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1989 An Edwardian Experience Cook Book Cover

An Edwardian Experience: Ontario in the Early 1900’s Cook Book
by The OHS

Approaching Ontario's Past

Approaching Ontario’s Past
by Gerald E. Boyce

1987 Approaching Ontario's Past - Oral History Cover

Approaching Ontario’s Past: Conducting an Oral History Interview
by Celia Hitch and Jay Norris

1983 Approaching Ontario's Past - Audio-Visual Show Cover

Approaching Ontario’s Past: How to Produce Your Own Audio-Visual Show
by Roberta M. Styran and Robert R. Taylor

1978 Approaching Ontario's Past - Organizing for Preservation Cover

Approaching Ontario’s Past: Organizing for Preservation
by F.H. Armstrong

1990 Approaching Ontario's Past - The Artifact Cover

Approaching Ontario’s Past: The Artifact: What Can it Tell us About the Past?
by Dorothy Duncan

1980 Approaching Ontario's Past - The Card-File System Cover

Approaching Ontario’s Past: The Card-File System of Note-Taking
by Jacques Goutor

2000 Approaching Ontario's Past - Writing History Cover

Approaching Ontario’s Past: Writing History
by Jacques Goutor

1989 Bear Fare Cover

Bear Fare
by The OHS

1992 Blueberry Bounty Cover

Blueberry Bounty: A Book of Receipts
by The OHS and Anderson Farm Museum

2003 Blueberry Cook Book Cover

Blueberry Cook Book 2003
by The OHS, Voyageur Heritage Network, and City of Greater Sudbury Heritage Museum

1983 Celebrating Together Cover

Celebrating Together: A Guide to Celebrating Ontario’s Bicentennial in 1984
by Margot Beech

1989 Consuming Passions Recipes Cover

Consuming Passions Recipes: Eating and Drinking Traditions in Ontario
by The OHS

The Simcoe Papers, Volume 1 cover

The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Related to the Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, Vol. 1 1789-1793
by E.A. Cruikshank

The Simcoe Papers, Volume 2 cover

The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Related to the Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, Vol. 2 1793-1794
by E.A. Cruikshank

The Simcoe Papers, Volume 3 cover

The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Related to the Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, Vol. 3 1794-1795
by E.A. Cruikshank

The Simcoe Papers, Volume 4 cover

The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Related to the Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, Vol. 4 1795-1796
by E.A. Cruikshank

The Simcoe Papers, Volume 5 cover

The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe with Allied Documents Related to the Administration of the Government of Upper Canada, Vol. 5 Supplementary
by E.A. Cruikshank

The Russell Papers, Volume 1 cover

The Correspondence of the Honourable Peter Russell with Allied Documents Relating to his Administration of the Government of Upper Canada During the Official Term of Lieut.-Governor J.G. Simcoe While on Leave of Absence, Vol. 1, 1796-1797
by E.A. Cruikshank and A.F. Hunter

The Russell Papers, Volume 2 cover

The Correspondence of the Honourable Peter Russell with Allied Documents Relating to his Administration of the Government of Upper Canada During the Official Term of Lieut.-Governor J.G. Simcoe While on Leave of Absence, Vol. 2, 1797-1798
by E.A. Cruikshank and A.F. Hunter

The Russell Papers Volume 3 cover

The Correspondence of the Honourable Peter Russell with Allied Documents Relating to his Administration of the Government of Upper Canada During the Official Term of Lieut.-Governor J.G. Simcoe While on Leave of Absence, Vol. 3, 1798-1799
by E.A. Cruikshank and A.F. Hunter

2000 Deck the Halls Cover

Deck the Halls: Celebrating a Traditional Canadian Christmas
by Dorothy Duncan, Dorothy Johnstone, and Joyce Lewis

1992 Découvre ta Communauté Cover

Découvre ta communauté: Activités et suggestions pour développer des projets de patrimoine de notre histoire locale à l’intention de la jeunesse
by The OHS

1992 Discovering Your Community Cover

Discovering Your Community: Activities and Suggestions for Developing Local History Projects for Young People
by The OHS

1985 Effective Management of Volunteer Committees Cover

Effective Management of Volunteer Committees
by Colin Graham

1993 Foods of the African Diaspora Cover

Foods of the African Diaspora
by The Ontario Black History Society and The OHS

1992 From the Garden Cover

From the Garden: Suggestions on How to Use Your Garden for Programming and Fundraising in Your Community
by Jean Harding

1981 Gerald Killan Presidential Address Cover

Gerald Killan Presidential Address, Ontario Historical Society, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 13 June 1981
by Gerald Killan

1998 Ghostly Gourmet Cover

Ghostly Gourmet: A Book of Receipts
by The OHS

1990 Hands on History Holiday Cook Book Cover

Hands on History Holiday Cook Book
by The OHS

1989 Heritage Celebrations Cover

Heritage Day! Heritage Week! Let’s Celebrate! A Handbook of Suggestions and Activities for Heritage Celebrations
by Janice Gibbins

1989 Heritage Festival Haileybury Recipes Cover

Heritage Festival Haileybury Recipes
by The OHS

1992 Hometown History Cover

Hometown History: Highlighting your Heritage
by The OHS

1994 Kaashnaa Ki Recipes Cover

Kaashnaa Ki – Our Earth, Our Survival, Our Daily Life, Recipes
by The OHS

1995 Let's Bake Bread Cover

Let’s Bake Bread: A Book of Receipts
by The OHS

1985 Let's Get Organized Cover

Let’s Get Organized! Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Operating An Historical Museum But Were Afraid to Ask
by The OHS

1990 Museums as a Business Cover

Museums as a Business: The Business of Museums
by John Carter

1995 My Cultural Handbook Cover

My Cultural Handbook
by The OHS

1996 Out of the Frying Pan Cover

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Culinary Traditions of the Period 1750 to 1850
by The OHS

1994 Past Reflections - Museum Clippings Cover

Past Reflections: Museum Clippings (The Ontario Historical Society’s Museums Committee 1954-1994 Selected Articles)
by The OHS

1988 Patterns of the Past Cover

Patterns of the Past: Interpreting Ontario’s History
by Roger Hall, William Westfall, and Laurel Sefton MacDowell, Editors

1993 Preserve the Pudding Cover

Preserve the Pudding! A Book of Receipts
by The OHS

1990 Promoting the Past Cover

Promoting the Past: A Handbook of Suggestions for Effective Historical Programming in Your Community
by Janice Gibbins, Robert Harris, and Susan Hughes

1984 Rainy Day Detectives Cover

Rainy Day Detective Series, Book 1: Rainy Day Detectives
by Dorothy Duncan and Mary Ellen Perkins

1988 Searching for Your Family's Past Cover

Rainy Day Detective Series, Book 2: Searching for Your Family’s Past
by Janice Gibbins

1989 Breaking the Fast - All About Breakfast Cover

Rainy Day Detective Series, Book 3: Breaking the Fast: All About Breakfast
by Janice Gibbins

1984 Researching Local Craftsmen and Industries Cover

Researching Local Craftsmen and Industries
by Elizabeth Quance

1914 Rush-Bagot Agreement Cover

Rush-Bagot Agreement: Paper Read Before The Ontario Historical Society, at the Annual Meeting held in Ottawa, June 3rd, 1914
by E.H. Scammell

2000 Serve it Forth Cover

Serve it Forth! Festive Desserts from the Nineteenth Century Adapted for Modern Times
by Dorothy Duncan

The Settlement of the UEL cover

The Settlement of the United Empire Loyalists on the Upper St. Lawrence and Bay of Quinte in 1784: A Documentary Record
by E.A. Cruikshank

1999 St Patrick's Supper Cover

St. Patrick’s Supper: A Book of Receipts
by Judith Cummings

2000 This Little Piggy Cover

This Little Piggy Went to Market and Came Home with a Full Basket: Fundraising for Historical and Heritage Organizations and Institutions
by Alison Norman

1994 What's for Lunch Cover

What’s for Lunch?
by Mary Ellen Perkins and Janice Gibbins

1898 Pioneer and Historical Association Special Meeting Cover

Pioneer and Historical Association of the Province of Ontario: Report of Special Meeting Held in Toronto on March 30th, 1898

1898 Constitution and By-laws of the OHS Cover

Constitution and By-laws of The Ontario Historical Society

1898 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1898 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1899 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1899 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1901 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1901 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1901 and 1902 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1901 and 1902 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1903 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1903 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1904 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1904 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1905 and 1906 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1905 and 1906 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1907 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1907 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1908 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1908 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1909 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1909 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1910 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1910 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1911 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1911 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1912 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1912 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1913 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1913 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1914 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1914 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1915 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1915 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1916 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1916 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1917 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1917 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1918 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1918 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1919 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1919 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1920 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1920 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1921 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1921 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1922 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1922 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1923 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1923 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1924 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1924 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1925 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1925 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1926 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1926 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1927 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1927 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1928 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1928 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1929 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1929 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1931 Annual Report of the OHS Cover

1931 Annual Report of The Ontario Historical Society

1896 Transaction No 1 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 1 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1899 Transaction No 2 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 2 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1900-1901 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1900-1901 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1901 Transaction No 3 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 3 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1901-1902 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1901-1902 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1903 Transaction No 4 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 4 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1904-1905 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1904-1905 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1905 Transaction No 5 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 5 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1905-1906 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1905-1906 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1906 Transaction No 6 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 6 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1906-1907 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1906-1907 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1907 Transaction No 7 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 7 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1907-1908 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1907-1908 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1908-1909 Transaction No 9 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 9 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1909-1910 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1909-1910 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1910-1911 Annual Report of the WCHST Cover

1910-1911 Annual Report of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1912 Transaction No 10 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 10 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1913 Transaction No 11 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 11 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1912-1913 Annual Report and Transaction No 12 of the WCHST Cover

1912-1913 Annual Report and Transaction No. 12 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1913-1914 Annual Report and Transaction No 13 of the WCHST Cover

1913-1914 Annual Report and Transaction No. 13 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1914 Transaction No 8 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 8 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1914-1915 Annual Report and Transaction No 14 of the WCHST Cover

1914-1915 Annual Report and Transaction No. 14 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1915-1916 Annual Report and Transaction No 15 of the WCHST Cover

1915-1916 Annual Report and Transaction No. 15 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1916-1917 Annual Report and Transaction No 16 of the WCHST Cover

1916-1917 Annual Report and Transaction No. 16 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1917-1918 Annual Report and Transaction No 17 of the WCHST Cover

1917-1918 Annual Report and Transaction No. 17 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1918-1919 Annual Report and Transaction No 18 of the WCHST Cover

1918-1919 Annual Report and Transaction No. 18 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1920 Transaction No 19 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 19 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1919-1920 Transaction No 20 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 20 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1920-1921 Annual Report and Transaction No 21 of the WCHST Cover

1920-1921 Annual Report and Transaction No. 21 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1921-1922 Annual Report and Transaction No 22 of the WCHST Cover

1921-1922 Annual Report and Transaction No. 22 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1922-1923 Annual Report and Transaction No 23 of the WCHST Cover

1922-1923 Annual Report and Transaction No. 23 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1923-1924 Annual Report and Transaction No 24 of the WCHST Cover

1923-1924 Annual Report and Transaction No. 24 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1924-1925 Annual Report and Transaction No 25 of the WCHST Cover

1924-1925 Annual Report and Transaction No. 25 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1927-1928 Annual Report and Transaction No 26 of the WCHST Cover

1927-1928 Annual Report and Transaction No. 26 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1928-1929 1929-1930 Annual Report and Transaction No 27 of the WCHST Cover

1928-1929, 1929-1930 Annual Report and Transaction No. 27 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

1970 Transactions No 29 of the WCHST Cover

Transaction No. 29 of The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

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