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Where can I get access to old Alberta newspapers? (supermeter.social)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all,

I was wondering if anybody knew where I could access to some old newspapers based in Alberta. I've been working on expanding information about the Calgary music scene in MusicBrainz, and I've been getting to a point where finding information on some bands online has been a pain with some having next to no information online.

Thanks for any help in advance!

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[–] Eczpurt 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Alberta has its own provincial archives. Never been but it sounds like everything is available on microfilm at the physical location. You got newspapers from all sorts of towns big and small dating back about a century.

Website was a little janky on mobile but it's probably more beneficial to go in person to find what you want anyways!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I actually used to live super close to it! I've used the microfilm on site years ago, but unfortunately I've moved to Calgary. :(

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

"unfortunately I've moved to Calgary."

This made me giggle.

[–] higante 2 points 11 months ago

I used to work for the Alberta Heritage Digitization Project, in the mid 2000's. We were scanning all the newspapers on microfiche from the late 1800s to like 2000 i think. A quick search looks like Calgary public has access, if not we were based at the u of c. They probably have it hosted somewhere.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Your local nerd to the rescue (hopefully not too late)!

You are absolutely going to want a library card to save you a lot of searching time. Here are some of the online resources you can use once you have one: