The Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives (ANLA) was established in 1994, as the merger of two groups. One of these groups was the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archivists which represented individuals - both professional and volunteer - working with archival collections in the province. The second group was the Newfoundland and Labrador Council of Archives (NLCA) which represented the interests of institutions, corporations or associations whose mandates included the preservation and management of their archival holdings. At their 1994 annual general meetings, the membership of both groups voted to merge to form the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives (ANLA) in order to represent both individuals and institutions.

In 1999, ANLA and the Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Web Site Project became partners under an Industry Canada Digital Collections contract to produce a comprehensive web site on Newfoundland's involvement in World War I (The Great War). Towards this end the Newfoundland and the Great War project used a collection of unique glass-plate negatives, photos, video and music along with select interpretive text. The project was completed and launched in June 2000.

Some of the information on this page was taken from the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives (ANLA) Web Site. Reproduced and modified by permission of ANLA.