Canadian History

A selection of glass slides from the McCord Museum of Canadian History.

Immigration

Canadian pamphlets and broadsides. Link…

Mystery Instruments

Some objects from the collections at the Museum of Scientific Instruments. Link…

From Columbia to the Rhine

"This book is intended to show the life of the men in the Fourth Engineers, what they did and how they felt, and not to give a history of the war.
It was written by men who are not writers, illustrated by men who are not artists, edited by men who are not editors, and printed (under difficulties) by German printers."

World War I memoirs that make for an interesting read. [PDF] Link…

History of Curling

Auld Daddy Scotland sat ae day,
Bare leggit on a snawy brae,
His brawny arms wi' cauld were blae,
The wind was snelly blawing:
As icicles froze at his snout,
He rowed his plaid his head about,
Syne raired to heaven a roupit shout,
Auld Albyn's Jove misca'ing:

Chorus—"Oh! for a cheery, heartsome game,
To send through a' the soul a flame,
Pitt birr and smeddum in the frame,
And set the blude a-din'ling.

Scotland's Ain Game (1890). Link…

Musical Instruments

See and hear (click on the note) examples of instruments from museums around the Francophone world. Link…

The Mallet Collection

Assumption College, Worcester holds the Mallet Collection, a unique and fascinating collection of 18th, 19th, and early 20th century works on French Canadians, Franco-Americans, and Native Americans. These materials comprised the personal library of Major Edmond Mallet (1842-1907), a Franco-American Civil War veteran from Oswego, N.Y., who served as Inspector General for Indian Affairs under President Grover Cleveland. Link…