Guest Blogger Bryan Bance is relatively new to Salmon Arm. He's been exploring the community and volunteering in the Archives at R.J. Haney Heritage Village. Bryan is active. Walking the foreshore led to an interesting discovery...

In 2022 staff and volunteers in the archives served over 190 people. Sometimes research questions are simple and easy to answer. Sometimes they take a bit of work. We especially love it when we learn something new!

Sometimes the smallest things connect. In between other projects, volunteer Lise Ouimet and I have been going through the archival collection, making the Word documents that summarize each Fonds   more uniform in preparation for a new database. 1.   We have the physical care of our collection under control. The paper and sound recording are in a state of the art storage facility with geothermal heat, LED lighting, computerized humidity controls, water sensors, and a...