New journal tells prairie stories
The publisher of Manitoba History has replaced the longrunning magazine with the new Prairie History journal, which has released two issues in 2020 and is working on a third.
According to Manitoba Historical Society president and head researcher Gordon Goldsborough, its new publication has a wider scope and presents stories about the history of a region that includes the three Prairie provinces as well as the northern U.S. borderlands. “We think our journal will be appealing to people throughout the region,” Goldsborough said.
First called the Manitoba Historical and Scientific Society, the organization has produced a variety of publications and periodicals since the late eighteenth century, with Manitoba History having published ninety issues during its forty-year run. The founding of the new journal follows the Saskatchewan Provincial Archives’ decision to end publication of Saskatchewan History magazine in 2017, after sixty-nine years. Back issues of both Manitoba History and Saskatchewan History are available online.