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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Eby, Benjamin
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer farmer, community leader, Mennonite bishop, educator and author.Keywords: MennonitesClergyPennsylvania GermansSchoolsPublishersBiographiesEby BenjaminWaterloo TownshipBerlin (Ontario)EbytownYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1810-1855Export options:Holocaust hoaxer on trial in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Ernst Zundel was convicted for claiming that the Holocaust was a hoax under a little-used Canadian law against publishing untruths that might cause racial or social intolerance. Zundel was born in ...Year of publication: 1985Export options:Mennonites in Ontario: a Mennonite bicentennial portrait, 1786-1986
Type: BookAbstract: A contemporary portrait of all the Mennonite, Amish, and Brethren in Christ groups in Ontario, illustrated with many large coloured photographs. Short essays on history, faith, farming, education, ...Keywords: Waterloo CountyOntarioMennonitesEducationAmishEthnic groupsTunkersMapsSchoolsMennonites (Old Order)Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The Defence of Identity: Ida Siegel and the Jews of Toronto Versus the Assimilation Attempts of the Public School and its Allies, 1900-1920
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the history of Ida Siegel's struggle to protect the cultural and religious identity of Toronto's Jews during a time when the Canadian majority in Toronto saw the public schools as a means ...Keywords: Siegel IdaTorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1985Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options:Tremaine's Map of County of Waterloo, Canada West (1861)
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A useful account of historical maps of the Waterloo area, notably the Tremaine map as an example of a commercial type of county map already well developed in the United States. The author discusses ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1851-1861Export options: