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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:David Norman Panabaker
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of one of Hespeler's prominent citizens who worked his way up to become General Manager of the R. Forbes Co., and was Mayor of Hespeler and an active member of the Waterloo ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyTextile IndustryMayorsReevesSettlers PennsylvaniaChurches MethodistAssociations and clubsPanabaker D.N.Panabaker DavidYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1874-1939Export options:Displacement, diaspora, and geographies of identity
Type: BookKeywords: Culture Case studiesEthnologyYear of publication: 1996Export 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 Motz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of John Motz (1830- 1911), the German immigrant who published the Liberal newspaper, the Berliner Journal.Keywords: NewspapersBiographiesSettlers GermanMayorsPublishersMotz JohnKalbfleisch JoachimRittinger FriedrichRittinger John A.Motz Helena VogtYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1830-1911Export options:Kitchener: an illustrated history
Type: BookKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1996Export options: