To promote the history of Oxford County in South-Western Ontario
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This guest post is provided by Middlesex Centre Archives. They are holding an Heritage Fair on Saturday, April 9, 2022 from 10am – 4pm at the Delaware Community Centre. Admission is free.
For more information see the above picture or contact the Middlesex Centre Archives, by phone at 519-518-5590 or by email middlesexcentrearchives@gmail.com.
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This guest post is provided by Oxford County Libraries.
Your invitation to participate in Oxford Local History Day 2022!
Oxford County Library will again be taking the spirit of Oxford Local History Day online with our 2nd annual event celebrating the history of Oxford County.
On Saturday, April 23 we are hoping to again showcase a full day of virtual local history presentations that will bring to light the story of Oxford. Experience collections, exhibits & featured stories from archives, museums & heritage groups from around Oxford County.
Are you interested in telling the story of Oxford? Consider creating a short video or a narrated slide presentation to provide education around your collections and promote your organization that could be featured on Oxford County Library social media sometime during Oxford Local History Day.
Explore our outstanding submissions from 2021 on the Oxford County Library YouTube Channel:
If you would like to participate in this initiative, please indicate your willingness to do so by Monday, March 28. Video presentation submission deadline is Thursday, April 14.
Oxford County. We’ve made history!
Contact: VICKI BRENNER
Digital & Local History Technician | Oxford County Library
519-485-2505 ext. 3280 | vbrenner@ocl.net
Hello Everyone,
This guest post is from one of our members, George Calder.
George has this to say about Tim Falconer’s newest publication:
The author is Tim Falconer who is familiar with the Yukon but lives in Toronto. The book is a great record of the growth of the game of hockey in Canada. But it also focuses on the assistance given to it by Joseph Whiteside Boyle and the hockey team from the Yukon managed by him that challenged for the Stanley Cup in 1905. A great read.
From the GoodReads website:
Join a ragtag group of misfits from Dawson City as they scrap to become the 1905 Stanley Cup champions and cement hockey as Canada’s national pastime An underdog hockey team traveled for three and a half weeks from Dawson City to Ottawa to play for the Stanley Cup in 1905. The Klondikers’ eagerness to make the journey, and the public’s enthusiastic response, revealed just how deeply, and how quickly, Canadians had fallen in love with hockey. After Governor General Stanley donated a championship trophy in 1893, new rinks appeared in big cities and small towns, leading to more players, teams, and leagues. And more fans. When Montreal challenged Winnipeg for the Cup in December 1896, supporters in both cities followed the play-by-play via telegraph updates. As the country escaped the Victorian era and entered a promising new century, a different nation was emerging. Canadians fell for hockey amid industrialization, urbanization, and shifting social and cultural attitudes. Class and race-based British ideals of amateurism attempted to fend off a more egalitarian professionalism. Ottawa star Weldy Young moved to the Yukon in 1899, and within a year was talking about a Cup challenge. With the help of Klondike businessman Joe Boyle, it finally happened six years later. Ottawa pounded the exhausted visitors, with”One-Eyed” Frank McGee scoring an astonishing 14 goals in one game. But there was no doubt hockey was now the national pastime.
If you wish to purchase this book you can do so through the GoodReads website or through amazon.ca.
Please join us on Wednesday, March 30 at 6:45pm at the Woodstock Museum, NHS as we welcome Dr. Stephanie Radu, Curator of the Beachville District Museum.
The following is a summary of Dr. Radu’s upcoming presentation:
Historic house museums are a common, if often overlooked, feature of the Canadian heritage landscape. As national historic sites, and community museums, they address cultural, social, historical and political facets of the past. Whether they recount the life of a previous owner, focus on how chores in early households were completed, give visitors a sense of how their foundations were built or walls were decorated, they reflect different regional identities, varied stories of domestic life and different architectural traditions. This presentation looks across examples from the west coast (British Columbia) to the east (Nova Scotia) and offers references to local examples in between. It looks at how closets are transformed into display cabinets for historic housewares, how antique lighting fixtures are converted into appropriate “Exit” lights and how entire dining table sets become frozen for viewing.
In exploring these transformations, the presentation looks at how private, domestic spaces are re-envisioned as public institutions. It further looks at how multisensory exhibits, interactive displays and participative programs are used to restage the environment of historic homes for the enjoyment and education of museum visitors. Be ready to step inside of Canada’s historic homes and as well as back in time.
Many thanks to all those who attend the Society’s 2022 AGM. Thanks to Brenda Boswell for her wonderful presentation – Harvest Excursion: Featuring the Story of Gordon Stanley Boswell. A summary of her presentation will be in the spring edition of the Pattullo Press newsletter.
As of January 2022 our current Board Members are:
President: Kathie Richards
Past President: Jim Groulx
Vice President: Vacant
Treasurer/Secretary: Elaine Becker
Treasurer/Secretary: Laura Centore
Communications and Newsletter: Laura Centore
Membership: Judy Klages
Archives/Architecture: Eleanor Gardhouse
Board Members at Large: Jim Groulx, Don Wilson
Museum Liaison: Karen Houston
The Society wishes to welcome back our old members and give a warm hello to our new members. Please send in your Membership fees if you have not already done so, follow this link for how to renew for 2022: Membership Renewal
We are currently working on arranging presentations and some of the topics include Old Houses as Museum and Queen of the Con(Cassie Chadwick). If you have a topic that you would like to present please email the Society at info@oxhs.ca.