Directory of Online Canadian History Publications, Journals, Databases, & Exhibits.
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49th Parallel (electronic journal)
An Interdisciplinary Journal of North American Studies
"...quarterly electronic journal which aims to promote interdisciplinary study of the North American continent in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."
- Published by the University of Birmingham (UK) - Dept. of American and Canadian Studies
1841: A Census of Prince Edward Island
"This site provides valuable information about the people of Prince Edward Island for those interested in genealogy, history, and the geography of the colony of Prince Edward Island in the mid-19th century."
Black Loyalists: Our History, Our People
"This site explores an untold story of our nation's history: how Canada became the home of the first settlements of free blacks outside Africa.
"The Documents section contains a number of original historical documents which we have transcribed for your use, including several first hand accounts of life as a Black Loyalist in Nova Scotia. In addition we have court records, official proclamations, personal letters, and a wealth of other material, all of which may be cited at your leisure. A separate page describes a number of valuable secondary sources, historians, and web sites you may wish to consult for further information."
In addition to the Documents section this well designed site includes: Our Story ; People ; Communities ; Loyalist Now ; Timeline
From Canada's Digital Collections
Canada's Digital Collections
History collections include: Canada At War ; Canadian History ; Places in Canada and Local History
Canadian Architect and Builder Online
"...was published between 1888 and 1908 and is the only professional architectural journal published in Canada before World War I. Beautifully filled with photographs, drawings, advertisements and valuable articles, CAB provides a wealth of information on the state of architecture and building in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is also of immense historical importance as a cultural treasure that makes up part of the Canadian heritage."
Produced by the Blackader-Lauterman Library .
Canadian Constitutional Documents
A Legal History
By William F. Maton
The Canadian Encyclopedia
Sections include: Discover Canada ; Student Guides ; Games & Quizzes ; 100 Canadian Originals ; 100 Greatest Events in Canadian History.
- Canadian Heritage Information Network
"...the information gateway to museums, galleries, and heritage in Canada and around the world."
Includes a nice collection of Virtual Exhibitions
Department of Canadian Heritage- Artefacts Canada
"...previously known as the National Inventories, provides access to information on millions of museum objects, natural history specimens and archaeological sites. These records, contributed by museums and heritage organizations across Canada, have been assembled into three groups [ Humanities, Natural Sciences, Archeological Sites]." - Creating and Managing Digital Content
Sections include: Capture Your Collections ; Digitization Resources ; Web Site Development.
- Artefacts Canada
Canadian Heritage Gallery
"The most extensive collection of historical Canadiana on the Internet"
"To promote the accessibility, knowledge and research of Canadian Heritage by publishing via the Internet an extensive collection of historical photos, original documents, Canadian artwork, maps, and illustrations, fully documented and researched for historical authenticity, and presented in a "user friendly" format; And to advance dissemination of materials and information pertaining to the Heritage of Canada by providing printed or digital reproductions of selected images and caption information, as published on this Site."
Canadian Illustrated News - Images in the News
"...is a selection of almost 4000 images of people, places and events across Canada and around the world taken from the popular 19th-century magazine. Canadian Illustrated News was published in Montreal, Quebec by George Desbarats from 1749 to 1883 and was notable for its innovative use of half-tone photographs."
National Library of Canada
The Canadian Letters and Images Project
"An online archive of the Canadian war experience, from any war, as told through the letters and images of Canadians themselves."
Canadian Native Law Cases- 1763-1978
Native Law Centre, University of Saskatchewan
- Canvas of War
Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum (1914-1918 ; 1939-1945) - Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
"...is a fully searchable digitized collection of 144,000 contemporary newspaper clippings that report on the events of the Second World War as that great conflict unfolded."
CanText e Library
Canadian Documents Collection
"A collection of original resources for Canadian Studies."
Cartographic Records
Includes British Admiralty Charts, 1848-1955, B.C. Government Lithographed Regional Map Series, 1911-1911.
- British Columbia Archives
CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] Archives
Relive our History through CBC Radio and Television
"On this Web site you'll find a selection of radio and television clips from the Archives of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Some of these files have rested quietly at the bottom of our vaults for more than 60 years and are, for the first time, now accessible to the general public."
Sections include: People ; Conflict & War ; Arts & Entertainment ; Politics & Economy ; Life & Society ; Disasters & Tragedies ; Science & Technology ; Sports.
Cultivating Canadian Gardens: A History of Gardening in Canada
"...tells the story of the development of gardening in Canada through the books, periodicals, and printed materials collected, for the most part, by the National Library of Canada. It begins with the earliest recorded information on the plantings of the Hurons who had been tending their crops long before Europeans arrived in North America, and concludes with a brief look at the flood of printed material now available across the country."
Sections include: Planting the Seeds ; Cultivating the Garden ; The Cultivators ; Reaping the Harvest ; Bibliography ; Other Gardening Sites.
- National Library of Canada
Discover Canada's Geoscience Heritage
"Capture the spirit of adventure and travel back with us through text and images to discover the rich scientific heritage of our nation."
From Canada's Digital Collections
Early Canadiana Online (ECO)
"...is a digital library of primary sources in Canadian history from the first European contact to the early 20th century. The collection is particularly strong in the subject areas of literature, women's history, travel and exploration, native studies and the history of French Canada."
FamilySearch - Census Records
"You can choose the 1880 United States, 1881 British Isles, or the 1881 Canadian Census."
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
First Among Equals: The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
". Drawing on a wide variety of documents and artifacts, this site explores five main themes (see the menu at left) relating to Canada's prime ministers. The site examines our leaders' political careers as well as their private lives. It also sheds light on Canadians' perceptions of our prime ministers."
Sections include: Alone at the Top ; The Path to Power ; Leading Canada ; Private Life ; Afterwards ; Profiles ; Speeches.
National Library of Canada and National Archives of Canada
Historical Text Archive: Canada
By Don Mabry
Images Canada
"...provides central search access to the over 65,000 images held on the websites of participating Canadian cultural institutions. Through Images Canada, you can find images of the Canadian events, people, places and things that collectively are our heritage."
Inventory of Canadian Digital Initiatives
- National Library of Canada
- Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory
"Featuring photographs from various public and private collections, Framing Canada: A Photographic Memory presents a searchable database of digitized photographic images from 1843 to the mid-20th century. These images tell the fascinating and ever-changing story of how Canadians see themselves and their world."
Mapping Canada
"WANDER THROUGH THE HISTORY of Canada and watch the map of the country transform. Click on the time line or on highlighted text to switch maps. And select highlighted text to learn more."
From Canadian Geographic
Maps of the French and Indian War
From the Collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society
Sections include: About the War ; About Maps ; Online Atlas ; View Maps.
McGill University Libraries - Digital Collections Program (DCP)
"...has been created to digitally capture and provide electronic access to McGill University's unique rare and special collections via the World Wide Web using advanced digital technologies. These collections include, rare books, maps, manuscripts, prints, photographs, sound recordings, and more."
Memorable Canadians
"Memorable Canadians is the new Web-based biographical index available through National Library of Canada's Web site. You can now search a growing database of over 200 eminent Canadian personalities using any of four efficient indexes: name, subject, endeavour and electronic resource. Memorable Canadians provides quick and direct access to biographical information on important Canadians who have contributed to the Canadian cultural landscape."
- ArchiviaNet: Online Research Tool - (dead link) "...is an automated research tool that allows you to access a vast amount of information from various databases and automated systems created by the National Archives of Canada."
- Aboriginal Peoples
Guide to the Records of the Government of Canada.
Includes an overview of Aboriginal history in Canada. - Census of Canada, 1901
"The 1901 Census offers a rich source of information about Canada and Canadians at the turn of the 20th Century. Through this research tool you can access digitized images of the original census returns, which record age, nationality, religion, profession, income, education, etc for every single resident of Canada on 31 March 1901."
National Defence Canada - History and Heritage Publications
- Second World War as a National Experience - (dead link) [.pdf]
Edited by Sidney Aster, 1981.
Publisher: The Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War, Ottawa.
- Digital Library of Canada - History
- Canadian Confederation
"...tells the story of how Canada came to be, from the original four provinces in 1747 to the present. Historical essays showcase documents, articles and photographs of the people, places and events that have shaped our country. The site features material from the collection of the National Library of Canada, including a number of rare items that would otherwise be difficult to access." - A Treasure Trove of North American Exploration
"The books on this site are accounts of North American voyages and explorations from the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Christopher Columbus in 1492 to the famous trip through the Northwest Passage by Roald Amundsen in 1905."
- Canadian Confederation
- Canadian War Industry During the Second World War
"Welcome to the War Records-Manufacturing (WRM) series of photographs. On this website you will find images of black and white photographs taken during the Second World War by the Wartime Information Board, whose photographic operations were later transferred to the National Film Board. This series spans seven years, from 1939 to 1945, and documents the roles of Canadian civilians in the Second World War industrial effort. - Engine of Immortality: Canadian Newspapers from 1752 until Today
- From Colony to Country:
A Reader's Guide to Canadian Military History - Native Residential Schools in Canada: A Selective Bibliography
"This bibliography accompanies the exhibition Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools produced by the National Archives of Canada, the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Aboriginal Healing Charitable Association in collaboration with the National Library of Canada, numerous church and other archives presented at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa from June 18, 2002 to February 3, 2003...The type of materials listed in this bibliography include books, scholarly articles, school histories, personal accounts, theses, videos, and Internet resources."
Compiled by Amy Fisher and Deborah Lee, April 2002. - Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Sensation
A wonderful multimedia exhibit including an audio tour, photo gallery, selections, articles, history, biography and much more.
Parliamentary Internet Parlementaire
Maintained jointly by the Senate, House of Commons and Library of Parliament, offers information on the Canadian Parliament
- History of the Federal Electoral Ridings since 1747
"...is a unique electronic resource that provides information on the electoral history of Canada since Confederation. Included you will find the names of all the candidates to all the federal elections as well as a description of all the ridings." (February 2001)
Sheet Music from Canada's Past
"This site is a source of sheet music published in Canada before 1921, selected from the National Library of Canada's historical collection."
Sections include: Pre-Confederation Era ; First World War Era.
- Historical Statistics of Canada
F.H. Leacy, Editor
Thomas Raddall Electronic Archive Project
"...is creating an electronic archive that will feature selected significant letters, manuscripts, photographs, stories, and broadcasts by Thomas Raddall, one of Canada's and Nova Scotia's foremost authors and historians."
- Dalhousie University Libraries
U.S. National Library of Medicine - History of Medicine
- Medicine in the Americas, 1619-1914: A Digital Library
"...is a digital library project providing scanned historical American medical books in pdf and as searchable text files. The project is aimed at the general public, with special emphasis on historians, students, clinicians, and librarians... The projectís goal is to provide original source materials on the development of medicine in the New World, including Latin America, Canada, and the Caribbean. The History of Medicine Division hopes that including non-U.S. imprints will foster research on a wider variety of topics in the study of American medicine."
Virtual Gramophone
Canadian Historical Sound Recordings
"...a multimedia Web site devoted to the first half-century of recorded sound in Canada ... The database at the heart of this Web site, when completed, will contain information on and images of 78-rpm and cylinder recordings released in Canada, and foreign recordings featuring Canadian artists or Canadian compositions, as well as details on the 78s and cylinders in the Recorded Sound Collection at the National Library of Canada. Biographies of prominent Canadian performers, short histories of Canadian record companies, background information on music styles and the recording technology of the time, and digital audio reproductions of selected 78s will also be included."
National Library of Canada
World War I Letters Home
"This page will showcase the letters of Canadian soldiers in the Great War. Each month I will be selecting a new letter from my files and putting it online. I will also include a brief biography of the soldier, if known, and a photograph, if available."
By Brian Massey, The Canadian Military Heritage Project
Bibliographies
Anti-Slavery Issues in Canada, 1830-1870: - (dead link)
A Selective Bibliography
"The following is a list of materials held by the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada on the anti-slavery movement in Canada between approximately 1830 and 1870. As the historiography relating to slavery is vast, including thousands of monographs and journal articles dealing with aspects of the issue, the present bibliography is restricted to primary material dating from the period when slavery was being debated and criticized in public discourse."
"...tells the story of the development of gardening in Canada through the books, periodicals, and printed materials collected, for the most part, by the National Library of Canada. It begins with the earliest recorded information on the plantings of the Hurons who had been tending their crops long before Europeans arrived in North America, and concludes with a brief look at the flood of printed material now available across the country."
Sections include: Planting the Seeds ; Cultivating the Garden ; The Cultivators ; Reaping the Harvest ; Bibliography ; Other Gardening Sites.
- National Library of Canada
Native Residential Schools in Canada: A Selective Bibliography
"This bibliography accompanies the exhibition Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools produced by the National Archives of Canada, the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Aboriginal Healing Charitable Association in collaboration with the National Library of Canada, numerous church and other archives presented at the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa from June 18, 2002 to February 3, 2003...The type of materials listed in this bibliography include books, scholarly articles, school histories, personal accounts, theses, videos, and Internet resources."
Compiled by Amy Fisher and Deborah Lee, April 2002.
Academic Email Discussion Lists
H-Canada History and Studies
H-CANADA is the H-Net discussion list dealing with Canadian History. Home page has syllabi, and links to internet resources.
Maintained by Mike Madin.
Last Modified February 2007.
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