Ontario History articles from March 2005

Ontario History archives from March 2005

Introduction.
March 22, 2005... Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn had one of his characters declare, "History, my dears, is not politics, where one chatterbox repeats or contests what some other chatterbox has said. The stuff of history is not opinions but sources." G. R. Elton agrees...

Common paths: seven architects in Pre-Confederation Ontario.
March 22, 2005... Abstract: In explaining artists' works, art historians usually bring out connections: for example, the Group of Seven. This article links seven architect-civil engineers working in Ontario before Confederation, four of whom paired up to design...

Robert Fairfield, architect: "the 'saint' who saved the day".
March 22, 2005... Abstract: Although he designed one of Canada's best-known buildings, Robert Fairfield is not well known in Canada as an architect. This Ontario-born architect designed one of the most innovative and striking architectural compositions of the...

Into the spotlight: the architectural practice of Robert Gage, Kingston and California.
March 22, 2005... Abstract: Although it is documented that Robert Gage produced at least 72 architectural projects from 1870 to 1888 while living in Kingston, Ontario, his name has faded into obscurity. Gage was a successful architect, first in Kingston (his...

The genealogy of John McKenzie House.
March 22, 2005... Abstract: John McKenzie House is but one step in an evolution of building styles that goes back to late-19th century England and, in some respects, beyond that to the beginnings of civilization. Thus, individual details that saw their origin in...

Bungalow: the dream of the craftsman style.(North American architecture)
March 22, 2005... Abstract: In the first three decades of the 20th century, the Bungalow represented the democratization of late-19th century Arts and Crafts ideals, but for most North Americans it was simply the first and best opportunity to realize the...

Westbrook, the Outlaw! or the Avenging Wolf: An American Border Tale.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Westbrook, The Outlaw! or The Avenging Wolf. An American Border Tale. By Major Richardson. Preface and Introduction by David Beasley. Simcoe, Ont.: Davus Publishing, 2004. [2], xi, 83 pp. $9.95 Softcover. This little volume will be of...

History of the Book in Canada: Volume 1, Beginnings to 1840.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... History of the Book in Canada: Volume 1, Beginnings to 1840. Edited by Patricia Lockhart Fleming, Gilles Gallichan and Yvan Lamonde. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. Illustrations. 540 pp. $75.00 Hardback. When a team of...

The Conventional Man: The Diaries of Ontario Chief Justice Robert A. Harrison, 1856-1878.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... The Conventional Man: The Diaries of Ontario Chief Justice Robert A. Harrison, 1856-1878. Edited with an introduction by Peter Oliver. Toronto: University of Toronto Press and Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History, 2004. Illustrations. 680...

The Home Children: Their Personal Stories.(Marchmont: Distributing Home, Belleville, Ontario 1870-1925)(The Golden Bridge: Young Immigrants to Canada, 1833-1939)(Book review)
March 22, 2005... The Home Children: Their Personal Stories. By Phyllis Harrison. Winnipeg: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc, 2003 ed. xi, 194 pp. $22.95 Softcover. Marchmont: Distributing Home, Belleville, Ontario 1870-1925. By James S. Gilchrist....

Seven Eggs Today: The Diaries of Mary Armstrong, 1859 and 1869.(The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten: Victorian Matriarch)(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Seven Eggs Today: The Diaries of Mary Armstrong, 1859 and 1869. By Jackson W. Armstrong. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Life Writing Series, 2004. xvi, 228 pp. $49.95 Hardback. The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten:...

Le Droit: Journal culturel des Franco-Ontariens. Releve de textes: poemes, feuilletons pour adultes ou pour tous, feuilletons pour enfants, feuilletons illustres, 1913-1977.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Le Droit: Journal culturel des Franco-Ontariens. Releve de textes: poemes, feuilletons pour adultes ou pour tous, feuilletons pour enfants, feuilletons illustres, 1913-1977. By Rene Dionne. Ottawa: Les Editions du Vermilion, 2002. 476 pages....

Ah, Wilderness! Resort Architecture in the Thousand Islands.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Ah, Wilderness! Resort Architecture in the Thousand Islands. By Pierre de La Ruffiniere du Prey, guest curator and Dorothy Farr, supervising curator. Kingston, Ontario: Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, 2004. 128 pp. $29.95...

Robert Wetherell and Dundurn: An Architect in Early Hamilton.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Robert Wetherell and Dundurn: An Architect in Early Hamilton. By Stephen A. Otto. Hamilton: The Heritage Hamilton Foundation. 2004. 47 pp. Illustrations. $11.95 Softcover. An attractive, concise, softcover book, Stephen Otto's Robert...

Sisters or Strangers?: Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Sisters or Strangers?: Immigrant, Ethnic, and Racialized Women in Canadian History, ed. by Marlene Epp, Franca Iacovetta, and Frances Swyripa. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. 380 pp. $29.95 Softcover. Sisters or Strangers? is a...

Royal Spectacle: The 1860 Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada and the United States.(Book review)
March 22, 2005... Royal Spectacle: The 1860 Visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada and the United States, by Ian Radforth, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 2004, 469 p., illus., ISBN 0-8020-8665-9, $39.95 Softcover. 'Everyone likes flattery," said...

Books received.
March 22, 2005... Alfred, Marguerite; and Pat Staton. Black Women in Canada: Past and Present. Toronto: Green Dragon Press, 2004. 72 pages. $30.00 Softcover. Baskerville, Peter A. Sites of Power: A Concise History of Ontario. Oxford University Press, 2005....

Erratum.(FURTHER NOTE)(Correction notice)
March 22, 2005... Please note the following correction of a production error in Michael McCafferty's excellent essay, "Where did Jean Nicollet meet the Winnebago in 1634?: A critique of Robert L. Hall's 'Rethinking Jean Nicollet's route to the Ho-Chucks in...