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Preserving Ontario’s Heritage: A History of the Ontario Historical Society
By Gerald Killan
The story of The Ontario Historical Society and its premiere role in the heritage movement is one worth telling.
Since 1888, the Society has been a considerable educational institution and cultural force endeavouring to develop an appreciation of, and interest in, local and provincial history. Its credentials have been established by virtue of its many efforts to record, interpret, publicize, and preserve Ontario’s heritage, and its policy of coordinating and encouraging the work, of local historical organizations and museums.
FORMAT: Digital Download (PDF – scanned from original)
PUBLISHER: The Ontario Historical Society
YEAR: 1976
ISBN: n/a
PAGES: 397 (Note: Any blank pages have been deliberately omitted.)
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PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER ONE: THE ORIGINS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MOVEMENT IN ONTARIO
CHAPTER TWO: THE FORMING OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 1888-1898
CHAPTER THREE: CONCEPTS AND ATTITUDES, 1898-1914
CHAPTER FOUR: AMBITION DENIED 1898-1914
CHAPTER FIVE: HISTORIC PRESERVATION 1898-1914
CHAPTER SIX: WARTIME DECLINE AND TWENTIES RECOVERY
CHAPTER SEVEN: “TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE”: DEPRESSION AND WAR
CHAPTER EIGHT: COPING WITH THE LIMITS OF GROWTH
EPILOGUE: SOME NEW WINE IN AN OLD BOTTLE
APPENDIX:
i) THE PRESIDENTS OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ii) THE SECRETARIES AND EXECUTIVE ASSISTANTS OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
iii) THE TREASURERS OF THE ONTARIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
iv) THE SITES OF THE ANNUAL MEETING
INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS:
1) The Rev. Henry Scadding
2) F. Barlow Cumberland
3) OHS Meeting, Simcoe, 1922
4) OHS Meeting; members of the Executive, Orillia, 1940
5) Line drawing of Fort York