Show and Tell Evening – January 17, 2012 – Long Branch Library
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillThe next meeting of the Long Branch Historical Society will be at 6:30 pm on Tuesday, January 12, 2012. Meetings are held at the Long Branch Library, 3500 Lake Shore Blvd. West. The meeting will feature a Show and Tell Evening of Artifacts and Memorabilia. You don’t need to be a member to attend our […]
Karolyn Smardz Frost (2007) documents the story of Thornton and Lucie Blackburn who “stole themselves” from slavery
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillFurther details regarding Mimico’s Town Hall
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI’m pleased to share with you the following comments from Paul Chomik: “There is not, and never has been a community named ‘Mimico-by-the-Lake’. That is simply the name of Mimico’s second Business Improvement Area (BIA) which does not contain or represent any residents – it only represents some of Mimico’s businesses. The community should never […]
The Mimico Town Hall was located on the east side of Church Street north of Mimico Avenue
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI have revised a previous post, which was based on information that had been earlier communicated to me. The revised paragraph now reads as follows: As I understand, the “heart” of Mimico is usually considered to be Mimico Ave. and Lake Shore Blvd West. A twelve-storey building is going up on Superior Avenue. The Municipal […]
With recent German heritage films, according to Anne Fuchs (2008), bad history emerges as a good story. I have added updates to this Dec. 18, 2011 post.
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillPhantoms of War in Contemporary German Literature, Films and Discourse (2008) is part of a publishing series at the University of Birmingham entitled New Perspectives in German Studies. The paragraph I have chosen to focus upon is on p. 143 of Chapter 5, which is entitled: “Narrating Resistance to the Third Reich: Museum Discourse, Autobiography, […]
Archaeology in the school system: The Archaeological Resource Centre (Karolyn Smardz)
/0 Comments/in Toronto/by Jaan PillI recently read an article by Karolyn Smardz Frost entitled Archaeology in the school system: The Archaeological Resource Centre. To be more precise, the article was written when the author’s name was Karolyn Smardz. The article offers a great overview of what can be done with archaeology in schools as occurred in the Toronto Board of […]
David Juliusson has shared a list of valuable resources for helping us to position Samuel Smith as a historical figure
/0 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillWe owe thanks to David Juliusson, Program Officer, Historic Fort York, City of Toronto, for sharing some great resources regarding the history of warfare it relates to the story of Colonel Samuel Smith: Crowder, Norman K. Early Ontario Settlers, A Source Book. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1993. Fernow, Berthold, ed. Documents relating to the Colonial History of the […]
Ron Williamson shares an overview of early North American warfare in “The House of Cut-Off Heads”
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillRecently I read Chapter 8 of a book entitled The taking and displaying of human body parts by Amerindians (2007). Beautifully written and informative, the chapter is by the Canadian archaeologist Ron Williamson. The full title of the chapter is: “Otintsiskiaj ondaon” (“The House of Cut-Off Heads”): The history and archaeology of Northern Iroquoian trophy […]
What does ‘citizen involvement’ mean in the context of Mimico 2020? (December 7, 2011 meeting highlights)
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillI found the Mimico 2020 meeting on Dec, 7, 2011 most interesting. We have an audio file of the meeting and look forward to posting reports, once a transcript is completed, about who said what. Here’s an overview of the meeting by Tamara Shephard of The Etobicoke Guardian. The article notes that Ruth Grier, a decades-long community […]