The University of Winnipeg’s German-Canadian Studies program is setting up an archive of German-Canadian documents that will be hosted by University of Winnipeg Archives.
To help build the collection, they are calling for collections of personal papers, diaries, photographs and letters of immigration stories.
“It is important that the stories of these German-Canadian immigrants, as reflected in the personal records of these individuals and related associations, are preserved for future generations,” said Brett Lougheed, director of the University of Winnipeg Archives.
“By creating this archive at the University, not only can we fill an existing gap in Manitoba’s documentary heritage by assuring the long-term preservation of German-Canadian immigration records, but we can ensure their wide-spread access and use by students and faculty in the German-Canadian Studies program, those within the local German-Canadian community, and the general public.”
The German-Canadian Studies program has published a number of bibliographies for German immigration in each province, as well as in the United States.
Anyone interested in donating to the University of Winnipeg a collection of personal papers, letter correspondence, diaries, or pictures that cover German immigration to Canada is encouraged to contact Claudia Dueck at cl.dueck@uwinnipeg.ca or call 204-258-3837.
