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Death of the National Dream: Fred Alderdice and his default plan
Doug Letto
February 26, 2015
In October 1932, the newly elected Prime Minister of Newfoundland made a dramatic plan known to the British government. Fred Alderdice told the Secretary of State for the Dominions that the government had little choice but partially default on more than $5 million a year in debt payments. Britain reacted angrily. Its subsequent offer of… Read More
Two Episodes in the Parliamentary History of Newfoundland and Labrador: The Rise and Fall of the House of Assembly, 1832 and 1933
John E. FitzGerald
January 29, 2015
The Parliament of Newfoundland is unique in the history of parliaments in the Westminster tradition in that it was both created and abolished within a century. Based on the author’s forthcoming history of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland, this illustrated lecture will explore the circumstances surrounding the creation and the early days of the… Read More
An Irish-Nationalist resurgence in St.John’s? The Self- Determination for the Ireland League of Newfoundland, 1919-1922
Patrick Mannion
November 27, 2014
These ignorant and excited fishmongers”: Popular Resistance to Bishop Feild in Transatlantic Newfoundland and Labrador
Calvin Hollett
October 30, 2014
The George Story Lecture: On Record: Toward A Social History of Audio Recording in Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. Beverley Diamond
May 1, 2014
(NOTE: this lecture was not recorded because of laws concerning permissions.)