Selections from the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection on canning and food preservation.

Many of us are busy "putting up" all kinds of abundance from our backyards and community gardens right now.  We thought we would select titles on the topic of canning and food preservation from the Newman Collection to learn more about how this skill has evolved in nearly 100 years. 

Come in to the Abbotsford campus library to view titles on display such as a 1936 edition of the B.C. home canning and fruit recipe booklet which has been digitized and made available in HarvestIR, UFV's institutional repository (click here to view this item).  The titles on display range from 1921 to 1966 and illustrate the changing attitudes towards food preservation as well as the evolving technologies. 

 

A brief history of canning as a method of food preservation is available in our Sage Knowledge database; this article "...explains the history of canning, issues of food safety and canning, trends in commercial canning, and the decline and revival of home canning."   Click here to read the entire article.

Bibliography of titles on display:

Adams, E. (1947). Cooking under pressure: A modern guide to pressure cooking and canning. Canada: Cottage Publications.

B.C. Tree Fruits Limited. (193?). B.C. home canning and fruit recipe booklet. Kelowna, B.C.: publisher not identified.

City of Winnipeg Hydro-Electric System, issuing body. (1951)  Canning:jams, jellies, pickles.  Winnipeg: City of Winnipeg Hydro-Electric System.

Domashn´i`e m´i`asovyrobnytstvo takonservuvann´i`a ovochiv i ´i`aryn : zbirka naikrashchykh prypysiv dl´i`am´i`asnykh vyrobiv doma, konservuvann´i`a m´i`asa ta ovochiv i ´i`aryn. Domestic meat processing and preserving fruits and vegetables: gathering the best recipes for meat products at home, preserving meat and fruits and vegetables (1945?)  Winnipeg, MB.

 

Dominion home canning guide: The key to successful canning. (1948). Montreal: Dominion Glass Co.

Lee, C. H., Atkinson, R. M., & Manitoba. (1921). Canning by the cold pack method.  Winnipeg:Manitoba Department of Agriculture and Immigration.

Northwestern Utilities Ltd. (1956). Home canning and freezing. Edmonton: Northwestern Utilities.

Processing fruits and vegetables for your locker and home storage unit. (n.d.). Ladner, B.C. : Delta Home Storage.

Simpson, E. C. R., Saskatchewan Research Council., University of Saskatchewan., & University of Saskatchewan. (1966). Freezing foods at home. Distributed by Extension Division, University of Saskatchewan.

 

The Vancouver Daily Province modern kitchen tested recipes: For canning, jams, jellies and pickles. (1950). Vancouver: Vancouver Daily Province.

More information about the Newman Western Canadian Cookbook Collection can be found in our research guide. 

This display will be available throughout the Fall 2016 semester.

Posted by Mary-Anne MacDougall

 

Reminder: New Login Credentials for Employees Needed for Database Access

As of July 25th, UFV employees will undergo a change in the authentication credentials used for accessing the UFV Library’s databases from off campus.  Employees will need to use their Network login credentials (eg. smithj), rather than myUFV credentials (eg. 300012345).  Network login credentials are the same as those used to login into employee computers.

There is no change to student authentication.

 If any difficulties arise, please contact the UFV Library or IT Service Desk.

Reposted by Patti Wilson, August 12, 2016

Canadian Public Documents Collection

Our current Canadian Health Research Collection and Canadian Public Policy Collection have moved from the ebrary to the deslibris platform.  The combined collection will now appear in our Research Databases gateway under the name of Canadian Public Documents Collection. This collection of over 46,000 documents contains Canadian publications from government agencies, research institutes and universities.

Use it to find current information on such diverse topics as business, economics, crime and justice, social issues, education, health and the environment.  All titles will also appear in our UFV Library Catalogue and the EDS Discovery Service.

Posted by Patti Wilson, August 12, 2016

Colour Printing Available in Chilliwack Library

Add a dash of colour to your assignment.

Colour printing is now available in the Chilliwack library. Choose CCOLORQ as the printer and swipe your campus card in the card reader in the lab. All pages sent to this printer will be charged at 35 cents each.

Posted by Lisa

Chilliwack library power is back!

Power has been restored in the Chilliwack campus library which includes phone service.

Again, we apologize for any inconvenience.

Posted by Mary-Anne

Chiilwack Campus library power outage

The power is out in the Chilliwack campus library today until approximately 3pm.  All services are impacted including the phone lines.  Students and faculty can call the Abbotsford campus library for assistance: (604) 854-4545.

We apologize for this inconvenience. 

Posted by Mary-Anne

Proquest Maintenance Aug 20-21, 2016

Over the weekend of Saturday-Sunday, 20 -21 Aug. 2016, a ProQuest product maintenance window will launch worldwide to upgrade infrastructure, enhance security, and maintain reliability of their products.

This maintenance will affect access to Proquest Research databases, including:

Canada's Heritage from 1844 (Globe & Mail)

Canadian Newsstand: Major Canadian Dailies

Canadian Business and Current Affairs
Early English Books Online (EEBO)

ERIC (Proquest version)

Periodicals Archive Online

PILOTS

Sociological Abstracts

Sociology Collection

The outage will take place Saturday, 20 Aug., 7:00 p.m. through Sunday, 21 Aug., 3:00 a.m.

Posted by Patti Wilson, August 8, 2016