What’s UP at the Archives – June 30, 2023
Be sure to visit the Archives booth at Fraser River Heritage Park on July 1st, where you can play Canada Day Bingo, the Mix & Match game, and more. Their will also be a free draw!
The City of Mission will be hosting the Canada Day event from 11AM to 3PM. For more information about the festivities click here.
Back by popular demand! This Saturday at 8AM we will be launching our 2023 Mission Canada Day Quiz video to our social media pages! Click here to test your knowledge.
What’s UP at the Archives – June 2, 2023
During the month of June, the Archives Facebook and Instagram BLAST FROM THE PAST posts will feature photographs from the 1970s captured by a local documentary photographer by the name of Robert T. Nelson (1916-2007).
Our 1970s FLASHBACK posts will give you, the viewer, an opportunity to look back 5 decades and see what life was like in Mission. Be sure to check out and share with friends our 1970s FLASHBACK posts throughout June!
What’s UP at the Archives – May 4, 2023
On Saturday May 6, 2023 in Fraser River Heritage Park from 1:00 – 3:00PM, there is a community celebration for Jenny Stevens (1936-2022), a long time Mission resident and community builder who served six terms on Council, from 1999 to 2018.
As part of these celebrations to remember Jenny Stevens (1936 ~ 2022), today the Mission Community Archives is publishing an interview with her done in 2003 through the Paths & Pathfinders: Women of Mission Program.
Housed in the Mission Community Archives, the in-depth interview includes information about her family background, childhood, education, dealing with and adapting to the loss of her vision, working as a physiotherapist, her family of 6 children, and her extensive community involvement, including: first being elected to municipal council. You may access Jenny’s extraordinary life story told in her own words BELOW.
