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Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives

The Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives remain temporarily closed.

 

Although closed to the public, current services include scheduled visits and curbside pickup for participants. Please contact library@banffcentre.ca for information. 

Please visit our COVID-19 Update Page for more information.

 

The Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives serve the learning and professional needs of the artists, leaders, and researchers from across Canada and around the world who participate in programs at Banff Centre every year. The Library provides a unique and extensive collection that includes music scores, books, periodicals, audio and video recordings, digital resources and artists’ books. The Archives preserves the extraordinary artistic legacy of Banff Centre and functions as our institutional memory - a valuable resource for research into our history and activities.
 

 

Paul D. Fleck (1934-1992)
 
A cultural statesman, visionary administrator and passionate communicator, Paul Fleck had a major impact, not only on Banff Centre, but on the Canadian cultural and business community as a whole. His passion for the written and spoken word, and Banff Centre's history, led him to champion the growth of the Centre's Library and the development of its Archives.

 

LOVE, LOVE the library here. Such great staff and amazing resources. I could have spent my whole residency there. The object library was fab! I took out the succulent plant the weeks I was there and had a little friend in my room.

Artist/Participant, 2017

Stories

A poster for the Banff School of Fine Arts featuring an illustration of mountains

The Archives Poster Collection Goes Online

Selected posters from among the Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives collection have been digitized and arranged into an online exhibit.
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Photograph of Irene Prothroe wearing a shall with flowers in her hair

In the Archives: Irene Prothroe

The Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives has processed the archival collection of one of its faculty: Irene Prothroe, an actress, teacher, director, and producer who taught at the Banff Centre from...
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Music

BISQC Classics Revisited

The archival team recently finished a major project of arranging and describing 15 years’ worth of early Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) materials.
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A picture of photograph negatives and other archival material from the Everest 1982 collection.

Everest in the Archives

The Paul D. Fleck Library and Archives recently welcomed a new collection to its archive: The 1982 Canadian Everest expedition collection.
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Image of Michael Century during an oral history interview

Recording Our History: Banff Centre's Oral History Project

A discussion of the Banff Centre Archive's Oral History project, with videos featuring Michael Century and Marilyn Engle.
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Ann Southam
Article

In the Archives: Canadian Musician and Composer Ann Southam

The Banff Centre Library & Archives is delighted to have received from Canadian musician and composer Ann Southam's estate a donation of her papers, books and CDs.
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Image of two artists' books by Bonnie Stahlecker, Four Pasages and Land Marks
Article

Art That's Just Begging to Be Touched

So what is an artist's book, anyway? Here's a look at an artistic medium that you don't have to feel bad about touching.
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The Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives is located in the Kinnear Centre for Creativity and Innovation (KCCI), 2nd floor

Library and Archives Hours

The Paul D. Fleck Library & Archives remain temporarily closed.  For more information, please contact us:

 

Contact Us

library@banffcentre.ca
Tel: 403.762.6265
Fax: 403.762.6266

archives@banffcentre.ca
Tel: 403-762-6440
Fax: 403-762-6266

107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Box 1020, Stn. 43
Banff, Alberta
T1L 1H5 Canada

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