Relive UPEI’s 50th Anniversary Year with the Robertson Library

Relive the University of Prince Edward Island’s 50^th anniversary celebrations, thanks to the Robertson Library! The library has created a website to document its projects and initiatives to celebrate UPEI’s 50^th anniversary year in 2019.

The Robertson Library celebrated the historical roots of higher education on PEI with the Franklin Pigot Lecture Series. It also created a series of video vignettes highlighting the individual experiences and memories of UPEI through its “50 Years, 50 Voices” project. The library also digitized the entire collection of UPEI history professor Dr. Edward MacDonald’s “Afterwords” columns from the UPEI Magazine archives. UPEI has always had an active student press, and the library celebrated the 50^th year by digitizing early student newspapers, including The Cadre, The UPEI SUN, and The Gem/Netted Gem. The library also kept the 50^th anniversary alive all year through its Throwback Thursday posts on social media, all of which are archived on the site.

Relive UPEI’s 50^th Anniversary Year at 50.library.upei.ca.