts Virtual Exhibition  
• Glee at the University
• Frederick Philip Grove/Felix Paul Greve & Else v. Freytag-Loringhoven Images
• Emil & Lynette Hain fonds
• Hamilton Family fonds  
• Irene Knysh fonds
• Landmarks, Monuments, and Built Heritage of the West
• Manitoba Historical Maps' Photostream  
• McLuhan the Manitoban
• Talwin Morris Rare Book Exhibition
• Hilda Morrish fonds
• North-West Rebellion Photograph Gallery
• Prairie Immigration Experience
• Prairie Populist: A Window on a Nation Building Experience
• Prairie Prestige: How Western Canadian Artists Have Influenced Canadian Art
• Louis Riel Photograph Gallery
• Eleanor Roosevelt Convocation Address
• Selected Illustrations from the Rare Book Collection
• Andrew Taylor fonds
• Charlie Thorson fonds  
• Winnipeg Jets & Professional Hockey
• The Winnipeg Tribune fonds
• Women and Education

Note: To view the digitized material in several of these digital collections you will have to enable pop-up windows on your computer's web browser.

• If using Internet Explorer (XP SP2), Go to "Tools"|"Pop-up Blocker"|"Turn Off Pop-up Blocker" OR Keep the Control (Ctrl) keypressed down while clicking on the links to the digitized material.
• If using Mozilla Firefox, Go to "Tools"|"Options"|"Web Features" and uncheck "Block Popup Windows."
• If using Safari, Go to "Safari"|"Block Pop-up Windows" and make sure that menu option is unchecked.

You may also have to remove your Google toolbar which also contains a pop-up blocker.  To do so, access "Control Panel" in "My Computer", select "Add or Remove Programs", and select "Google Toolbar".