Archives & Special Collections in the Dr. John Archer Library is pleased
to celebrate Archives Week in Saskatchewan, February 1 - 7, 2010.
Several activities are planned including an open house, a special
exhibit, a film night and a fun celebrity reader event.  See below for
details!  We hope that you will join in the festivities -- and help us
spread the word to your friends and family!  More information on
Archives Week is available at http://scaa.sk.ca/archivesweek2010.html or
on facebook at "Saskatchewan Archives Week 2010."
 
Archives & Special Collections
Dr. John Archer Library
archives@uregina.ca
585-4014

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Open House at U of R Archives & Special Collections
Tuesday, February 2nd - 2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
First floor, Dr. John Archer Library
Learn more about how our archival collections and services support the
teaching, research and administrative functions of the University
community.  Join a behind-the-scenes tour of our storage facility which
houses over 2.5 kilometers of archival records.  See oURspace (the
University's online institutional repository) in action, or receive
one-on-one assistance in depositing materials.  Enjoy displays of items
from our holdings.  Refreshments will be served.  Come and go, or come
and stay.

"Celebrating Archives With The Regina Five" Exhibit
January 15 - February 15
First Floor Display Case (across from Borrowing Desk), Dr. John Archer
Library
Artists and Regina College instructors Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, Ken
Lochhead, Art McKay and Doug Morton gained national attention as “The
Regina Five” after a 1961 exhibition at the National Gallery of
Canada.  The University of Regina Archives & Special Collections is
proud to be home to all of the existing archival collections of the
Regina Five.  Check out this colourful display for a glimpse at the
treasures contained in these collections.  

--Other Archives Week Events That Will Feature Materials from U of R
Archives & Special Collections--

“From the Vault: Archives on the Big Screen”
Wednesday, February 3 - 7:00 p.m.
Regina Public Library Film Theatre, 2311 12th Ave.
Join us for an evening of short films from archives in Saskatchewan.
Guest commentators include the U of R's Sarah Abbott, Thomas Bredohl and
Bill Brennan.  Be swept off your feet in "This Generation: A Prairie
Romance," an eighty year old dramatized documentary that portrays the
romance of living on a Saskatchewan farm.  See a circa 1935 film which
documents ground-breaking research at the U of S.  Witness archival
documents coming to life in “A Curious Friendship,” “A
Chaplain’s War.”  Enjoy the first public screening of the U of R
Archives & Special Collections' "Spectacle, Sport and Story: Picturing
the 1936 Olympics," a short film featuring trading cards from Germany's
politically charged Olympic Games.       
Presented by the Saskatchewan Council for Archives & Archivists & the
Regina Public Library
FREE ADMISSION

“Spotlight on the Past: Celebrity Readings from Archives in
Saskatchewan”
Thursday, February 4 - 7:00 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum Theatre (corner of Albert St. and College
Avenue)
Discover Saskatchewan's past - both playful & profound - with
appearances by Mary Balogh, Gail Bowen, Roger Currie, J.C. Garden, Rod
McDonald, Jill Morgan & Scott Schultz.  Reception to follow.  
Presented by the Saskatchewan Council for Archives and Archivists
FREE ADMISSION