使命 Mandate
The purpose of the collection is to identify, acquire, preserve, and make accessible cultural heritage and historical assets of the Chinese community.
These records document the activities, experiences, and history of the Chinese community. The primary focus of the acquisition guideline is the preservation and accessibility of the community’s records which are selected for permanent retention through the appraisal process. The collection seeks to pass on knowledge from Elders to the youth so that new generations can inherit both intangible and tangible assets, and preserve them. The collection will be available to researchers and the general public alike, and will be housed at The City of Calgary Archives.
Donating records to the Archives
To contribute to the historical narrative of the Calgary Region and Southern Alberta, we are seeking records that document the Chinese community here. Records that document other regions would have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Digital records that are held by other organisations or individuals or document other regions may be exhibited on the WAHVoice site, but will not form the physical collection to be preserved in Calgary.
What kind of things does the Archives want?
Original documents, personal papers, correspondence, diaries, photographs, news clippings, family records, business records, similar unpublished records, arts and culture organisation, society records, pamphlets and reports, postcards, and many other kinds of two-dimensional records.
Physical records are preserved in a controlled environment at The City of Calgary Archives.
What kind of things does the Archives not want?
Newspapers, magazines, most books, three-dimensional objects, paintings, photocopies.
Does the Archives accept digital records?
Digital documents, photographs, digital sound recordings, and digital moving images (films and videos) may be collected and exhibited on the WAHVoice site. Original digital records can be accepted as part of the collection that will end up at The City of Calgary Archives, but they will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
