History

Resources

Maps and Data

University of Guelph Data Collection:

Case Study

Flax in Waterloo County, 1861-1871

This case study joins the 1861 Canadian Census to a modern map of lots and concessions and uses the 1861 Tremaine map of Waterloo township, Canada West, to find addresses and check for historical accuracy. The data it displays are flax production figures, but they could just as easily be information about people or other produce.

Basic and Advanced Functions of GIS

Originally, scholars used GIS for organizing data and creating maps for presentations. While still common, GIS software can now perform more analytical functions. The next two sections describe some of the descriptive (basic) and analytical (advanced) functions of GIS.

Tweedsmuirs are history books compiled by Women’s Institute branches to preserve the local history of each community. They resemble scrapbooks as they contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and handwritten histories. The histories include various information on the community including: churches, schools, land and property, and biographies.

Bibliography of Research Using Business Account Books

Canadian material

Bittermann, Rusty. “Farm Households and Wage Labour in the Northeastern Maritimes in the Early 19th Century.” Labour/Le Travail 31 (Spring 1993): pp. 13-45.
         The several merchants’ accounts used periodically in this article were analysed for their portrayal of rural labour traded for credit.

Nurse-Gupta, Jodey - Ph.D
Food, Flowers, and Fancywork: Fashioning, Negotiating, and Expanding the Roles of Women in Ontario Agricultural Societies and Fairs, 1846-1980 - Dr. Catharine Wilson, advisor

Leahy, Patrick - M.A
Driving Forward: The Power of the Horse in Douro Township 1850-1900 - Dr. Catharine Wilson, advisor

Anderson, Katharine - M.A
“Hitched Horse, Milked Cow, Killed Pig”: Pragmatic Stewardship and the Paradox of Human/Animal Relationships in Southern Ontario, 1900-1920 - Dr. Susan Nance, advisor

Sharp, Samuel - M.A
The Importance of Family: A Micro-History Study of James Cameron and the Interplay of Family, Agriculture and Masculinity in Glengarry County, 1855-1881 - Dr. Catharine Wilson, advisor

Bowley, Patricia - Ph.D
A Century of Soybeans: Scientific Research and Mixed Farming in Agricultural Southern Ontario, 1881-1983 - Dr. Stuart McCook, advisor

Cox, Lisa - Ph.D
Reasonable Tact and Diplomacy: Disease Management and Bovine Tuberculosis in North America, 1890-1950 - Dr. Stuart McCook, advisor