Civic clubs like the Odd Fellows, the Moose, the Eagles, the Shriners, and more have been part of the community landscape over the years.
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The first Terry Fox Fundraising Run was held in Lethbridge on September 14, 1980. After 40 years, Lethbridge residents continue to organize and participate in runs to raise funds.
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Archives Assistant Bobbie Fox will interview Terry Fox Sr. about the history of the Terry Fox Run in Lethbridge and about the Fox family’s connection to southern Alberta in this online presentation.
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Anna MacLaren began her career as a waitress in the Lethbridge Ritz Café, but advocated and fought for worker’s rights, ultimately becoming the first woman elected to be President of a local chapter of a Trades and Labour Council in Canada.
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As you are cleaning during this time of self-isolation, you may come across family photos, letters or other items that you want to donate to the Galt once we reopen. Here are two simple things that you can do while practicing physical distancing or isolating at home that can have a big impact on our ability to be good stewards of our collective past.
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If you went to the fair at the exhibition grounds between the 1940s and the 1970s, you may have noticed a little white building with double barn-like doors with a painted sign above them that read Fire Hall. During the week of Lethbridge’s local fair, that little building located behind the grandstand became a substation for the fire department. The Lethbridge Fire Department had two firefighters stationed at the fairgrounds. They worked in shifts to provide 24-hour-per-day service for the four days of the fair.
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An important part of preserving a family's history is identifying people and places in our family photo albums. Join Archives Assistant Bobbie Fox to learn some of the best practices for recording vital information on *your* digital photographs.
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An important part of preserving a family's history is identifying people and places in our family photo albums. Join Bobbie Fox to learn some of the best practices for recording vital information on *your* photographs so people can know answers to the questions "Who's that?" and its related questions "Where's that?" and "When's that?"
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In 1972, a group of southern Alberta residents petitioned the National Sport Federation to allow Lethbridge and 13 surrounding communities to host the 1975 Canada Winter Games. The organizers of the event worked hard to host the games, whose motto that year was “Unity through Sport.” The 1975 games were the first hosted by a regional group.
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The Inn Purple was a young adult coffee house that was open from 1967 to 1968 in Lethbridge. It was a place where teens and young adults could go to hang out, listen to music and dance without drugs, alcohol or their parents.
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