Manitoba Historical Society: MHS Archives

The MHS Archives contain a vast amount of information about people, places, and events from Manitoba's past.

Use the search tool in the upper, right corner of this page or select a collection of information from the ones shown below.

This is an interactive, searchable map of Manitoba’s historic sites.

HISTORIC SITES
OF MANITOBA
 

This is a collection of biographies of noteworthy Manitobans from the past.

MEMORABLE
MANITOBANS
 

Prairie History is a journal, published three times a year, that covers the histories of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, as well as the US borderlands.

PRAIRIE HISTORY
JOURNAL
 

In collaboration with CBC Manitoba, this weekly audio series from the MHS is highlights history around Manitoba.

ABANDONED
MANITOBA
 

Manitoba History, published from 1980 to 2019, contained articles, pictorial essays, and reviews relating to the history of Manitoba. The full contents of every issue are available here.

MANITOBA HISTORY
JOURNAL
 

This is a collection of information about communities around Manitoba including incorporated municipalities, unincorporated towns, and more.

MANITOBA
COMMUNITIES
 

This is a collection of information about events in the history of Manitoba, including data from federal, provincial, and municipal elections and referendums, treaties, and more.

EVENTS
IN MANITOBA HISTORY
 

This is a collection of short histories of some Manitoba organizations researched by the Manitoba Historical Society, some of which have received our Centennial Organization Award.

MANITOBA
ORGANIZATIONS
 

This is a collection of short histories of some Manitoba businesses researched by the Manitoba Historical Society, some of which have received our Centennial Business Award.

MANITOBA
BUSINESSES
 

Information on history-themed tours in communities around Manitoba.

WALKING TOURS
IN MANITOBA
 

The people and places of the early brick-making industry in Manitoba.

MANITOBA
BRICKS AND BLOCKS
 

Short videos on historical topics around Manitoba.

MHS PRESENTS
VIDEO SERIES
 

A collection of articles published by the MHS starting in 1882.

MHS
TRANSACTIONS
 

A collection of articles published by the MHS between 1956 and 1979.

MANITOBA PAGEANT
MAGAZINE
 

A collection of books that have been digitized by the MHS, its affiliates, supporters, and donors, or are in the public domain.

DIGITIZED
HISTORY BOOKS
 

This is a list of photographers operating in Manitoba, between 1858 and the present, who created photos in a variety of formats including tintypes, carte-de-visite, cabinet cards, stereoviews, and postcards.

MANITOBA
PHOTOGRAPHERS
 

Several collections of historical photos taken of Manitoba over a century ago.

HISTORICAL
PHOTOGRAPHS
 

A potpourri of short features on a variety of subjects in Manitoba history.

MHS
SHORT FEATURES
 

A list of award-winning books on numerous topics in Manitoba history.

MARGARET MCWILLIAMS
AWARDS
 

The Prairie Garden is a non-profit, annual publication dedicated to the advancement of horticulture in the northern Prairies. This is a digitized collection from 1937 to 1980.

PRAIRIE
GARDEN
 

This is a collection of information on the basis for Winnipeg street names.

HISTORY IN
WINNIPEG STREETS
 

This is a collection of stories by historian Fred Morris about the St. James area of Winnipeg.

THE HISTORICAL WRITING
OF FRED MORRIS
 

This is a collection of information on the basis for the names of Manitoba parks.

HISTORY IN
MANITOBA PARKS
 

This is a collection of information on the basis for the names of Manitoba school and university buildings.

HISTORY IN MANITOBA
SCHOOLS & UNIVERSITIES
 

Noteworthy people who have lived at specific street addresses through the years.

MANITOBA'S
FAMOUS HOUSES
 

This is a finding aid for specific Winnipeg streets in the transcribed pages of the 1911 Canadian census.

WINNIPEG STREETS IN
1911 CENSUS
 

This is a collection of personal memoirs that are made available here as written by their authors with little or no editing.

PERSONAL
MEMOIRS
 

This is a collection of paintings and political cartoons by artist Jan Kamienski.

THE ART OF
JAN KAMIENSKI
 

This time line covers significant events in the history of the region that would, in 1870, become the province of Manitoba.

MANITOBA
TIME LINE
 

A collection of three-dimensional photos of early Manitoba.

MANITOBA
IN 3D
 

Annual Reports of the Manitoba Historical Society.

MHS
ANNUAL REPORTS
 

This 1994 publication of the MHS had two major subjects.

THE FORKS AND THE
BATTLE OF SEVEN OAKS
 

A collection of information about ships that operated in Manitoba in the 19th and 20th centuries.

NORTHERN
PRAIRIE SHIPS
 

A collection of photos of specific Winnipeg sites as seen in early 20th century postcards compared to 2007.

WINNIPEG
THEN AND NOW
 

Some connections between Queen Elizabeth II and Manitoba, compiled for her Diamond Jubilee in 2012.

QUEEN ELIZABETH II
AND MANITOBA
 

Dawson & Hind was a quarterly magazine of the Association of Manitoba Museums. This is a digitized collection from the 1970s.

DAWSON
AND HIND
 

This is a collection of newspaper editorials written by John D. (Jack) Houston.

JACK HOUSTON'S
EDITORIALS
 

Launched in 2010, this MHS plaque program commemorated the homes of noteworthy Manitobans of the past.

MEMORABLE
HOMES
 

Page Revised: 13 October 2026