Please see this guest post from the Woodstock Museum NHS:
The Spirit of Christmas Tour of Homes is back!
Our holiday home tour is returning for the first time in three years on Saturday, November 25 from 10am to 2pm.
Hosted by the Museum Advisory Committee, the tour will feature four historic homes decked out for the holidays. Tickets can be purchased for $20 each at the Museum. Visit our website for a map of the participating homes!
If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca
Alyssa MacLean & Miranda Green-Barteet: “Researching London’s Black History: The Black Londoners Project”
November 11, 2023 at 1:00pm
In partnership with the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at Western University, Words is pleased to host a presentation by Western Professors Alyssa MacLean & Miranda Green-Barteet who are mapping the stories of formerly enslaved Black Londoners.
Alyssa MacLean & Miranda Green-Barteet: “Researching London’s Black History: The Black Londoners Project” Saturday, 11 November, 1PM Museum London, Centre at the Forks
In 1856, Benjamin Drew, a U.S. abolitionist, travelled to Canada to transcribe the oral stories of formerly enslaved Black individuals. Among them, 16 individuals who originally settled in London, Ont. Their narratives, recorded in Drew’s book, A North-Side View of Slavery, describe their former enslavers, their escapes and how they made it to Canada.
But what of their lives afterwards?
With Drew’s accounts as their starting point, Western researchers Miranda Green-Barteet and Alyssa MacLean are working to trace the paths these self-liberated individuals took after arriving in London and to better understand their experiences in London. By documenting their journeys through an interactive website hosted by Western Libraries, Green-Barteet and MacLean aim to address a longstanding gap in the history of Black Londoners.
In this presentation, Professors Green-Barteet and MacLean will explore how they are using resources in Western Libraries Archives and Special Collections to support their work creating a Black Londoners Digital Archive.
If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca
Please see this guest post from the Oxford Branch of Ontario Ancestors:
Please join us at our next virtual meeting on Monday, November 13th at 7:00 pm as
Glenn Wright presents “Proudly She Served – Canadian Women at War – 1885-1945”. Between 1914 and 1919, more than 3200 nurses served with the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) at home and overseas. During the Second World War, about 50,000 women volunteered, as the role of women expanded significantly when the Canadian Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Royal Canadian Navy created women’s divisions. The CEF and the Second World War service files in the custody of LAC are an important source of information for family historians, genealogists, women’s history, and all those interested in Canada’s military heritage. With these and other sources, we can more fully document and appreciate the role of Canadian women in uniform.
Please visit our website at https://oxford.ogs.on.ca and click on the link “Register Here” for the zoom meeting. The meeting is free and we welcome everyone.
If you would like your event or article published (relating to Oxford County ON or South-Western ON), on the Society’s blog please email us at info@oxhs.ca
The Oxford Historical Society will be selling local history books at the Oxford Creates Art Expo on Saturday, November 4th from 10am-4pm, and on Sunday, November 5th from 12-4pm. To discover more about this event go to: www.oxfordcreativeconnections.com
This is a great time to add to your history collection or start one! To see some of our available titles for purchase click on this link: OxHS Publications
Dam Busters 1943, photo courtesy of the Canadian Warplane Museum
Please join us for a special presentation by John Bullen, from the Canadian Warplane Museum, for the 80th Anniversary of the Dam Busters. John will discuss the daring raids launched by Bomber Command in WWII. Learn about Canadian’s involvement in these missions, crew training and the challenges that they overcame to complete their missions.
This presentation will take place at the Woodstock Museum, NHS. The meeting will start at 6:30pm. This is a free public meeting, all are welcome to attend.
