WINNIPEG A group representing archivists in Manitoba is calling on the City of Winnipeg to find a better home for its historical documents and archives. Tom Nesmith with the Association for Manitoba Archives says the current home for the archives, located at 50 Myrtle Street, is not an adequate place to store history dating back to the founding of the city, for multiple reasons. The city’s archives were previously located at the former Carnegie Library at William Avenue until 2013 when the building was damaged from major rainstorms. This necessitated the move of the records to the new location in a former warehouse.
Winnipeg Free Press
Extensive collection of photographs and blueprints not getting proper protection
The City of Winnipeg Archives, located at 50 Myrtle Street, in Winnipeg.
The City of Winnipeg is being urged to mark the new year with a commitment to better protect its past.
The City of Winnipeg is being urged to mark the new year with a commitment to better protect its past.
Tom Nesmith, a member of the Association for Manitoba Archives, is lobbying the city to commit to a new and improved home for its municipal archives as soon as possible in 2021.
Nesmith said the extensive collection of irreplaceable photographs, blueprints and various other government records, some of which date to 1870, require more protection.