News & Events
Gilbert Higgins Lecture – World’s Fair Baby: On Tour with Nancy Columbia and the Labrador Inuit
Kenn Harper
November 28, 2019
In 1892 a promoter took 60 Inuit from Labrador to exhibit at the Chicago World’s Fair the following year. One family, that of Esther Enutseak, her parents, and her daughter, Nancy Columbia, who was born at that fair, went on to become professional exhibitees, travelling and performing throughout America, Europe, and even North Africa. With… Read More
The Bartlett Lecture: Newfoundland as Part of the North
Dr. Latonia Hartery
October 24, 2019
Dr. Hartery discusses Newfoundland as a gateway to the Arctic, as well as the critical role it played in Arctic exploration during the 1900s. The lecture also tackles the question: could the island be considered the southernmost extension of the North? Dr. Hartery illustrates her points using the adventures of Captain Robert Abram Bartlett, her… Read More
Communal Narrative as History
Linden MacIntyre
September 26, 2019
Much of the standard Canadian record provides too few voices of people in the front lines of daily, ordinary survival, whereas much of the NL historical record/consciousness is embedded in the story-telling tradition. Linden will speak about what he found in Newfoundland while working on his latest project – a wealth of material from eye-witnesses,… Read More
Larry Dohey 1959 – 2019
News · August 28, 2019
The Newfoundland and Labrador Historical Society is deeply saddened to hear of Larry Dohey’s sudden passing. Larry was Past President of the Society and contributed to the preservation of NL history and heritage in immeasurable ways. He was knowledgeable, charismatic, and passionate about NL history and heritage, and he was a connector — connecting people… Read More
George Story Lecture and AGM
Shane O’Dea
April 25, 2019
Shane O’Dea will talk about the George Story he knew and about George’s central role in the development of the Newfoundland preservation movement. The lecture will reach from the first glimmerings of concern for our built heritage up through the trials and triumphs of the sixties and seventies into the present. The Newfoundland and Labrador… Read More