The University of Alberta Archives is pleased to announce the appointment of
Raymond Frogner to the position of Associate Archivist (Private Records).
Raymond completed a BA at the University of British Columbia. In 1991 he
completed an MA in history at the University of Victoria. His thesis studied
popular anti-war dissent in inter-war British Columbia. He completed the MAS
program at UBC in 1999. His archival experience includes work as a contract
archivist at the BC Archives; archivist for the Esquimalt Municipal
Archives; CAIN project archivist at the Provincial Archives of Alberta; and
multi-media archivist for Mainframe Entertainment in Vancouver. His areas of
interest include multimedia records, aboriginal records, and the records of
working people.
Raymond joins James Franks, Associate Archivist (University
Records), Kevan Warner, Archives Assistant, and Bryan Corbett, University
Archivist, as a permanent, full-time academic staff member.
A play entitled "The End of the Rope" will be part of the Pumphouse Theatre One-Act Play Festival. Funded by a grant from Young Canada Works and written using archival documents from the Legal Archives Society of Alberta, the play dramatically recreates the repercussions from a passionate act of murder in Stettler, Alberta in 1959, an act which ultimately culminated in Alberta's last execution by hanging. The playwright, Aaron Coates, will also be acting in this production. You can see the play on Wednesday, February 7th at the Pumphouse theatre. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased by calling (403) 263-0079.