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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Culture and community, Kitchener, 1911-1939: Music, radio, film, and theatre
Type: ThesisAbstract: This thesis is an investigation of the ethnically unique community of Berlin/Kitchener and its reaction to the coming of mass cultural influences. German culture was more dominant when this period ...Year of publication: 1996Export options:Displacement, diaspora, and geographies of identity
Type: BookKeywords: Culture Case studiesEthnologyYear of publication: 1996Export options:Edward Halter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Halter (1834-1917), prominent citizen of New Germany, justice of the peace, reeve of Waterloo Township in 1879, and active promoter of the Hopewell Creek Fire Insurance Company.Keywords: CatholicismFrenchBiographiesHalter EdwardSharbach MaryHalter MarySharbach JosephHalter AndrewHalter ClementKloepfer Catherine Halter (m. Gregory)Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1834-1917Export options:Ein deutsches Schicksal in Kanada: Einwanderung, Internierung, Ringen um Rehabilitierung
Type: BookKeywords: Prisoners of warWorld War IIYear of publication: 1996Export options:Fugitive slaves and free Americans in Canada West before 1860
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of research sources used in the author's thesis about black settlement and experience in the Queen's Bush. Most fugitive slaves were illiterate, and their settlement is marked only by ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online (GAMEO)
Type: Web project pageAbstract: Provides information on "Anabaptist-related (Amish, Mennonite, Hutterite, Brethren in Christ topics. Coverage includes history, theology, biography, institutions and local congregations. Also ...Keywords: AnabaptistsMennonitesOntarioBiographiesYear of publication: 1996Export options:In memoriam: Alfred J.K. Schenk
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reminiscences of an historian, musician, gardener and author of Folk-song book in the street-talk of Berlin, Ontario.Keywords: BiographiesMusicReminiscencesGardensWritersSt Matthew's Lutheran Church ConestogoDoon Heritage CrossroadsPennsylvania German Folklore Society's Men's ChorusMaryhillYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: c1920-1996Export options:Inductees to the Cambridge Hall of Fame, February 19, 1996
Type: ReportAbstract: Short biographies and photographs of the following people: James Cowan, Elizabeth "Mother" Gress, George Heggie, Norman "Normie" Himes, Roy Johnston, Otto Klotz, Robert "Scotty" Rankine, and Adam ...Year of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1803-1996Export options:John Bricker Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the business partner of John Shuh in a Waterloo general store and later owner of the Graybill Manufacturing Company which produced office and school furniture. Family information about ...Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1840-1917Export options:John George Reiner: autobiography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short autobiography by the owner of many Wellesley businesses, including the woollen mill, flour mill, saw mill, general store, and a stave and heading plant.Keywords: Settlers GermanBiographiesRevolutionary War 1848FoundriesFurniture industrySaw mill industryTransportationDamsTextile IndustryFlour mill industryYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1832-1917Export options: