Ontario Local History ( Additions Are Regularly Made to Last Pages)
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1 Ontario Local History ( additions are regularly made to last pages) Title Author Topic Yr Condition Format Price The Early Days of Innerkip District (Updated) Zella Hotson Detailed story of families 84 fine p/b $6 & buildings in the area The Danube Swabians: A People with Portable Katherine Stenger Frey Life & immigration of 82 fine h/b w $15 Roots Danube Germans to Can d/w Rural Ontario: Photographs of 19 th Century Ontario Verschoyle Blake & Stunning photos of bldgs 69 Very h/b w $10 Ralph Greenhill & landscape from 1800s good d/w Remembrance of Things Past: 1905-1977 Kathleen Morris Rivers A long life lived in Owen 77 good p/b $5 Sound area coil Towers of Time: Photo History of Ontario’s Clock Marc Boileau (signed) Federal architects & their 06 new p/b $23 Tower Post Offices, 1871-1936 Ontario post offices Kingsville 1790-2000: A Stroll Through Time Kingsfield-Gosfield Wide range of historical 03 fine p/b $7 Volume 1 Heritage Society essays on Kingsville area Kingsville 1790-2000: A Stroll Through Time Kingsfield-Gosfield Wide range of historical 03 fine p/b $7 Volume 2 (both for $12) Heritage Society essays on Kingsville area Hamilton: Story of a City Lois C Evans Quick & easy history of good p/b $3 Steeltown Magnetic Muskoka: Yesterday, Today and Muriel Grigg Traces her family history 71 good h/b w $5 Tomorrow with the area’s growth d/w A Guide to Historic Haileybury Peter Fancy and Tem / 40 pp street-by-street tour 93 Fine p/b $4 Abitibi Heritage Ass’n of the 1889 village twice destroyed by fire. Middlemiss: In the County of Middlesex, twp of JoAnn Galbraith Detailed study of Thames 90 Excel- h/b $5 Ekfrid. River hamlet w many lent signed photos and family stories. Backhouses of the North Muriel E Newton-White Sketches and tongue-in- 72 very p/b $4 (6 th printing) cheek survey of the privy good Old Oxford’s Wide Awake! Pioneers & Politicians Brian Dawe The first 50 yrs of Wood- 80 good p/b $4 in Oxford County 1793-1853 stock and surroundings (stains) Much to be Done: Private Life in Ontario from Frances Hoffman & Ryan Behind the scenes of life 96 fine p/b $9 Victorian Diaries Taylor in 1800s by 2 WHS-ers With a Glance Backward E A Howes Memoir of eastern Ont 39 very h/b $4 rural life in early 1900s good 2 Oliver Mowat’s Ontario: 1860s-1880s Ed Donald Swainson Papers given at Mowat 72 very p/b $5 Celebration in 1970 good Oxford County Jr Farmers’ 50 th Anniversary Pat Karn et al Program and history of 64 very p/b $5 1914-64 the OCJF’s celeb’n good Historic Guelph: The Royal City, August 1983 Guelph Historical Society Papers on streetcars, 83 fine p/b $2 Eramosa, opera house, etc Upper Canada Village Guidebook and History (2 -- Early versions of UCV’s 63- very p/b $5 different plus 2 UC guides on Furniture and guide / history booklets. 66 good Spinning / Weaving) Four booklets Early History of Howick Township In Huron R W N Wade Focuses on early Gorrie, 52 fine p/b $6 County: 100 Years 1851-1951 Fordwich & Wroxeter Reflections on London’s Past F H Armstrong, D J Drawings, photos and 75 very p/b $5 Brock (signed) essays of Lon bldgs good With Mortar and Pine: Architectural Heritage in Norwich LACAC Sketches and essays on 80 very p/b $9 Twp of Norwich the twp’s buildings good Cabbagetown Remembered George Rust-D’Eye Photos and history from 84 fine p/b $7 heart of Toronto By the Sound of Her Whistle John Craig, ill by Fred Steam navig’n & settlers 75 very p/b $3 Craig in Kawarthas & Trent. good Fabric of a Dream: Settlement Story of Madoc and Brenda Hudson, illus by Nicely illustrated story of 79 fine h/b w $8 Elzevir Townships Brenda & Robert Hudson pioneers and settlers d/w Jack Miner and the Birds: And Some Things Jack Miner Legendary Kingsville Ont 23 Good, h/b $3 I Know About Nature naturalist’s love of nature ex-lib Cyclone Taylor: A Hockey Legend from Listowel Eric Whitehead Hockey’s greatest player 77 very h/b w $5 & greatest showman good d/w A Century of Western Ontario: Story of London, Orlo Miller Using Free Press articles, 49 very h/b w $10 the Free Press and Western Ontario 1849-1949 Miller recreates WO story good d/w This is Carling: Story of Carling USA --- 28 pp booklet. From 74 very p/b $2 (From history to How-To-Make) London to huge USA firm good Algonquin Story: Ontario’s Favorite Park Audrey Saunders, intro by Photos and artworks add 50 fair h/b $2 Selwyn Dewdney to author’s research story ex-lib Birds of Ontario in Relation to Agriculture: Charles Nash New way of looking at 19 good p/b $3 Bulletin 218 Ont’s 320 bird species 13 The Bruce Trail Guide Book n.a. One of earliest guides of 65 fine p/b $9 the org`n. Includes two (incredibly detailed maps and instructions) update inserts 3 Ontario Historic Sites, Museums, Galleries & n.a. Handy when touring Ont 78 fine p/b $2 Plaques for ferreting out history! Corbeil Interpretive Trail Walking Tour Guide n.a. 16pp guide to conser- 90 Fine p/b $1 vation area at head of La Vase River nr North Bay Eleanora’s Diary: Journals of a Canadian Pioneer Caroline Parry Historically authentic (but 94 Fine p/b $4 Girl 1830s and 1840s fictional) diary of a young pioneer in Upper Canada The Mind of Ontario Royce MacGillivary UW history prof analyses 85 Fine p/b $2 how Ontario’s mentality and mindset developed. Illustrated Guide to History and Heritage of Lake Temiskaming Abitibi 24 pp tour of the lake, 92 Fine p/b $3 Temiskaming Heritage Ass’n islands, villages, boats. Ottawa Blodwen Davies, frontis- Entertaining story of the 54 Fine h/b $5 (an anecdotal history) piece wood-cut by capital with Davies’ per- Laurence Hyde sonal interpretation. The Toronto Book: Anthology of Writings Past & Ed by William Kilbourn Dickens,Whitman,Purdy 76 Fine h/b w $6 Present by Many Well-Known Authors Callaghan,Hemingway, d/w Leacock, many more. The Gaiety of Gables: Ontario’s Architectural Folk Anthony Adamson w Following essay on 74 Fine h/b w $8 Art photos by John Willard gables, over 50 pp of d/w (barge boards, verge boards, gingerbread) b&w and color photos From a Roadside Window: Columns from the Ethel Chapman Veteran author and WI 63 fine p/b $5 Farmers’ Advocate director observes life’s ins-and-outs. Humanities in Homespun: More columns from the Ethel Chapman (signed) Clever and homely 69 very p/b $5 Farmers’ Advocate recollections of rural life good Alton: A Pictorial History Ralph Beaumont Quaint village south of 74 fine p/b $15 (by long-time GRCA manager) Orangeville tells its tale As I Remember: Prince Edward County and P K Stafford Anecdotal story of Picton 98 fine p/b $10 Beyond (columns from Kingston newspapers) and area in folksy manner Historic Prince Edward [County] PE Historical Society Easy-to-follow historical 76 very p/b $6 tour of historic peninsula good Oxford North Women’s Institute: Fiftieth ONWI Publication Dozens of county WIs 55 very p/b $6 Anniversary 1905-1955 Committee celebrate a half-century good Oxford North Women’s Institute: 75 th Anniversary ONWI Publication Each county WI branch 80 fine p/b $5 1905-1980 Committee recounts its work&history 4 North Middlesex District Women’s Institute 50 th Ann Wilson et al 20+ county WIs re-tell 53 very p/b $5 Anniversary 1903-1953 their own histories good The First 50 years: A History of The Oxford Soil Donald Hart Year-by-year 1938-1988, 90 fine p/b $5 and Crop Improvement Association reports of annual doings Hand Book for the use of Federated Women’s Anna P Lewis Guide to setting up a WI 49 good p/b $7 Institutes of Ontario anywhere in Ont Adelaide Hoodless: Woman with a Vision Ruth Howes Founder of Women’s 65 fine p/b $6 Institutes life and work Abroad With Me: 33 Letters from Europe Dorothy Futcher Thru UK and mainland c51 very p/b $10 (visit to Associated County Women of the World) Europe, Canadian women good meet their peers in Europe Pioneer Life Among the Loyalists in Upper Canada W K Herrington All aspects of life among 38 very h/b $13 the earliest Ont settlers good Muskoka II John de Visser & Judy Beautiful color photos of 98 very h/b w $9 Ross cottage country good d/w Old Oakville: Character study of the town’s early David and Suzanne Drawings and details 79 very h/b w $7 buildings and the people who built them Peacock about scores of structures good d/w The Georgetown Boys: Armenian Orphans in J Apramian Over 100 Armenian kids 83 very p/b $11 Canada at the Georgetown farm good Prescott: 1810-1967 Compiled by J A Morris Greatly detailed look back 67 very h/b $6 thru the town’s history good Canning and Community: Past to Present: 2 nd Canning Reunion Detailed family stories in 91 fine p/b $6 Canning Reunion 1991 Committee village on the Nith River The Grange Knock: Patrons of Husbandry in the Janet Arnett Co-op village of Knock, 85 fine p/b $5 Village of Knock in Innisfil Twp 1875-1900 N of Toronto, now gone! Through Water, Ice and Fire: Schooner Nancy of Barry Gough Long-time WLU prof 06 excellent p/b $18 the War of 1812 (Destroyed at Wasaga, now an details most heroic naval historic site: hero was Lt Miller Worseley) act of the war Approaching Ontario’s Past: Organizing for F H Armstrong Handbook and action plan 78 fine p/b $4 Preservation for preservationists Along the Champlain Trail: Stories from Olmstead book committee Fine collection of stories c90 fine h/b $8 / Jeffrey Lake [north of Renfrew, Ontario] by the lake’s landowners: family, earlier owners, natives.