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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Of this earth: a Mennonite boyhood in the boreal forest
Type: BookKeywords: Wiebe Rudy Henry 1934- Childhood and youthMennonites Saskatchewan Speedwell BiographyFarm life Saskatchewan SpeedwellSpeedwell (Sask.) BiographyYear of publication: 2006Export options:Playing Their Part: The Role of the Kitchener Musical Society 1925-1950
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Rediscovering Carl Ahrens: The Painter
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Revolutionary refugees : German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860
Type: BookKeywords: Germans Great Britain History 19th centuryPolitical refugees Great Britain History 19th centuryGreat Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th centuryGermany Emigration and immigration History 19th centuryGermany Politics and government 1815-1866Year of publication: 2006Export options:Serious Fun: The Card Game of German Solo as Played in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Associations and clubsLeisure activitiesPennsylvania GermanOntarioCard games Discusses the card game German Solo and its history in Waterloo County and other parts of Ontario. The game's history rules and the use of Pennsylvania German dialect expressions are covered.Year of publication: 2012Export options:Speaking of power : the poetry of Di Brandt
Type: BookYear of publication: 2006Export options:Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:The Pennsylvania-German Wunder-Fisch (Marvel-Fish) Manuscript
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The manuscript housed in the Joseph Schneider Haus museum in Kitchener, Ontario is put in historical context, compared with similar documents held in other locations, and analyzed for its religious ...Year of publication: 2012Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Export options: