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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The History of the German Newspapers of Ontario, Canada, 1835-1918
Type: ThesisKeywords: NewspapersGerman19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1953Export options:The Pioneer House in Southern Ontario, Canada: Construction Material use and Resultant Forms to 1850
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation examines the evolution and distribution of domestic architectural patterns in Southern Ontario. The research seeks to define the relative importance of the various factors affecting ...Keywords: HousingGermansArchitectureYear of publication: 1982Export options:The Public Career of P.R. Hilborn: a Waterloo County Entrepreneur
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biography of Percy Richard Hilborn (1886-1972) by his grandson, tracing his entrepreneurial rise and fall. Hilborn made his fortune with Canada Sand Papers Ltd and furniture factories but sold his ...Keywords: BiographiesArt and artistsParksWorld War IIFurnitureIndustriesEconomic conditionsEntrepreneursLabour movementsHilborn Percy Richard (1886-1972)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1886-1972Export options:Village Pionniere de Black Creek
Type: Film (Motion picture)Abstract: A living museum on the edge of Toronto stands as a memorial to the resourcefulness of the pioneer families who settled there. Many of them were Pennsylvania German farmers who came to Canada in the ...Year of publication: 1966Export options:"We Shall Go Forward with Our Songs into the Fight for Better Life": Identity and Musical Meaning in the History of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir, 1925-1959.
Type: ThesisAbstract: This project explores the early years of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (known initially as the Freiheit Gezang Farein or Freedom Singing Society), a mixed amateur ensemble with roots in the secular ...Year of publication: 2005Historical Period: 1925-59Export options: