Archives Achieves National Accreditation
January 15, 2007
The Northern British Columbia Archives – located at UNBC – has achieved
the highest certification possible in Canada. The Archives has received
Category A accreditation, the first archival repository in Northern BC
to receive this designation from Canadian Heritage and one of only 50
in Canada.
The accreditation recognizes that the Northern BC Archives has the professional staff, security, and environmental controls necessary for managing and preserving archival materials. The designation also provides added tax benefits to donors of historical materials.
“We had been working on achieving this designation for three years,” says Archivist Ramona Rose. “It is vital to our ability to keep attracting historical materials and is important in our efforts to ‘repatriate’ some northern materials that are currently housed in archives outside of our region. This will make our archives more comprehensive for people who want to conduct research on the history of our own region.”
The Northern BC Archives already has a valuable assortment of text and photographic materials. Some of the best collections capture the industrial history of the region, including the records of the Cassiar mining community and materials from Noranda regarding the founding of Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd. There are also fascinating collections related to the region’s cultural history, including a photo collection from local naturalist Mary Fallis and the literary collections of prominent northern writers such as Barry McKinnon and Brian Fawcett.
The Northern BC Archives is open to the public and is located on the top floor of the Geoffrey R. Weller Library.
Contact:
Ramona Rose, University Archivist, UNBC – 250.960.6603
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
The accreditation recognizes that the Northern BC Archives has the professional staff, security, and environmental controls necessary for managing and preserving archival materials. The designation also provides added tax benefits to donors of historical materials.
“We had been working on achieving this designation for three years,” says Archivist Ramona Rose. “It is vital to our ability to keep attracting historical materials and is important in our efforts to ‘repatriate’ some northern materials that are currently housed in archives outside of our region. This will make our archives more comprehensive for people who want to conduct research on the history of our own region.”
The Northern BC Archives already has a valuable assortment of text and photographic materials. Some of the best collections capture the industrial history of the region, including the records of the Cassiar mining community and materials from Noranda regarding the founding of Northwood Pulp and Timber, Ltd. There are also fascinating collections related to the region’s cultural history, including a photo collection from local naturalist Mary Fallis and the literary collections of prominent northern writers such as Barry McKinnon and Brian Fawcett.
The Northern BC Archives is open to the public and is located on the top floor of the Geoffrey R. Weller Library.
Contact:
Ramona Rose, University Archivist, UNBC – 250.960.6603
Rob van Adrichem, Director of Media and Public Relations, UNBC – 250.960.5622
