Members of Friends of the Provincial Archives examine an historic ledger during their July 18, 2012 meeting at the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan: (l-r). Lynn McCaslin, Darlene Clifford, Celeste Rider, Keith Foster, Gord Goddard, Jean Freeman.
(Photographer: Frank Korvemaker)
The Friends of the Provincial Archives consist of interested individuals from throughout Saskatchewan and elsewhere in Canada wishing to support the Archives through volunteer work, advocacy, promotional activities and social events.
The Friends meet to discuss projects and activities, and to plan events. The 2022 meeting schedule is as follows:
April 20 (1:30 p.m.); September 21 (1:30 p.m.); November 16 (1:30 p.m.).
Photo Collection Metadata Project
Volunteers from the Friends are helping the Archives improve descriptions of items in the Historical Photographs Collection, by reviewing the prints and postcards from our Permanent Collection and comparing them with existing database entries. The content of the photo collection is wide-ranging, from public events to family scenes, from infrastructure and buildings to destruction, like the aftermath of the tornado that ripped through Regina in 1912.
Three damaged houses on a residential street in Regina,
following the tornado on June 30,1912.
PAS Photo R-A2840-19
Examining both front and back sides of these items, volunteers uncover photographers’ markings, postage stamps and templates, as well as personal inscriptions that shed light on the people and places connected with them. Sometimes they even solve a mystery! The information our volunteers find is added by archivists to our descriptions, so that researchers near and far can share in these stories.
Originally launched in December 2011, the project has seen a volunteer contribution of over 830 hours, involving the review of over 40,000 archival images (as of June 2021).
Thank you to all Friends who have dedicated time and energy to enriching the searchability of these records!
Annual Reports
Past Issues of the Annual Report can be downloaded here
FOSA Project Proposal Form
Archival Description Enhancement
Information submitted through this Archival Description Enhancement Form may be used to provide addendum information to existing archival descriptions that will be available to researchers, in publications and on the internet related to the holdings of the Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan.
To join the Friends of the Provincial Archives, please contact:
- Friends liaison, at fosa.regina@gmail.com
Mailing address: Friends of the Provincial Archives, c/o Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan, P.O. Box 1665, Regina SK S4P 3C6
Members of the Friends of the Provincial Archives
