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Newfoundland History
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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryA Class Act: An Illustrated History of the Labour Movement in Newfoundland and Labrador Gillespie, Bill Book 1986 Gillespie records the men and women who struggled within an economic system they did not control to improve the lives of their families and their class. A History of the Newfoundland Status of Women Council: 1972-75. Goundrey, Shirley Article 1977 This history is a resume of the activities of one group of women who have been involved in the women's movement in St. John's since the spring of 1972. Masterless Men of Newfoundland: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article A legendary outlaw society of men escaping press gangs, Royal Navy deserters and runaway indentured servants from Newfoundland fishing plantations. More Incredible than Fiction Book 1981 The story of the St. Lawrence community recounts the working past of a small Newfoundland coastal town. Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labour, 1800-1991  Palmer, Bryan D. Book 1983 From nineteenth-century tavern life to late twentieth-century cinema, from rough canallers and the first stirrings of craft unionism to contemporary public-sector strikes, this books provides a sweepi... Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryCanada Rediscovered McGhee, Robert 1991 Robert McGhee descirbes wat we know about early European explorations of what is now Canada - Irish, Norse, English Portuguese, French, Spanish - as well as the early Europeans' interactions with the ... Demasduit Wikipedia article Demasduit (c. 1796 – January 8, 1820) was a Beothuk woman, one of the last of her people on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Dictionary of Canadian Place Names Rayburn, Alan 1997 Includes 6,200 names of Canadian cities, towns, lakes, rivers, national parks, mountains, capes, channels and bays. A History and Ethnography of the Beothuk Marshall, Ingeborg 1996 The Beothuk, the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland, were hunters, gatherers, and fishers who moved seasonally between the coast and the interior. With the influx of European settlements and fishe... Mount Cashel Orphanage Wikipedia article The Mount Cashel Orphanage was a Canadian orphanage that was operated by the Congregation of Christian Brothers in St. John's, Newfoundland. Newfoundland Sealing Disaster Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia SS Newfoundland was a sealing ship which lost 78 sealers on the ice during extreme weather conditions in March 1914 which claimed lives from three sealing ships in an event known as the 1914 Newfoundl... Newfoundland War Brides Hann, Marion; Crosbie-Marshall, Lin 2007 Lin Crosbie-Marshall discusses courtship and cultural connections with four Corner Brook women who left Scotland over 60 years ago, and followed their soldier husbands to western Newfoundland. Shanawdithit Wikipedia article Shanawdithit (ca. 1801 – June 6, 1829), was the last known living member of the Beothuk people of Newfoundland. The Voice of Newfoundland A Social History of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, 1939-1949 Webb, Jeff A. 2008 Explores the roles that radio played in society and culture during a vibrant and pivotal time in Newfoundland's history, and demonstrates how the broadcaster's decision to air political debates was pi... |
