Island Archives
Island Archives is a program to provide online access to the recorded history of Prince Edward Island. Hosted by the Robertson Library at the University in Prince Edward Island, the knowledge here was gathered in partnership with community groups, organizations, and individuals. Projects have been supported by the University of Prince Edward Island, with grant funds from a variety of organizations, and the generous financial support from a number of individual donors. Launched in 2010, Island Archives uses Islandora, a community-run open-source software project that was created at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Featured PEI Digital Collections
- Island Lives
- Books about Prince Edward Island, highlighting community, church, and local histories. Made possible by a private donation.
- Island Voices
- Oral histories (spoken audio), featuring the audio archive from Reg "Dutch" Thompson's "The Bygone Days", and other collections. Supported by the Inukshuk Foundation.
- Island Newspapers
- Historic newspapers of Prince Edward Island, including The Guardian from the 1890s to the 1950s.
- Bowing Down Home
- Fiddle music traditions on Prince Edward Island, curated by Ken Perlman and in partnership with of the Canadian Museum of History.
- Island Imagined
- Historical maps, atlases, and gazetteers of Prince Edward Island, produced in collaboration with Public Archives and Records Office and the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation.
- PEI Legislative Documents
- Full text of the Journals of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island starting from the 32nd General Assembly of Prince Edward Island in March of 1894 to the present day. In partnership with the PEI Legislature, the Public Archives and Records Office, and the Government Services Library.
- The Island Magazine
- Full text of The Island Magazine from 1976 to 1996, published by and provided in partnership with the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation.
- The Prince Edward Island Magazine
- The Prince Edward Island Magazine was published by Archibald Irwin from 1899-1905.
- UPEI Herbarium
- Digitizing herbarium samples collected and perserved by UPEI. Original samples are stored with the Biology Department, Faculty of Science.
- Environment Canada Historical Climate Records
- Digitized hand-written climate diaries, forms, & reports between 1872 and the 1950s from various locations on Prince Edward Island.
- The Diaries of Stewart MacIntyre - East Point, P.E.I.
- Digitized hand-written diaries of Stewart MacIntyre, keeper of the East Point Lighthouse, PEI, from 1926-1960. The diaries include notes about the weather and the "comings and goings" of the East Point area.
UPEI Archives and Special Collections
- University of Prince Edward Archives Digital Collections
- Portal into digitized material about UPEI and its predecessors, Saint Dunstan's University and the Prince of Wales College.
- KindredSpaces
- KindredSpaces is an online discovery tool for the L.M. Montgomery Institute's Research Collections housed at the Robertson Library, UPEI..
- Prince of Wales College: A Legacy
- Exhibit site featuring yearbooks, newsletters, calendars, and images from the Prince of Wales College.
- Saint Dunstan's University
- Exhibit site featuring yearbooks, calendars, campus magazine, and more from Saint Dunstan's University.
- The Red & White
- Campus magazine of St. Dunstan's University, 1909-1969.
- UPEI Magazine
- Campus magazine of UPEI, 1983-2004.