Centre d'archives régional de Portneuf

The Centre d'archives régional de Portneuf (CARP) is a private archives service located in the municipality of Deschambault-Grondines, in the Portneuf region of Quebec, Canada. It is part of a network of 42 private archives services accredited by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). The CARP's mission is to conserve and promote the archival heritage of the Portneuf region. Its mandate also includes raising public awareness about the preservation of family archives. In addition, the CARP offers professional records management services to municipalities, parapublic organizations, and private businesses in the Portneuf region. The CARP was founded on May 29, 1998, by a group of volunteers from the region. It opened its doors to the public on April 1, 2001. After a year of operation, in December 2002, the CARP became an official partner with BAnQ. This partnership was formalized through integration into the network of accredited private archives services (SAPA). The partnership was made public on January 31, 2003, by Roger Bertrand, the member of the National Assembly for Portneuf. The CARP's premises were initially located at 105, rue Chavigny, near the moulin de la Chevrotière. In 2013, the CARP moved to the former Portneuf tourist information office at 12 rue des Pins in Deschambault-Grondines, where it still operates today. The CARP houses a library that supports genealogical research. Its genealogy section offers researchers numerous reference documents: directories of baptisms, marriages, and burials from various regions of Quebec, genealogical compilations of different families from the region, notarial records, and censuses. The CARP actively participates in the dissemination of the region's archival heritage. It has carried out several projects aimed at making the history of Portneuf accessible. In 2011, the CARP proposed to various institutions and businesses that they install screens in their waiting rooms to display photographs preserved by the CARP. The image series could be adapted to different audiences. Another project involved producing postcards based on old photographs of the region, available in local shops, thereby disseminating a fragment of the region's history. Photographs preserved by the CARP were used to create the work Portneuf, une mémoire en images, published in 2018 by Éditions GID. This work illustrates part of the history and regional memory of Portneuf through photographic images. The photographs come from various archival fonds and private collections preserved at the CARP, covering the different municipalities and villages of the Portneuf RCM. The Centre d'archives régional de Portneuf preserves 235,000 photographs and negatives, 169 linear metres of documents, 974 maps and plans, 607 hours of sound recordings, and 25,087 hours of filmed documents. The CARP holds the photographs taken by photographers Arthur Dubord, Henri Sauvageau, Gilberte Lefebvre, Zénon Pagé, George-Édouart Déry, and Paul-André Déry. It also holds fonds from cultural organizations such as Culture et Patrimoine Deschambault-Grondines, Musée de Grondines, and CJSR (community television of Portneuf), as well as family association fonds including the Association mondiale des descendants d'Éléonore de Grandmaison, Association des familles Marcotte, Association familles Nau, and Association des familles Brière. Public personality fonds include those of Roger Bertrand and Michel Matte.

The Centre d'archives régional de Portneuf (CARP) was founded on May 29, 1998, by a group of volunteers from the Portneuf region. It opened its doors to the public on April 1, 2001. After a year of operation, in December 2002, the CARP became an official partner with Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ). This partnership was formalized through integration into the network of accredited private archives services (SAPA). The partnership was made public on January 31, 2003, by Roger Bertrand, the member of the National Assembly for Portneuf. The CARP's premises were initially located at 105, rue Chavigny, near the moulin de la Chevrotière. In 2013, the CARP moved to the former Portneuf tourist information office at 12 rue des Pins in Deschambault-Grondines, where it still operates today. The CARP houses a library that supports genealogical research, offering directories of baptisms, marriages, and burials from various regions of Quebec, genealogical compilations of different families from the region, notarial records, and censuses. The CARP actively participates in the dissemination of the region's archival heritage. In 2011, it proposed installing screens in waiting rooms of institutions and businesses to display photographs preserved by the CARP. Another project involved producing postcards based on old photographs of the region, available in local shops. Photographs preserved by the CARP were used to create the work Portneuf, une mémoire en images, published in 2018 by Éditions GID. The CARP preserves 235,000 photographs and negatives, 169 linear metres of documents, 974 maps and plans, 607 hours of sound recordings, and 25,087 hours of filmed documents. It holds the photographs of Arthur Dubord, Henri Sauvageau, Gilberte Lefebvre, Zénon Pagé, George-Édouart Déry, and Paul-André Déry, as well as fonds from cultural organizations and family associations.

• 2018

  Photographs from the CARP used in the book Portneuf, une mémoire en images, published by Éditions GID.

• 2013

  Moved to the former Portneuf tourist information office at 12 rue des Pins in Deschambault-Grondines.

• 2011

  Proposed installing screens in waiting rooms to display photographs preserved by the CARP.

• 2003

  Partnership with BAnQ made public on January 31 by Roger Bertrand, MNA for Portneuf.

• 2002

  In December, became an official partner with BAnQ.

• 2001

  Opened its doors to the public on April 1.

• 1998

  Founded on May 29 by a group of volunteers from the Portneuf region.

A community-based private archives service accredited by BAnQ, dedicated to preserving and promoting the archival heritage of the Portneuf region.

• Archival preservation and conservation

• Genealogical research library

• Records management services for municipalities and businesses

• Postcards based on historical photographs

• Digital display of historical photographs in waiting rooms

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