September 28, 2023
The journals of the Ryan’s Merchant Premises contain a day-to-day record of what Bonavistans were purchasing from such a merchant store. Among the fishing supplies, imported foods and general household wares sold by the Ryans at the store are copious amounts of fabrics and notions, as well as ready-made clothing. The large movement of fabrics… Read More
News · August 31, 2023
A new addition has been made to the Past “Aspects” page, which contains our “Aspects” articles from past issues of the Newfoundland Quarterly and is located under our Publications Page. This new posting, by Dr. Mike O’Brien, deals with the training of the Newfoundland Regiment from their arrival in the United Kingdom to their deployment… Read More
News · July 29, 2023
A new addition has been made to the Past “Aspects” page, which contains our “Aspects” articles from past issues of the Newfoundland Quarterly and is located under our Publications Page. This new posting, by Dr. Mike O’Brien, deals with the training of the Newfoundland Regiment at Pleasantville.
April 27, 2023
Urban Newfoundland struggled with housing problems during the 20th century: both a lack of houses and the burden of poor-quality houses. In 1944, the St John’s Housing Corporation (SJHC) was established by the city and the Commission of Government to build a garden suburb and perhaps do away with the poor-quality houses in the inner… Read More
March 30, 2023
Recollection of Labrador Life was first published in England in 1861 by Lambert de Boilieu, then reprinted with editing and notes by Thomas F. Bredin in by Ryerson Press in 1969. The work has been widely accepted as a memoir of life at Battle Harbour in the 1850s, and is frequently cited in popular and… Read More