History Browser

A digital copy of the Dawson Route Military Expeditions written in 1892.

A digital copy of Our Bit: Memories of War Service by a Canadian nursing sister. This source gives a personal account of a nursing sister during the First World War.

A virtual copy of Chinthe: Royal Canadian Air Force, 435 Squadron.

A digital copy of Origin and Services of the Prince of Wales Regiment. This source includes information during the War of 1812 to the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.

A digital copy of The Glory of the Trenches giving a interpretated view of trench warfare.

A nation's values, cultural and political understandings and growth are often intimately bound to its military history. Through valour, defence, loss and peacekeeping we have written a distinctly Canadian military history that has helped shape us into the nation we are today. The University of Calgary Libraries and Cultural Resources, in conjunction with the Military Museums Calgary Library and Archives is proud to spearhead The Canadian Military Histories Digitization Project.

A Virtual book describing exploits during the South African Boer War.

A digital copy of In the Wake of the Eighteen Twelvers by C. H. J. Snider.

A digital copy of Only This: A War Retrospect by James H. Pedley.

This collection has been accumulated through the generous support of Canadian Aboriginal peoples who have served in the military. It has been assited financially with a grant from Museums Alberta.