Valentine’s Greeting Card (1940s-1950s), Paper Novelty Manufacturing Company Ltd. Canadian Museum of History, 2008.58.50.10.
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“Valentine Greetings to a Good Little Boy I Know,” Greeting card, Valentine,
1900-1960, 20th century (Source: McCord Museum)
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Note from Andrea: As promised, here is the first of two special guest posts while I’m recovering from surgery (which went great!). First up is a post by the fabulous Dr. Adam Barker, who is not only one of my favourite humans, but also such an awesome academic that if I didn’t like him so much, I’d have to kill him (jk). 🙂 Born and raised in Hamilton, Dr. Barker is an expert in the history of colonialism in North America. In his academic work, he studies historical and contemporary relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canadian Settlers, while also working to provide the tools and frameworks that are needed to forge new and better ones. He, and his super-smart wife, Dr. Emma Battell Lowman were the ones who introduced me to the idea of settler colonialism back when we were all in graduate school (in the dark ages). He spends much of his spare time with Xena, pictured to the left, and just generally kicking butt on Twitter. If you like this post, I would highly recommend picking up the latest book from Drs. Barker and Battell Lowman, Settler: Identity and Colonialism in 21st Century Canada.
Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history?
Welcome back to the Best New Articles series, where each month, I post a list of my favourite new articles! Don’t forget to also check out my favourites from previous months, which you can access by clicking here.
This month I read articles from:
- Scientia Canadiensis 38, no. 2 (2015)
- Histoire Sociale/Social History 49, no. 100 (November 2016)
- Acadiensis 45 no. 2 (Summer/Fall 2016)
- Revue d’histoire de l’Amérique française 70, no. 1-2 (été/automne 2016)
- Atlantis 37, no. 2 (2) (2016)
- Quebec Studies 62 (December 2016)
Here are my favourites:
Welcome to the first annual Unwritten Histories year-end review and our last blog post of 2017! It seems appropriate, given my weekly roundups, that I end the year with a year-long version. I divided this blog post into two parts. First I’ve gathered together a cross-section of important historical events from the world of Canadian history. I tried to select events that were represented and had a nation-wide relevance. Second, I listed some of my favourite reads from the past year.
Artist unknown, “Send War Savings Christmas Cards – They Are Free,”(1942-1943?) Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1983-30-555.
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Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history?
Welcome back to the Best New Articles series, where each month, I post a list of my favourite new articles! Don’t forget to also check out my favourites from previous months, which you can access by clicking here.
This month I read articles from:
- Canadian Historical Review 97, no. 3 (Fall 2016)
- Historical Studies in Education 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016)
- Topia no. 36 (2016)
- Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 9, no. 3 (Fall 2016)
* Once again, I have tried to read the latest issue from the Canadian Bulletin on Medical History, and haven’t been able to access any articles. The same is true for the latest issue of American Indian Culture and Research Journal, which contains two articles that deal with Canadian history. Fingers crossed I can access them next month. If you have access to either of these issues, and can lend me a copy, that would be much appreciated!
Here are my favourites:
A war effort poster: “Salvage! Every Little Helps” / Sia R. Chilvers. Library and Archives Canada, e010696424; Acc. No. 1983-28-190 / CC by 2.0
(Newly updated as of February 27, 2017!)
I’m actually rather surprised to find that no one’s really done this before. This collection started out as a Word document that I used for creating classroom activities for my survey classes. The one-page document has now grown to seventeen pages. Before anyone yells at me for leaving things out, I do want to warn you that this is not a comprehensive list. I have tried to limit this list to resources that are available from verified sources, archives, museums, universities, and historical societies. There are a ton of personal websites by genealogists and military history enthusiasts that are great, but because I can’t verify their sources personally and because this list is aimed mostly at educators, I chose to leave them out.
Each link will be listed by title, then institution. I have included a short description of each link, and which sections will be of particular interest or use to educators.
An autumn day at a summer cabin on the Gatineau River, Quebec, October 1950 / Chris Lund. Canada. National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque. Library and Archives Canada, e010955747 / CC BY 2.0
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Harvesting oats on the Ed Euie farm near Collingwood, Ontario. On the racks is Ed Euie, pitching sheaves is Jack Bell. (1949)Canada. National Film Board of Canada. Photothèque, Library and Archives Canada, e010955655 CC BY 2.0
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