When the staff at the Dalhousie Gazette decided to do a retrospective of Gazette journalism, they knew there was one place that could provide access to the student newspaper’s rich history: the University Archives and Special Collections.
The University Archives and Special Collections holds extensive materials relating to student life at Dalhousie. We have issues of the Dalhousie Gazette dating back to its founding in 1868, yearbooks, university calendars, and other materials that document the history of the university and its students and faculty.
University Archivist Michael Moosberger displaying an issue of the Dalhousie Gazette
Gazette staff worked tirelessly to comb through issues from each decade of the newspaper and select articles that showed the important role student journalism has played on campus. Archives and Special Collections staff then digitized these articles for the Gazette to include in its print edition.
The Gazette also interviewed University Archivist Michael Moosberger. Michael explains what archivists do, what challenges they face, and why projects like this is exactly what the University Archives and Special Collections is here for.
For a behind-the-scenes look at how the special Archives issue was put together, check out this video that shows how the Gazette team worked with the University Archives and Special Collections to put the issue together.
If you haven’t seen it yet, grab a copy! The Gazette put together a truly remarkable retrospective that affirmed the student newspaper’s long history as a crucial voice in Nova Scotia journalism.
Bethany says
If you didn’t get a chance to see the paper copy of the Archives issue, you can get one by visiting the Gazette office in Rm. 312 of the Student Union Building, or by emailing editor@dalgazette.com
-the Online editor
Bethany says
Or here: http://dalgazette.squarespace.com/home/2011/1/21/archive-issue.html
Creighton says
That’s great Bethany, thanks for sharing the link!
Julie Morris says
Nice little video, however, while it was fun to see the size of that Gazette, like a full sized newspaper; it would have been interesting to hear the type of news it would include. If I was visually impaired I would have been interested in hearing the story behind the Gazette. Even not being visually impaired I was interested in a story. Maybe you could come up with a script to go along and dub it.
Creighton says
Thanks for the suggestion Julie! A script would help explain what’s happening in the video, which was put together to show the research and technical work that went into the archives issue. As far as the stories, I think it was the Gazette staff’s intention to let the words from past issues speak for themselves. You can follow the link Bethany posted to see the scanned stories.