Repository Collection: Vol 16 numéro 4

Historians and the National Archives of Canada

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:17:00 GMT

Title: Historians and the National Archives of Canada

Authors: Reid, John G.

Issue Date: 2020-02-11

Abstract: On July 4, 1990, a water pipe burst on the 4th floor of the National Archives of Canada building on Wellington Street in Ottawa. The resuit was serious damage to a number of irreplaceable items in the national map collection. Ten volumes were soaked badly enough to require freeze-drying, and almost 100 other atlases and rare books were also affected.; For many years part of the membership of the CHA has felt that the society should be a member of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities (CFH) in addition to its membership in the Social Sciences Federation of Canada (SSFC).

Canadian Security Intelligence Service Records Acquired by the National Archives of Canada

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:14:44 GMT

Title: Canadian Security Intelligence Service Records Acquired by the National Archives of Canada

Authors: O'Brien, J.W.

Issue Date: 2020-02-11

Abstract: In 1982 the National Archives and the then Security Service of the RCMP agreed to plan for the regular disposal of the records of the Security Service and for the transfer to the Archives of those records which had permanent value as archives.

Policy for Travel Subsidies for the CHAAnnual Meeting In Kingston

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:11:40 GMT

Title: Policy for Travel Subsidies for the CHAAnnual Meeting In Kingston

Authors: Bernier, Serge; St-Hilaire-Tardif, Lyne

Issue Date: 2020-02-11

Abstract: The SSHRC will probably grant the CHA funds to help defray some of the travel and accommodation costs of the 1991 conference in Kingston, Ontario. This grant is the sole source of funds available to the CHA to assist members travelling to the conference.

A Peace Proposal for the War of the Sexes

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:06:26 GMT

Title: A Peace Proposal for the War of the Sexes

Authors: Cook, Ramsay

Issue Date: 2020-02-11

Abstract: Angered by the daily sight of poverty and starvation in eighteenth-century Ireland, Jonathan Swift modestly proposed that babies be sold for food. "A young, healthy child, well nursed,” he claimed to have discovered, “is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted or boiled, and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.”

Call for Nominations for CHA Prizes and Awards

Tue, 11 Feb 2020 18:02:27 GMT

Title: Call for Nominations for CHA Prizes and Awards

Issue Date: 2020-02-11

Abstract: The CHA announces its annual Macdonald, Ferguson and Neatby Prizes,Regional History Certificates of Merit and the first annual Ph.D. Prize which will be awarded at the Annual Meeting in Kingston, Ontario to be held June 2-5, 1991.