Happy New Year everyone! It is time again for our favourite Christmas tradition, the 12 Days of Archives! Let’s take a look back at what we found this year. Everyone sing along!
On the first day of Christmas my archives gave to me…A Fish that’s been taxidermied!On the second day of Christmas my archives gave to me…Two Huskies Jerseys.
On the third day of Christmas my Archives gave to me…Three Shiny Medals!
On the fourth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…Four 16th Century Bibles.
On the fifth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…Fiiiiive Vintage Chatelaines!
On the sixth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…Six Saskatoon Authors.
On the seventh day of Christmas my archives gave to me…seven Hockey Players.
On the eighth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…eight Punny Valentines.
On the ninth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…nine Christmas revelers!
On the tenth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…ten Japanese Postcards.
On the eleventh day of Christmas my archives gave to me…eleven Union Buttons.
On the twelfth day of Christmas my archives gave to me…twelve Charming Signatures*!
*Ned Pratt (Poet), Aldous Huxley (author), Grey Owl (author), Joseph Conrad (author), Richard St. Barbe Barker (environmentalist/author), W.H. Davis (poet), W.C. Murray (first president of the U of S), T.C. Douglas (politician), Edmund “Daddy” Oliver (professor), Louis Riel (politician/Metis leader), John Diefenbaker (Prime Minister), John Butler Yeats (artist)