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New Archives Video in City's Media Room:

For a high-resolution version, or to watch other videos, go to the Media Room.

The Mc & Mc Hardware Catalogue has just been made available for download as a single pdf file (270 MB)

Vancouver Vignettes
Thumbnail reference guide to the exhibit on our video wall.

The Archives made a submission to the Canadian Government consultations on copyright. You can read it here: http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/008.nsf/eng/02489.html

The Archives' Fall 2009 Newsletter is now available. Featuring the Grouse Mountain Highway and Scenic Resort fonds, quotes from Major Matthews, and more.

City Archives videos now available online: read the news release

Search our moving images, browse highlights and see us on YouTube

In the Gallery June 23, 2009 - March 31, 2010:

Black Communities in British Columbia, 1858 – 2008
The exhibition explores an often-ignored aspect of BC’s history, highlighting the various ways that members of the Black community have enriched the culture, and contributed to the growth and development of the province.

You Have to be Brave to go by Car! (April 2009)
New online exhibit. Travel by automobile has always been hazardous.

We have new procedures for ordering reproductions as of April 8, 2009. For more information, see Reproduction Services.

The Archives' latest newsletter is now available. This issue's featured fonds is the Vancouver Little Theatre Association fonds.

Coming in on a wing and a prayer: Early Aviation in Vancouver (February 2009)
The Flying Seven, biplanes, a crash and more.

Images from the book launch for The Man Who Saved Vancouver by Daphne Sleigh, held at the Archives June 8, 2008.

Cats in the Archives? You Bet! (October 2008)
Images of cats from the Archives' holdings.

New merchandise for sale (October 2008)
New seasonal cards and a DVD of the earliest motion picture footage of Vancouver are now available.

Hogan's Alley Before the Demolition (August 2008)
Buildings and streetscapes of the area known as Hogan's Alley, taken before its demolition in the late 1960s.

Mayor Sam Sullivan proclaimed June 8 to 14 as City of Vancouver Archives Week in honour of the Archives' 75th anniversary. See video of the proclamation.

New Parking Procedures at Archives - effective April 14th, 2008

A pilot site for the Yip Sang Correspondence Project, is now available as part of our new Digitized Holdings section.

We now have WiFi access in our Reading Room to allow patrons to search our database on site using their own laptops.

As a security measure, the Archives is now requiring photo identification to be shown when registering.

Moving images now searchable: Using the Refined Search Screen, for Medium select video*/film reel*, and for Level select item, to produce a list of our moving images. Most of these are viewable in the Archives' Reading Room.

Electronic News and Events: The Archives has started an email-based newsletter to deliver information on new records that have become available, events of interest, and other news to those interested in Vancouver's history. If you are interested in being on the mailing list, please let us know at archives@vancouver.ca. Your personal information will not be sold, traded or used for any other purpose.