Advisory — University of Lethbridge Library holds Pincher Creek Echo Digitized Collection Launch Party
A unique partnership between the Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village and the University of Lethbridge Library Digitization Team has resulted in a monumental achievement. More than 120 years of Pincher Creek history is now available in an accessible digitized collection of the Pincher Creek Echo newspaper.
WHAT: Launch Party for Pincher Creek Echo Digitized Collection
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 11 a.m.
WHERE: University Library Alcove (Level 10)
This newly accessible digitized collection spans April 15, 1900, to December 31, 2023, and will be freely accessible in the Library's Digitized Collections platform. Media are invited to speak with officials involved in creating the collection and the importance of preserving the important history of Alberta’s pioneer towns.
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Contact:
Trevor Kenney, Manager of Public Affairs
403-329-2710
403-360-7639 (cell)
@ULethbridge
Our University’s Blackfoot name is Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. The University is located in traditional Blackfoot Confederacy territory. We honour the Blackfoot people and their traditional ways of knowing in caring for this land, as well as all Indigenous Peoples who have helped shape and continue to strengthen our University community.