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Appendix
SVarlier’ °r SUbSCqUent data: Migration reports. These data also
suffer from imprecise definitions, for black immigration to Canada was remrlo
°ften m te™S °f arrivaIs £rom 1116 United States and via ocean
port^ These two categories are not genuinely helpful, for numerous AmeriMnn^°eS "ndoubtedly entered through the ports of Halifax, Saint John,
Montreal, and Vancouver, just as West Indians and Africans may have
rossed into Canada from the American border rather than entering by sea.
Other data do refer to West Indians as distinct from Negroes, the latter
word apparently being reserved for Americans; but in 1926 the ethnic
totals were dropped, as was the West Indian designation, temporarily. And
immigration reports could be contradictory: although the 1922 report
showed that no Negroes had entered Canada the previous year, this
was
corrected in the report of 1923.27
A comparison of census returns, birthrate ^
estimates, and immigration
reports for the period 1911 to 1951 shows that one body of data was in
? C°nfisiderable numbcr of Negroes “passed over” each decade
m o white classifications—not primarily through intermarriage, since the
intermarriage rate was low, but presumably through electing to consider
Aemselves white. This conclusion would also help to account for the
r" flT8h0Ut the Peri0d fr0m 0ntario
other provinces
( ept Nova Scotia), and for the movement out of Nova Scotia into
Negro communities^
*
^ * °ntari° and Nova Scotia *e
were
„ more reac% recognizable, and if one had made
the decision to “
step. By 1961
help to explain the sharp increase in the reported Negro population, for
“sen ISS 7
h3Ve Ch0Se“ t0 “paSS” “ay now h™5 oh°sen to
tinn i^ i ba faSe-In the previous decades a modestly advancing immigracrease
7 ^ ^ W£St Indies’ aIso contributed measurably to the inIf neither the estimates of interested observers
nor the reports of disinterested statisticians are to be accepted for this study one may yet conelude that the Negro, although never numerous, has on the whole been
more numerous than Canadians have thought. His influence in Canadian
Even
°f ?g dUration and’ at times> of marked importance.
Even more, one may demonstrate that the Canadian experience has been
fte SfeCCaCnad0r
wTfl“t the faction between the black,
, . fCad,’. and their shared environment has revealed much of
general interest and importance about Canadian ethnic and racial
attitudes.
(oLTm9U27yeZVf te Dertment °f ******** ond Colonization . . .
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A Note on Sources
This book arises largely from manuscript materials. That is true of____
most
books by most historians, and usually the fact would not be worthy of
special comment. Negro, or Black, history manuscript materials present
unusual problems, however. Manuscripts left by Negroes are fewer in
number, more difficult to find, and less self-consciously revealing, than
manuscripts arising from more traditional sources. The reasons for this
comparative dearth are obvious enough, even though until recently few
historians seem to have remarked upon the ways in which an anti- or at
least non-Negro bias might be reflected in many aspects of North Ameri
can social history. In historiography, as in chess, the white is always the
first to move—or has been until recently.
As slaves, blacks often were illiterate; even when free, they were the
least likely of all newcomers to North America to leave behind a written
record. They had left no one in Africa to whom they would write of their
new experiences; they were not organized in the New World in ways con
ducive to communication on paper; and they often lacked the skills re
quired to prepare the historian’s cherished manuscript, to be produced in
time in some neatly catalogued archive. They also were highly itinerant,
and frequently not in control of their own movements, so that the little
they had by way of a historical record was swept aside, left behind, or
burned to keep a body warm during the winter. Furthermore, they were
not organized institutionally, so that until the mid-nineteenth century there
were very few religious groups, schools, mutual aid societies, fraternal or
ganizations, or other self-venerating institutions to preserve a collective
record. Accordingly, Negro records are few, scattered, and require much
time and effort to find, assess, and relate.
The assessment of those records that have survived poses another prob
lem. One need not recite here the many arguments about the special nature
of Black history, for a flood of monographs has appeared in recent years
to attest to the angry shoals upon which anyone who casts himself adrift
from traditional historiography may run aground. Obviously, much of the
documentation relating to the Negro in North America comes from sources
which are “white”; thus we often must view black activities and responses
—even Negro thought—through sources which, while contemporary, are
at one remove from our subject matter. To note that one must also view
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�ancient Greek thought through modern eyes is not to vitiate the conclusion
that by its nature much white-authored history will be biased history. It
does not follow, however, that all white observers have got their sums
wrong. In any event, the historian works with what he has, and while
black observers are to be preferred in many instances, this is not invariably
so; and even were it so, surely it is not beyond the empathy of man to
compensate at least somewhat for the bias inherent in any observation
that moves across ethnic, cultural, or religious chasms. Two superb books
—David Brion Davis’s The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture (Ithaca,
N.Y., 1966), and Winthrop Jordan’s White Over Black (Chapel Hill,
N.C., 1969)—have been criticized by some scholars on the ground that
they are less about what the Negro did than about what the Negro had
visited upon him. If this is so, it does not challenge the validity of telling
the latter story, and I cannot hope, in this more modest effort, to escape
such criticisms.
In any event, this book says something about both subjects. I have
sought out black sources carefully, and feel that I have demonstrated that
vast quantities of material do exist, if not always in the customary places.
Such sources are not used in preference to white sources, as a substitute
or supplement to them, nor in token integration, but as parallel sources
of equal and different validity.
As drafts of this work were revised, the documentation was substantially
reduced. Anyone interested in additional references to a specific point in
the text may consult the author’s original notes or one of the earlier drafts
of the manuscript, now in the Schomburg Collection of the New York
Public Library. The documentation is relatively full as presented here,
however, and the following essay will deal with contemporary or original
source materials only. The footnotes will lead the reader to the more im
portant of the secondary works, as well as printed documents, which are
not discussed here.
Most of the books, pamphlets, and articles cited in the notes were con
sulted at the British Museum, the Library of Congress, the Public Archives
of Canada, or one of the Canadian provincial archives. All major collec
tions of Negro Americana (as the term once had it) known to me were
consulted. These include the five leading collections: the Schomburg, the
James Weldon Johnson in the Yale University Library, and the holdings
of Fisk, Hampton, and Howard universities. Lesser collections in the Bos
ton Athenaeum, the Brookline (Mass.), Chicago, and Providence public
libraries, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, the Confederate Me
morial Library in Richmond, Tuskegee Institute, Lincoln University, and
the universities of Atlanta, California, and Vermont, were examined, as
were special collections of antislavery pamphlets at Cornell University and
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Oberlin College. I also consulted over a hundred theses and dissertations.
Those drawn upon are cited in full in the footnotes. For a basic list, one
may consult Earle H. West, comp., A Bibliography of Doctoral Research
on the Negro, 1933-1966 ([Ann Arbor, Mich.], 1969).
The only partial bibliography on The Negro in Canada appeared as this
work neared completion. Subtitled A Select List of Primary and Secondary
Sources for the Study of Negro Community in Canada from the Earliest
Times to the Present Days, and prepared by Sushil Kumar Jain, it is avail
able from the University of Saskatchewan library (Regina, 1967). The
list is highly selective and uncritical. A Bibliography of Antislavery in
America, prepared by Dwight Lowell Dumond (Ann Arbor, Mich., 1961),
is the most important guide to antislavery literature and other printed
sources. It does not entirely replace two earlier, and excellent finding aids:
W. E. Burghardt DuBois, A Select Bibliography of the American Negro
(Atlanta, Ga., 1905), the only one of several such bibliographies con
sistently to include Canadian citations; and the references in Mary S. Locke,
Anti-Slavery in America, from the Introduction of African Slaves to the
Prohibition of the Slave Trade (1619-1808) (Boston, 1901). These and
other bibliographies include a number of highly general histories of slavery
which make passing reference to Canada—histories not cited in the pres
ent volume. (A representative example is Frank Hoyt Wood, Vrsprung
und Entwicklung der Sklaverei [Leipzig, Germ., 1900], which discusses
Canada on pages 7 to 16.) Anyone wishing to compile a definitive bibli
ography on Canadian Negroes must therefore consult the standard finding
aids as well as the raw notes to the present study, for not all relevant
secondary titles are incorporated in the printed footnotes of this book.
Official Papers
Official papers tend to survive, private papers tend not to. Most official
papers, at least until recently, will tell far more of the Negro as a person
acted upon rather than as actor. For these reasons, the papers of official
bodies—and especially of governments—were of relatively less use in this
study than in most books which attempt to examine some facet of the
Canadian-American relationship. Nonetheless, the official,, papers were
indispensable, especially for a record of the Black Pioneers, the migration
to Sierra Leone, the Maroons, and the Refugees.
The Public Archives of Canada, a uniquely well-run and organized
depository, contains many basic collections of importance. Among these
are the Canadian “G” series, consisting of dispatches and ancillary records
relating to the office of the governor-general. Of this record group’s
twenty-three numbered subseries, the most valuable were Gl, Despatches
from the Colonial Office, G12, Letter Books of Despatches to the Colonial
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Office, and G20, Civil Secretary’s Correspondence. The “C” series, British
Military Records, provided much information, especially on the War of
1812 and the rebellion of 1837. Particularly fruitful were Cl, C35, C801,
and Cl 049. The Minutes of the Executive Council, Upper Canada Land
Petitions, State Papers of Upper Canada, transcripts of Letters Patent,
transcripts of Treasury letters to the Naval and Military Departments for
1815-21, the raw censuses of Canada, the internal correspondence for
Quebec, and several miscellaneous volumes of petitions, also added pieces
to the mosaic. The Public Archives Record Centre, a storage depot for
the archives, contained the important General Headquarters Papers re
lating to World War I.
The Public Archives of Nova Scotia, in Halifax, provide equally im
portant data. Beginning with the voluminous Akins Collection (to which
belong most PANS volumes bearing a number in the footnotes), succes
sive archivists have drawn together an exceptional range of material.
Among the official papers are volumes of unpassed bills, the letter books
of the surveyor-general for 1784 to 1824, letters of the lieutenant governor
to the Colonial Office, accounts on the final settlement of the Jamaican
Maroons in Nova Scotia, a variety of petitions, deeds, and bills of sale, a
loose collection of land papers, a bound series of Crown Land Papers,
raw census returns, Council Minutes, the Minute Books of Proceedings
of the Port Roseway Associates, official documents on Old Township and
Loyalist settlements, French documents relating to Acadia, and a number
of miscellaneous volumes (on occasion with incorrect binder’s titles, as
when a volume labeled 1815-18 is found to contain a letter for 1836).
The line between official and unofficial papers is a thin one, of course,
and often impossible to draw. Several of the collections used in the New
Brunswick Museum in Saint John were of this kind. They include the or
der books of the York County Militia, the records of the Provincial Chas
seurs, extracts from King’s County wills, miscellaneous records of the
York County registry office, the record book of the Pennfield settlement,
and a variety of marriage and death certificates. A wide range of papers
pertaining to Crown lands in Ontario, together with the papers of the Edu
cation Department (often referred to as the Ryerson Papers) of Canada
West, are among the most valuable sources in the Ontario Provincial
Archives in Toronto. Deeds, petitions, location tickets, and the papers of
the Toronto City Council for the 1840s (supplemented by minutes of town
meetings held by the Toronto Public Library), also proved useful. The
History Branch of Ontario’s Department of Lands and Forests holds a
substantial number of survey records that were relevant. In Windsor, the
registry office provided lists of property holders, plans for lots, and lists of
burials which helped plot the patterns of black settlement in Essex County.
To the West, the Archives of Saskatchewan and those of British Co-
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lumbia proved especially useful. At the former’s Saskatoon branch, a wide
range of homestead records have been microfilmed, while the Regina
branch hdds films of the provincial Department of Education’s district
files. The British Columbia archives, in Victoria, also hold many official
land records, as well as the correspondence of the Commissioner of Lands
and Works. The Land Titles Office, in Edmonton, Alberta, and the pro
vincial Department of Lands and Forests, also in Edmonton, provided
maps, tax records, and certificates of title.
official records were of great value, since the majority of
XT American
.
Canada arrived via the United States. The National Archives
in Washington holds such diverse collections as the papers of the Con
tinental Congress, the George Washington papers, the Interior Depart
ment’s records on the slave trade and Negro colonization, the Harper’s
Ferry Select Committee files, the records of the Labor and Transportation
Committee for Congested Production Areas (1943-45), the State De
partment’s Decimal Files for the first four decades of the present century,
and dispatches from twenty-one American consulates in Canada, as well as
from American consuls in Nassau, Bahamas; Kingston, Jamaica; and Aux
Cayes, Haiti.
The most important repositories of official and public papers proved to
be in Britain, however. The Public Record Office is an overburdened
ever-ncher storehouse for the colonial, imperial, or diplomatic historian’
and many of its volumes were central to this study. These include eighteen
CO series: 2, 23, 42, 44, 45, 60, 188, 217, 218, 219, 220, 267, 270,
296, 305, 398, 410, and 537; together with FO series 5, 35, 115, and
414. Each of these series may run to hundreds of volumes, as in C042
which consists of over 600 volumes, 131 of which proved to contain relevant
material. H045, confidential extradition prints, the Confidential Minute
Papers on The Gambia, Admiralty series 1, WO series 1 and 61 (the
latter the Jeffery Amherst Papers), the Chatham Papers, and the Head
quarters Papers of the British Army in America also were of use. The
Public Archives of Canada holds microfilms of the CO series, and PANS
holds copies of C0188 and 217-20, although for maximum effectiveness
one must still consult the originals. To these official documents should be
added Additional Manuscripts 15,485 in the British Museum, on exports
and imports of North America, 1768-69.
Private Papers
In the end, however, private papers proved to be of the greatest utility.
On subjects of race personal statements are likely to be franker, more
frequent, and ultimately more unconsciously revealing than the cautious
records of governments can be. If one includes among private papers those
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of unofficial corporate bodies, such as the Society for the Propagation of
the. Gospel, of the many antislavery societies in Britain, Canada, and the
United States, and of self-help societies, one inevitably will find a more
open, accurate, and fuller expression of opinion and reflection of events
than any official records might provide. Unfortunately, the number of col
lections consulted makes a full critical discussion here impractical.
In the United States, all paths lead to the Library of Congress. There
I drew upon single volumes of papers relating to Sir Guy Carleton and
Sir William Johnson; two boxes and sixteen volumes of materials (the
Edward Vernon and Charles Wager collection) on the slave trade prior
to 1773; Arthur Hamer’s manuscript bibliography on the trade, compiled
at Magdalen College in 1799; collections of papers relating to James Gillispie Birney, John Brown, Edward Everett, Augustus John Foster, Hugh
Gaine, Joshua Giddings, Marcus Gunn, Mrs. Basil Hall, Julia Ward
Howe, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Mitchell, Wendell Phillips, F. W.
Pickens and M. L. Bondam, James Redpath, Franklin B. Sanborn, Wil
liam H. Seward, John Sherman, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, B. F. Stevens,
Mary Church Terrell, Booker T. Washington, Theodore Dwight Weld’
Walter White, Elizur Wright, Frances Wright, the Western Anti-Slavery
Society for 1845-57, and the Edith Rossiter Bevan Autograph Col
lection. Most valuable of all was the Carter G. Woodson Collection of
Negro Papers, the minutes of the American Anti-Slavery Society, and
papers of Benjamin, Lewis, and Arthur Tappan. (Several of the letters
from Thomas Clarkson and John Scoble to the Tappans have been re
printed in Anne Heloise Abel and Frank J. Klingberg, eds., “The Tappan
Papers,” JNH, 7 [1927], 128-329, 389-554 and simultaneously in their
A Side Light on Anglo-American Relations, 1839-1858 [Washington].)
Boston is the chief center for research on abolitionism. In the Massa
chusetts Historical Society one may consult the papers of John A. Andrew,
John Brown, George Ellis, Edward Everett, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Amos A. Lawrence, Edmund Quincy, and Amasa Walker-—all drawn
upon chiefly for unravelling the story of Josiah Henson—as well as the
Francis Parkman Papers. The Boston Public Library holds the papers of
William Lloyd Garrison, the original manuscript of Josiah Henson’s nar
rative as written by Samual A. Eliot, and Lydia Maria Child, Samuel May,
Jr., Amos A. Phelps, and Maria Weston Papers. Across the river in Cam
bridge, at Harvard’s Houghton Library, one may contest wills against the
awkwardly organized Charles Sumner Papers, which include correspon
dence with Clarkson, Eliot, Ellis, Scoble, and Walker, as well as George
Thompson and Hiram Wilson. The Ralph Waldo Emerson and William
H. Siebcrt Collections, the latter consisting of forty-five volumes of clip
pings and notes (three on Canada), and the Houghton theatre collection,
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„W;* Srarv6 On^T P!?ybilIS’ add t0 1116 att^tions of this most ele-
ton.
. Garrison II collections in the Smith College Library in Northamp-
some Thomas: r,n°JeSS riCh' The NeW-York H^al Society provided
some Thomas Clarkson papers and an excellent copy of John Clarkson’s
John’Taylor' Thomas
Sharp’ Gerri‘ Smith! and
n Taylor, Thomas Nyes journal, a single Charles Stuart letter in the
ranaHS!nP !i °f ^eVerend Franc>s Hawks. a miscellaneous collection on
Canada and settlement, correspondence on the slave trade and da
(olhSeFreCd0rdSjc0nthe, S°Ciety f°r Pr°moting Manumission of Slaves’
i?hai w d
oD0UgaSS papers were consulted in the Douglass Me
jssi-sirs.rrr ris s°f™
f
Samuel Ringgold Ward). At Columbia Unive^y one S the oa^s
eorge Plimpton, of Sydney Howard Gay (in fifty badly sorted boxes)
e papers of the Toronto Emigration Office, the John Bartlet BreW ’
antes T. Shotwell and William J. Wilgus coileSo^alfwfth m«
14o tnianCe~a!1i osheu L' S' Alexander Gumby Collection of Negroiana
1910 untTl950 so
“ °ffPpingS on Mack activities collected from
n i
at50, S° orSamzed that one may readily find materials cm
Douglass Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, and riteTsSSfThe
H^ York Geographical Society library has manuscript maps which denote
black settlements m the Maritime Provinces, and playbills and program s
for Tom Shows are in the New York Library for the Perfor2g 1“
sity Ltory whe0reeam0VeS
m°St
t0 the 5y»«w Univera slDgular Private collection was mined. The Gerrit
Brown Jr rIafPherS T"1 volumin°aa correspondence to Smith from John
Brown, Jr Anthony Burns, Thomas Clarkson, James C. Fuller Thomas
Henning, Benjamin Lundy, Samuel J. May, Jr., Joshua R. Giddings Isaac
and^T-p” J°1^.IScoble> JosePh Sturge, George Thompson, Samuel Ward
and Hiram Wilson, as well as subject matter volumes, as for exampie on
J• WrLo!re,HNrbc
1116 SyraCUSe HiSt0riCal Society holds a Me on
gun and the Syracuse Public Library has a useful collection
f genealogical materials. In Rochester, the university preserves the large
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the Samud D' Porter hoIdin2s on
facts snmf^ ° ^aiIroad- 111 Auburn one may examine a variety of artiCornell n Ca ‘aD’ m the Harriet Tubman Memorial Home- and at
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van
SteinValshdenrCovedCti<?n’
aDd
P3pCrS °£ Ulrich B- P™PS and Gertrude
Society hold's th^e^t£££& w££*££S™
IthrTa\?e C°,le®e ^ aa extensive“rno^
The S^te Hi t S?c J' May antislavery pamphlet file proved of use.
other of AmSl7^ °f Pennsylvania> in Philadelphia, is yet anlectL vi^/
superlative state archives. Here the Simon Grate Coljournal of ffif Spe;eral,mtoest“S items- William Still’s letter book, and the
were
Society Underground Railroad,
John nrr,^F
^he.mmutes
the Pennsylvania Abolition Society
Robert VauxPJames bSi^^A^ S°me Redpath materia1^’ and th®
British Navtdiw®
’ Amencan NeSro History Society, and
-£<£?.£=.izzszxr** N'“by s"nh-
the o™!l6fi0DS ^ m°re WideIy di^ibuted and I researched th
em as
Clements t -u V aros\ usually while on other business. The William L
STof J
UniV£rSity °f Michigan houses the large coUec-'
Sarah orfr ^' ^ The°d°re DwiSht Weld, and Angelina and
ed tfd hv n Abr°ut one-third of the most important manuscripts
were
Birney, 1837-1857 (2 vds^N111
^
°f Iames GilUsPie
Wilson, and Hemy Eftb a e includli p' SC0We’ StUart* StUrge> Walker,
55 “ “
brary has several diaries of Elihu Burri t hft make
7 ^^
materials of Harriet Beecher Stowe—in some sixt^lihrL^ ^ ^ f® h®
GrMe'y Swe^nrighf 1°£ “
the Kansas State Historical Soctefv Thk
f
Eastman PaPers), and
||S£~SHSlsi
.»£^"o=r„ “o£ s*ja,tsron M“- °*™*
ss jS2s t";:*
v^oV^S£mS^aVery-A^iti0n —p“ KreS Z
,"d
m
“st “ ■=* Acrrsss: ssr
-d
and I used a microfilm of the Wickett-WiswaU Collection of EhiahTo633’
joy Papers at Texas Technological College. The Office of the Chief Jr"
Washillgton’ DC> made available within its Historical
Highway
3 V3nety °f manuscriPt ffles <® the building of the Alaskan
treasUrer’s Ietters> and ‘he
r°WS ^ °D the early fugitive slave settle-
Papers in Canada were also dispersed across the continent.
Again, the
most valuable collections were in the Public Archives of Canada
There
one
ss
X^rer::
HeJ holies
ments in Canada West. P ’
At Yale, the James Weldon Johnson
are
Collection, in the Beinecke Li-
orSJSSI,
zz%v ,ue“re ;r "d i”'-1«»=«««*
8
0DSWUt,0n of Vancouver Island’s Confederate League. The Carl
Galt i «”?S“ Afc"n,I“™
officials. The Louis-Hippolyte
Lafontaine Papers were of great use on
the French period, as were the
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extensive transcriptions from the Archives de la Marine (Serie B) and
Archives des colonies (Serie B, C, E, F) in Paris, the general correspon
dence of Intendant Giles Hocquart, Fonds Frangais from the Bibliotheque
Nationale, and a variety of transcripts from the Archives Nationale. The
papers of James Murray, a number of Carleton transcripts, the Ward
Chipman, William King and William Dummer Powell papers, the diary of
Alexander McNeilledge, the Reynolds Family papers, plans of the Elgin
settlement with contemporary maps, and the journal of Mgr. J. O. Plessis
were of substantial use. The PAC also holds microfilms of the annual re
ports, occasional papers, and minute books of the Colonial and Continen
tal Church Society, the originals of which are at McGill University, at the
Methodist Missionary Society chambers in London, and in the British
Museum With the exception of the last, it was the microfilm I used. George
Julien s ‘ Coon” of Laurier is in the National Gallery of Art, also in Ot
tawa.
In Toronto, the Ontario Provincial Archives provided the papers of Wil
liam Canniff, J. George Hodgins, Mrs. Edmund George O’Brien, James R
Roaf, the Robinson and Russell families, John Graves Simcoe, Thomas
Smith, D. E. Stevenson, Bishop John Strachan, and a typescript by John
M. Elson. The University of Toronto added the John Carleton papers;
while the Toronto Public Library, always pleasant and efficient, drew from
its midden the diary of Elizabeth Russell, the papers of Peter Russell,
Robert Baldwin, William Jarvis, and David William Smith, the HubbardAbbott Collection, the manuscript autobiography of Thomas H. Scott,
Mrs. Amelia Harris’s scrapbooks, and a variety of broadsides, playbills'
prospecti, and clippings. All save the Smith papers proved of immense
value. The pamphlet and newspaper holdings of the Victoria University
(Toronto) Archives were of great use. A Bengough sketch satirizing
blacks hangs m the William Lyon Mackenzie House.
Elsewhere in Ontario, the obvious centers of research were Windsor,
London, and Hamilton. The first provides, in its public library, files on the
AME and BME churches, on black activities in the area, and on Amherstburg’s churches and schools. Several private individuals made available to
me family letters, genealogical charts, marginally annotated books, and
maps while the Hiram Walker Historical Museum also possesses maps
miscellaneous Negro papers, and lists of black settlers. Nearby, in the Amerstburg Public Library, the tiny Boyle Collection attested to the presence
of the early missionaries, while the museum of the Fort Malden National
Historical Park offered the account book of David McLaren Kemp, an
undertaker who was racially conscious, the F. C. B. Fall and Farney papers,
assessment rolls, Amherstburg deeds, and miscellaneous fugitive slave
and genealogy files.
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The second city, London, provides unpublished local histories in both
S6 -!b lCJuar!! and at
University of Western Ontario, while the
Hamfiton Public Library holds a number of Negro-related scrapbooks and
G. C. Porter s manuscript history of the area. McMaster University, in
Hamilton, houses the Canadian Baptist Historical Association collection.
This includes James W. Johanson’s manuscript history of the Amherst
burg Association, 1841-61, the minute book of the Sandwich Baptist
Church, and the minutes of the Western Regular Baptist Association.
Local libraries in Ontario, the province to which the majority of fugitive
slaves fled, cannot be ignored. The Barrie and Orillia public libraries the
Suncoe County Surrogate Court Office (in Barrie), the Norfolk, Lennox
and Addington, and Oxford historical societies, as well as those of Lundy’s
Lane and Thunder Bay (the latter in Port Arthur), and the ChathamKent Museum in Chatham, all hold relevant manuscripts. The last also has
books from William King’s library; and Uncle Tom’s Cabin Museum
near Dresden, displays playbills and artifacts relating to Henson. The of
fice of the Board of Education in Chatham, in the minutes of the Board
of Public School Trustees, and the Grant African Methodist Episcopal
Church in London, through its church records, helped fill in lacunae in
the local story.
The Maritime archives were of slightly less importance. The Public
Archives of Nova Scotia holds individual files on several early settlers
transcripts from the Carleton papers, the diaries of Simeon Perkins (now
available in carefully edited form), a copy of the first volume of John
Clarkson’s diary, an Etter family genealogy, several Ward Chipman papers
and typescript local histories. Unfortunately, the papers of William s’
Fielding remain closed to researchers. Also in Halifax, the public library
m its local history collection, and the provincial library, in its newspaper
holdings, proved of great help. The Cambridge Maritime Military Library
has compiled a file on William Hall, V.C. The libraries of Saint Francis
Xavier University in Antigomsh and Acadia University in Wolfville the
last incorporating the Maritime Baptist Historical Collection, also yielded
scarce pamphlets and journals; and the Colchester Registry Office in
Truro has a relevant registry book. The office of the Halifax ChronicleHerald holds clippings on the singer, Portia White. I am particularly grate
ful to Marjory Whitelaw of Pictou, who loaned me seven reels of taped
reminiscences of, and conversations with, Negroes living in Nova Scotia
in the 1960s.
In New Brunswick, the provincial museum in Saint John provided
papers and files on the Eastman, Hazen, Mayes, Odell, Thompson, and
etsel famihes, and some surviving Chipman papers, together with
numerous scrapbooks. In Fredericton, the University of New Brunswick,
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the legislative library, and the Rectory office of Christ’s Church, hold local
registers, wills, and minutes. The Saint John Public library has several files
on local Negro activities. The Woodstock Public Library has a small col
lection of petitions. The Charlottetown, P.E.I., Public Library offered
typescript local histories which attest to early Negro arrivals.
In Quebec, Negro-related private materials were less frequent than one
would expect. The Chateau de Ramezay, in Montreal, has a manuscript
record on slavery in New France, while the Archives du Palais de Justice
attest to sales, births, marriages, baptisms, deaths, and burials. The Mc
Cord Museum of McGill University, in the Porteous Manuscripts, and the
McGill University Library in its local history materials, were of some
value. The provincial archives in Quebec hold the manuscript second vol
ume to Marcel Trudel’s study, wills and other actuarial records, and tran
scripts of the Ordres du Roi. The Brome County Historical Society in
Knowlton offers local manuscripts and files. The single most valuable col
lection in the province, however, is one not generally open to the public:
the records of the Canadian Labour Congress’s Joint Advisory Commit
tee on Human Relations, originally kept at the Workman’s Circle Center
in Montreal. Extensive and highly revealing, these records tell of annual
trips into the Maritime Provinces, as well as within Quebec, to note and
combat instances of overt discrimination. These, together with folders on
discrimination in the Toronto office of the Human Rights Commission,
provided the single greatest non-newspaper source of data on the 1950s
and early 1960s. The collection includes mimeographed reports on activities, normally issued eleven times a year, files of local union news
papers, newsletters of municipal employee groups, and carbons of correspondence with representatives in the field. In the end, relatively little
of this material was incorporated into the present study since the decision
was made to limit it largely to the years before 1960.
Across western Canada private collections helped tell the story of Negro
settlement, although interviews proved to be the most valuable source for
the prairie and mountain provinces since most settlement was within
the memory of living men. The Archives of British Columbia hold the
reminiscences of John Sebastian Helmcken, the diaries and account books
of Wellington D. Moses, the diary, correspondence, and record books of
Edward Cridge, the diaries of Reverend Ebenezer Robson and of Augus
tus F. Pemberton, the South Saanich Public School Visitor’s Journal, tran
scripts relating to the Colonial Missionary Society, several questionnaires
directed to early pioneers, and letters written by J. S. Matthews concerning early black settlers. The Vancouver City Archives, in the Vancouver
Public Library, has other Matthews correspondence and local clipping
files, and Victoria’s City Hall gave me documents signed by Mifflin Wistar
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Gibbs, which I will deposit with the Yale University Library. L_.
The
University of British Columbia and Victoria University, in Victoria, hold
scarce pamphlets. The Central Saanich Baptist Church records, in that
church, attest to other Negro settlers, while the Nanaimo Archives has a
smgle document on
Stark family. Interviews on Saltspring Island,
as well as in Vancouver, proved of great importance.
On the prairies, private papers were less useful. The Glenbow Foundation Archives, in Calgary, holds typescripts and taped interviews with
Nettie Ware and seven other black settlers, related papers, and letters on
the settlements. The Edmonton Public Library has a clipping file on the
Ware family, and the Rutherford Library at the University of Alberta, in
Edmonton, has several manuscript local histories. So, too, does the
Saskatchewan Legislative Library, the University of Saskatchewan, and
the North Battleford and Moose Jaw public libraries. Again, interviews
in Amber Valley, Breton, Wildwood, Lloydminster, and Calgary, Alberta
and in Maidstone and Battleford, Saskatchewan, proved of greater value.
In Great Britain records are voluminous, cherished, yet nonetheless not
so well cared for as in North America. Most collections in the British
Museum take on a semiofficial character, as with the Bright, Clarkson,
Chatham, Cobden, Haldimand, Layard, Liverpool, Peel, and Sturge
papers. The BM reading room is unparalleled, of course, for yielding up
rare pamphlets, such as the annual reports of the Sierra Leone Company
or the Elgin Association; odd copies of the Nova Scotia Packet for 1786,
almanacks, and other printed primary sources. The Archives of the Hud
son’s Bay Company, at London’s Beaver House, provided many references
to Negroes in the fur trade. Somerset House on the Strand, through its
wills; the College of Arms, in its modest Joseph Brant file; the West India
Committee Library, in the minutes of that body for the nineteenth century;
the visitor’s register in the Lambeth Palace Library; and the Estlin Papers
in Dr. Williams Library—all in London, also proved helpful. University
College, London, houses the papers of Lord Brougham, which fortunately
include a full, annotated index to that collection’s fifty thousand letters.
Of particular value for this study were the various archives and libraries
of the London-based missionary societies. The Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel was exceptionally important. It holds the account and
minute books of the Associates of Dr. Bray, the Canadian Papers of that
group, abstracts of proceedings, the journals and reports of the SPG, and
special West African and Nova Scotian files, together with the Houseal cor
respondence and many pamphlets. The original SPG letters from Nova
Scotia are contained in a file box labeled “Dr. Bray’s Associates, Canadian
Papers.” While most of this material is now on microfilm at the PAC, the
film is unusually difficult to use, and one is well advised to consult the
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originals if at all possible. The Muniment Room of the Methodist Mis
sionary Society holds twenty boxes of letters from the Canadian colonies
to London, of which six were pertinent. (All are on microfilm in the United
Church of Canada Archives at Victoria University, Toronto.) The Society
for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge preserves annual reports and
lists of votes for grants of money; the Church Missionary Society held
relevant journals; and Friends’ House contains letters to and from Phila
delphia that proved relevant, as well as the journals of John Candler and
his wife.
The other great classification of records in Britain upon which I drew
were those of antislavery groups. By far the most important is the large
antislavery collection at Rhodes House, Oxford. This consists of most of
the papers of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (and the AntiSlavery and Aborigines Protection Society), which are systematically
transferred from the latter body’s headquarters at Denison House, in Lon
don, to Rhodes House, every ten years. (The Society retains a small re
search library, the Thomas Binns Collection of pamphlets, some reports
of the Sierra Leone Company, and a modern file on Sierra Leone for the
period of independence.) Rhodes House holds the early minute books,
memorials and petitions, correspondence, and files of the printed Annual
Reports and of the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter, from 1840.
These papers were acquired in 1951. To them have been added manuscripts on the South African Labour Corps of World War I, which grew
from an offshoot of the Society—the Committee for the Welfare of Afri
cans in Europe—and manuscripts relating to Indians in Canada. The antislavery papers have been edited and microfilmed, with an introduction by
Howard R. Temperley, the author of a forthcoming study on the AngloAmerican antislavery connection which I have read in manuscript.
Elsewhere in the United Kingdom one finds a variety of lesser collec
tions. The Earl Fitzwilliam Papers, in the Sheffield Central Library
Archives, and other Fitzwilliam Papers in the Northamptonshire Record
Office at Delapre Abbey, were relevant to the story of Sir John Went
worth. The Southampton Civic Record Office has made available the papers
of George S. Smyth. Wilberforce House, at Kingston upon Hull, the Ips
wich Central Library, and the East Suffolk and Ipswich Record Office in
Ipswich hold papers of the ubiquitous Thomas Clarkson. Other Clarkson
letters are in the hands of Thomas Hodgkin, of Oxford, who was kind
enough to grant me access to them at his home in Umington; and in the
Granville Sharp papers, at Hardwicke Court, Gloucester, which LieutenantColonel A. Lloyd-Baker, their owner, made available. The John Rylands
Library in Manchester has some George Thompson materials and the
Crawford Muniments, containing letters written by Earl Balcarres. The
Royal Archivist at Windsor Castle consulted the appointments book of
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Queen Victoria for me, while the Greenwich Naval Library microfilmed
the log of the Sandown, which touches upon the Asia. The National
Library of Scotland, in Edinburgh, has the Edward Ellice Papers, while
the papers of the Earl of Dalhousie, in the Scottish Record Office, contain
correspondence with Bathurst for the Refugee period. The County Archives
of the East Riding of Yorkshire, in Beverley, holds one such letter. There
are Simcoe Papers in the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth and in
the Devon Record Office, Exeter. A petition from Hitchin, Herts., relating
to the fugitive slaves in Canada, listed by Charles O. Paullin and Frederic
L. Paxson in their 1914 Guide to the Manuscripts in London Archives for
the History of the United States since 1783 (Washington), as being in the
House of Lords Papers, could not be traced.
Some records that one would like to consult are apparently gone for
ever. We know that the papers of Reverend Daniel Cock, as well as most
of those of Benjamin Lundy, were destroyed by fire. None of the original
records of the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada have been preserved out
side the George Brown papers. The papers of Sam Hughes appear not to
have survived in any quantity. Materials relating to T. B. Macaulay are
said to exist in a garage in suburban Montreal although efforts to gain
access to them failed. While the widows of both Marcus Garvey and Rich
ard Wright sent me various printed materials, they were unable to make
available any manuscript collections. No references to the Fort Erie meet
ing survive in the papers of W. E. B. DuBois, now in the hands of Herbert
Aptheker, who kindly searched them for me. One could also wish
that registers of marriage had been kept in Ontario prior to 1867, but they
were not, and thus only Anglican and Roman Catholic interracial marriages could be documented for Canada West.
Archives in other lands proved of marginal utility. In Bermuda, the
Bahamas, and Jamaica, local archives, public libraries, and churches
yielded records relating to the period when Canadian-West Indian Union
was under desultory discussion. This documentation is cited in my recent
short monograph, subtitled A Forty-Year Minuet (London, 1968). The
Jamaican Institute, the public library of Montego Bay, and the University
of the West Indies hold rare printed materials on the Maroon Wars. The
Sierra Leone Archives, in Freetown, contain John Clarkson’s draft diary,
while the library of the University of Sierra Leone has the diaries of
George Ross. In Freetown I interviewed some members of the Sierra
Leone Settlers’ Descendents League. In Bathurst, The Gambia, I passed
an exciting week in anticipation while working through the archives—then
totally unorganized and strewn about a small shed—to find only two docu
ments relating to the Nova Scotians, duplicated elsewhere. By chance, the
diary of Thomas Haweis, in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, Australia, while
being searched for another purpose, helped to confirm one aspect of the
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Nova Scotian migration. In Paris, visits to the Bibliotheque Nationale, the
Archives Nationale, and related archives confirmed that the transcripts
(many handwritten) in the PAC and in Quebec were full and accurate
Finally, one must note other papers which remain in private hands but
which nonetheless were made available to me, in addition to those men
tioned above. Fred Landon’s private collection, to which that devoted
scholar gave all interested historians ready access, proved to be of great
value, especially on the 1840s and 1850s. Consulted in Professor Landon s home in London, Ontario, these materials have been transfered si
nee
his death in 1969 to the University of Western Ontario. Of only slightly
less value were the records kept in the Cornwallis Street Baptist Church
in Halifax. These include the reports of the African Association of Nova
Scotia, and also of the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement
of Colored People together with extensive church records. Other churches
in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Nova Scotia also opened up
their records. The documents of the Negro Community Centre in Monfreal, made selectively available by Stanley Cylke, and those of the
Canadian Labour Congress, discussed above, were particularly useful So
too was the private collection of Mr. Alvin McCurdy of Amherstburg who
has drawn together many local records on the Negro community along the
Detroit River. At the Harvard School of Public Health I was given unrestneted access to the original research transcripts of the “Stirling County”
project, which includes raw data on Negro residents in Digby County, Nova
acoua.
1 advertized for individuals to come forward with materials, and a number did so In this way files, letters, and clippings were made available on
Matthew Henson, by Herbert M. Frisby of Baltimore; on John Ware bv
ettie Ware of Kirkaldy, Alberta; on Henry Yandusen, an early black
settler, by Glen Ladd of Dresden; on J. B. Harkin, by Miss Dora Barber
of Ottawa; on Negro Freemasonry in Canada, by Reginald V. Harris of
Halifax; and on the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and the British
Columbia Association for the Advancement of Colored People, by Frank
Collms of Burnaby. Mrs. Keith Staebler loaned her notes on New Road
and her letters to her husband, written at the time; the Reverend William P.
G l!f’ f1S,h°P W- L WaUs> and Reverends Charles Este and Winston
• H. Clarke, as well as Messrs. Stanley G. Grizzle and Daniel G Hill all
made personal items available. Cecil Flarmsworth King kindly permitted’the
author to examine his copy of John Clarkson’s diary in his office at the
London Daily Mirror. (This diary has since gone to the University of
Illinois.) Many others wrote letters of reminiscence, provided references
sent clippings from local newsapers, and simply offered encouragement in
response to my appeals printed in a variety of j'ournals.
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Printed Materials
been indiciateddabovpOIAeS vT
^ scarce Published materials have
. f
. . e' A Wlde vanety
printed sources, especially annual
reports of societies and government agencies, is cited in the notel These
18971 fr?i> It6 leSU!‘ Relations and AUied Documents (Cleveland
211; ed:ted^y Reuben Gold Thwaites> through the annual reports of
die Education Department of Nova Scotia. Wherever possible the originals
bv Pauff rnatenals have been consulted, as with the Relation of 1632,
d n ‘1 Je.une; Whl^h ,s ln the John Carter Brown Library in Provi°f parUcular value were the annual reports of the Canadian League
n7th \r v"CeTn
C° °red People’ of the United Baptist Convention
bers 3
T
°£ ““ Elgin Associatio11 (°f which only numbers 3, 4, 6-7, and 10-11 appear to have survived,
although number 2 is
quoted in the Voice of the Fugitive for November 5, 1851, and number 5
m Bcnjamms Drews work), and of the British Columbia Association for
the Advancement of Colored People. Some reports that one expected to
p °f value—those of the Upper Canada Committee of the Society for the
Propaga ion of the Gospel m Foreign Parts, for example—proved of little
use whde others that one ordinarily would pass over (the Proceedings of
the Semi-Annual and Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of A.F and A
A widT °
fT ' - ' } W6re f0Und t0 conta“ Negro-related records.
A wide range of almanacs, maps, novels, artifacts (as with Negro berry bas
kets preserved in the Citadel Museum in Halifax), and “association items”
!nn-'cTCr^ , ,° be!onging to John Scoble> or l°^s of Thomas Clarkson s hair) helped to demonstrate a relationship, an activity, or an attitude.
Other contemporary materials are less difficult to find. The British
Canadian, and provincial Hansard’s, for example, provide most of the
evidence on the legislative record. The published accounts by fugitive
Josiah FT
^ 7w7 WeUS Br°Wn’ Uwis Clarke- Frederick Douglass,
osiah Henson, J. W. Loguen, Austm Steward, or Samuel Ringgold Ward
ell WC°ntem^r7 cW°rks of Beniamin Drew, Levi Coffin, Samuel
Tosenhy<S°We’ 7?“ { E' Lmt0n’ Harriet Beecher Stowe, Charles Stuart,
Joseph Stage, and others, are all central to this study. The value of most
of these is mdicated at the appropriate places in the
notes.
Newspapers
and
Magazines
While newspapers are a particularly valuable source for the historian
they also present special problems. Full files of any except the major met
ropolitan papers are not likely to have survived and if one wishes to con
sult an entire run of a single newspaper, issues often must be pieced
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together from a variety of locations. Viewed as a source of data, a single
issue of a single paper has its values; viewed, as in this study, as a source
of public opinion, and as a molder of that opinion as well, longer and co
herent runs of a paper are essential. Before accepting a news item, the
historian must do what he can to verify its version against other types of
sources or, failing such sources, against another newspaper. The re
searcher must know of the newspaper’s ownership, the politics of its man
agement and of its editors, the extent to which it may be dependent upon
advertising revenue for survival, and the nature of its readership. Ob
viously, news concerning Negro activities that appears in a Negro news
paper differs from news that appears in an anti-Negro paper. Equally
obviously, the estimate given to the size of an abolitionist meeting by the
antislavery Toronto Globe is to be set off against an estimate provided by
the anti-abolitionist Toronto Leader, although not necessarily equally. The
editorial opinions of Toronto’s Christian Guardian will spring from differ
ent sources than the opinions expressed by a secular press. And one must
view distinctions within their time, for most nineteenth-century newspapers
in North America, even if overtly secular, employed biblical and racial
rhetoric on their editorial pages.
Apart from the problem of interpretation there is, when dealing with
the press of the last century and a half, the added problem of quantity.
The nineteenth century was a time of thriving local newspapers, and for
a full understanding of what Canadians read about black men (or about
events which would have given rise to thoughts about black men, as re
porting on the Civil War and Reconstruction in the United States did),
one might reasonably be expected to examine many dozens of titles. In
the twentieth century, with the growth of massive Sunday newspapers, of
supplements, and of advertising, the researcher must contend with a bulk
beyond the capacity of any one person. Yet these newspapers demand
examination, for on their editorial pages, in their news items, among the
social notes, through those letters to the editor which they chose to print,
and even in the products they advertized, one may find frequent suggestions
of racial awareness. A full content analysis of the Canadian press on this
subject would be a lengthy study in itself (and very possibly not worth
while).
Accordingly, I narrowed the range of research in two ways. Leaving
myself thirty-two newspapers which I examined personally and—to the
extent that complete files were available—on an issue-by-issue basis, I
chose forty-five other newspapers, largely weeklies, which both I and
bursary assistants examined on the basis of specific known events, or in
the light of a bulking of Negro-related news items in the initial twentythree papers. These thus came to comprise a “control” group. Further,
since it quickly became apparent that no single researcher could keep
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515
abreast of press opinion and news items in the decade of the 1960s (dur
ing which time this investigation was made) while carrying out other re
search as well, I sought professional help. From 1960 to 1968 the
Canadian Press Clipping Service of Toronto supplied weekly sets of material drawn from the entire spectrum of the Canadian press, including
all items referring to Negroes—whether in the United States or Canada—
and to discrimination, against whatever group. The specific newspapers
drawn upon, 210 titles in all, are indicated seriatim in the footnotes. A
full list would be superfluous here, as well as unduly cumbersome,
especially since masthead titles often changed two or three times. These
clippings have also been given to the Schomburg Collection.
Certain newspapers were of particular help. Fortunately, many are now
available on microfilm from the Canadian Library Association; and the
Public Archives of Canada, which has runs of all those on film, will loan
its microfilm holdings. The Ontario Public Archives provides many others.
In this way one could examine, for example, the Amherstburg Echo for
1888-1949, the Charlottetown Islander for 1853-65, the Chatham
Journal for 1841-44, the Chatham Planet for 1850-58, The Christian
Guardian for 1837-39, the Fredericton New Brunswick Royal Gazette for
1786-1816, the Halifax Acadian Recorder for 1813-1919, the Halifax
Herald for 1897-1938, the Halifax Journal for 1796-1817, the Halifax
Morning Chronicle for 1884-1969, the Halifax Novascotian for 1841-47,
the Halifax Royal Gazette for 1752-1824, the Hamilton Spectator for
1916-47, the London Free Press for 1859-1969, the Montreal Gazette
for 1840-1969, the Montreal Witness for 1846-54, the Quebec Gazette
for 1768-94, the Saint John Globe for 1847-1912, the Saint John New
Brunswick Courier for 1849-52, the Saint John Royal Gazette for 17841800, the Toronto Globe for 1850-1969 (in later years the Globe &
Mail), the Toronto Financial Post for 1942-69, the Toronto Mail and
Empire for 1911-28, the Toronto Star for 1930-65, the Toronto Tele
gram for 1924-69, the Vancouver Province for 1935-69, the Victoria
Colonist for 1859-1969, the Victoria Daily Evening Express for 1863-65,
and the York Upper Canada Gazette for 1793-1838. The Maidstone Mirror
for 1943-53 is on microfilm in the Saskatchewan archives. Joseph Howe’s
personal copies of The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser,
together with the Nova Scotia Gazette and Weekly Chronicle, both from
Halifax, are in the PANS. For background on many of these papers at mid
nineteenth century, see Helen Elliot, comp., Fate, Hope and Editorials:
Contemporary Accounts and Opinions in the Newspapers, 1862-1873,
Microfilmed by the CLA/ACB Microfilm Project (Ottawa, 1967).
Another approach was to examine, in so far as possible, all of the press
of a single key community. For this purpose Windsor was chosen, and
extant files of the Windsor Herald, Daily Star, and Daily Record, were
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consulted. For Halifax, in addition to the papers cited above, the Nova
Scotia Packet, Weekly Chronicle, Mail-Star, Herald, and Evening Mail
were used.
Particularly important, of course, were the abolitionist newspapers. In
Canada these were the Voice of the Fugitive, published in Windsor from
1851 to 1852 (with a file in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit
Public Library); The Provincial Freeman, from Chatham, 1853-ca. 1857
(the originals of which are in the University of Pennsylvania Library), the
short-lived Voice of the Bondsman, from Stratford (with a single 1856
copy surviving in the library of the University of Western Ontario), and
The True Royalist, of Hamilton (of which two copies may be found in
the Fort Malden Museum). In the United States there were far more such
newspapers, and they have survived longer. Those that were searched (al
though there is much duplicated content among them) were the National
Anti-Slavery Standard from New York, 1840-70 (New York Public Li
brary), The Friend of Man, 1836-38 (on film), Garrison’s Boston-based
Liberator, 1831-65, The Oberlin Evangelist for 1848-53 only, The AntiSlavery Record, New York, 1835-37, Anti-Slavery Examiner, New York,
1836-45, American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Reporter, New York,
1840-46, Anti-Slavery Lecturer, from Utica, N.Y., 1839, The Emanci
pator, New York, 1834—49, and the National Anti-Slavery Bazaar, Boston,
1845-50 (all at Yale); The Genius of Universal Emancipation, Benjamin
Lundy’s parapetetic newspaper, 1821—39 (The Johns Hopkins University
Library); and Frederick Douglass’ Paper, for 1853, and the Salem, Ohio,
Anti-Slavery Bugle, 1845-60 (both LC). Also consulted was the New
York Herald for 1854—71, which is not cited in the footnotes since it was
drawn upon heavily in a previous book by the author, and since most of
its news items on Negro activities in Canada were reprinted from other
sources. Of the greatest value was the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery
Reporter to which ‘and Aborigines Friend' was later added, published in
London 1840-1966 (Yale University Library, 1840-57, 1859-67, and
1857—59 on microfilm).
American and Canadian Negro newspapers were a chief source of in
formation and opinion. All Canadian Negro newspapers and magazines,
as discussed in Chapter 13, were researched on an issue-for-issue basis.
Locations of files are discussed in the notes to that chapter. Of some sixtythree American Negro newspapers available on microfilm by 1968,
eighteen were used. Those that proved to be helpful were the St. Paul
Appeal and St. Paul Broad Axe (not to be confused with the Chicago Broad
Ax, which was also consulted), The Elevator, from San Francisco, in which
Mifflin Wistar Gibb’s articles appeared, New York’s Amsterdam News, the
Pittsburg Courier, the Detroit Plaindealer, and the Cleveland Gazette.
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517
Several newspapers were used at the office of the papers themselves, on
occasion with the aid of an informal index compiled locally for in-house
purposes. That this method of approach was useful may be shown by the
Saint John Telegraph. Two important items relating to the Refugee
Negroes of the 1820s, drawn from reminiscences of early settlers in Nova
Scotia, appeared in issues in 1875 and 1884. The New Freeman, a Roman
Catholic newspaper, also of Saint John, and read in that paper’s library,
first revealed in its issues for 1903 the controversy with Neith magazine’
as related in Chapter 13. The Toronto Star's clipping file proved of great
use as well. Regrettably, two files of newspapers that might well have en
riched the story told here were not found: The Truro News, of which only
a post-1949 run survives in that paper’s office, following upon a fire in
that year; and the Dresden Times, published weekly from 1872 into the
1890s.
Magazines, like newspapers, are organs of opinion. The number of
articles on Negro-related subjects, as well as their content, is one index
to the degree of interest in the “Negro problem.” Articles on race relations
in the United States, appearing in contemporary Canadian periodicals__
Atlantic Advocate, Commentary, Canadian Forum, Canada Week,
Maclean's, Saturday Night—reveal much about the use of the Negro as a
metaphor in the relations between the two countries. Articles in welfareoriented journals, such as Canadian Labour Reports, the Journals of Edu
cation for both Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canadian Welfare, L'Action
nationale, The Labour Gazette, The Journal of the Y.M.C.A., The Angli
can, or The United Church Record and Missionary Review, increasingly
contain Negro-related materials. American journals, especially in the nine
teenth century, had occasion to report on the progress of the fugitives in
Canada and, later, on race relations in the Dominion. Thus, Atlantic
Monthly, The Chautauquan, The Literary Digest, The Living Age, the New
York Times Magazine, The North American Review, Outlook, Scribner's
and The Southern Workman, all contain relevant matter. So, too, do reli
gious periodicals in both countries: Acadia Bulletin, American Missionary,
The [Canadian] Baptist Magazine and Missionary Register, Canadian
Christian, Canadian Evangelist, Freewill Baptist Quarterly, Gospel Tribune
and Christian Communionist, The Maritime Baptist, The United Church
Observer, the Upper Canada Baptist Missionary Magazine, and several
others. The most important British publications were the American Baptist
Free Mission Society (seen in the American Antiquarian Society),
Arminian Magazine, Baptist Annual Register, The Colonial Protestant,
Free Church of Scotland Monthly, and Herald of Peace. British and
Canadian popular periodicals were of substantial help'. These include
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Of Riches (1957) or The Innocent Traveller (1949) respectivelv Still
clnadiln erilS,S;
Anglo-American Magazine, Canadian Antiquarian,
prrj
Il‘ustrfed News- Canadian Magazine, The European Magazine
Monthlv’l d yp Cana?en‘ The Imperial Magazine, Knox College
Journal'TheTn
The Maple Lea<- Numismatic
Z ,'T
A Llterary and AntiSl™ery Journal, and The Unirsity agazine. Special interest publications were often of value- Ca
nadian Cigar and Tobacco Journal, Canada-West Indies Magazine, McDuff
!ro, r';
v?" Merchant, West India Commercial Cir-
cuiar, or the New York organ of the Ku Klux Klan, the American
Standard.
fun?seSdatA°nS °f \nd fM Canadiaa and American Negroes were careMly searched. Among these were those magazines discussed in Chapter 13
journal rt AtS A/kan In!erpreter’ African Repository and Colonial
i
, ' _ Afro~Ame/ican Magazine, The AME Church Review Amherstburg Quarterly Mission Journal, The Black Man, The Black Worker
c2Ze/r!nenCanr Challense’ The stored American Magazine, The
Th M Ha,vesl- Crisis, Ebony, The Freedman’s Advocate, The Informer
PalmTh^’v68™ Dl8eSt (D0W BlaCk W°rld)’ Negr0 World> Pine and
Palm, The Spoken Word," and The Street Speaker.
Most of the above were consulted at the Library of Congress the Yale
University Lib™,, ,b, British Mnsenm, or the&hombTJ CoM™
Exceptions are the Canadian religious periodicals, read in the New York
Pubhc Library, at Acadia University, McMaster University, the Union
SoStTtP S”r{/New Y°* City), the American Bapiist Historic^
y ( ochester, New York), or the Southwestern Baptist Theological
v^Tvh F°rlWonh)- Four earlier journals were consulted at the Har
vard library: American Baptist Magazine and Missiona,y Intelligencer
nublSdSe“sBatptlS‘ Maftme, Massachusetts Missionary Magazine (all
published m Boston), and Vermont Baptist Missionary Magazine
(Ruttwe^fl
J’°UrAnaIS gave
t0 othera> of a secular nature, in the
twentieth century. Again, as m the 1920s so in the 1960s, Canadian fiction
m magazines and books reflected continental norms, and the black man was
set to play the same roles in Canadian as in American fiction. Negroes be
gan to appear with regularity in Canadian novels, still as stock figures but
now supporting °*T stereotyPes- Mazo de la Roche wrote her poorest
h k’!fr0miP8 at Jahla (1961). about pro-Southern Canadians during the
r
Civil War; Ernest Buckler, a highly regarded Maritime novelist, was to
prove unexpectedly graceless when he attempted to hint at prejudice in
Nova Scotia’s classrooms in his 1959 short story, “Long, Long after School”
(A fanttc Advocate, 52 [1959], 42-44); and even GabrieUe Roy and Ethel
Wilson, fastidious writers both, could not bring black men to life in Street
D.«, ,„d tvtog L„lm,
r„ -rs-sri«2r- “d ^ i»«"
L™‘
undesirable Negroes, so did lib.,1
men
novels: The Apprenticeship of Daddy KravTtz (1959) r/! .SUCCessi011 °f
(1963), and CociW (1968) It wa left to 1’
Ineom*rdHe
srr “
covertly and frequently overtly-had become part of tte
baggage for the Canadian of the 1960s, a far wfder range ofmaterids S
.h...*h te
Zta p=Jddts^™ d”i «S
o?r“! ,0,bl'Clt-Whl“ "“«=>">■'- Few r«LS ,„ fa,t ,o nS
of the journals mentioned above, have been incorporated into the footnotes
rightly the provmce of the social scientist than of the humanist*1*10118 m°le
I
Still, , not all knowledge arises from the printed word. Interviews with
mo„
many dozens: of Canadian Negroes, from Cape Breton Uland to Vancou
!!L“’ fPSd t0 Provide a background of attitudes, recollections
regrets, and pleasures for the post-1865 years. Seldom
’
was I refused the
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gift of time, attention, and of being taken seriously; often this gift was
accompanied by a willingness to bring out faded photographs, wedding
invitations, and family Bibles, the visual evidence of a past that was
thought worth remembering. Such items are not “documents” to add to the
piling of note upon note—no more than the casual conversation with a
black laborer, a sidewalk artist, or a school custodian may be—but they
provide above all the interest and the pleasure to sustain the more traditional search for evidence. There are many thousands of Negroes in
Canada to whom I was not able to talk, and this study is the weaker for
that. It is nonetheless much the stronger for the help of those with whom
I could talk, for the fact that no one appeared to feel that the end result
would lack “relevance” to the continuing black experience.
These contacts often took place at the scenes of events described in
this book, for no archive can provide a substitute for traversing the ground
of history itself. One must see for oneself precisely where William King’s
house stood, or William Peyton Hubbard was buried, or John Clarkson
spoke to the assembled Nova Scotians. To see the Cockpit Country of
Jamaica; to view Freetown from the heights above Fourah Bay; to write
upon a table in Kingston upon Hull where Wilberforce wrote—in short, to
experience the place, the sight, and occasionally the sound of history is to
remind oneself that the historian must always use that slight gift of intuition
which makes the leaps of faith he takes between evidence and conclusion
possible. It is in such places and moments as these, as well as in the con
tinuing chase within the confines of an archive, that the historian must
ever seek his pleasure and his sole reward.
Index
In the index, as well as the text, hyphens appear in French-Canadian names when
their owners generally used them, and otherwise not. Place names in Canada but not
stanhvCHnameS d“Where’ are indexed- °nly ^ose footnotes which contain sub
discussion of a point are included in the index. The maps are omitted, as is
the Note on Sources, except for pages 512 and 519-20.
Abbott, Anderson Ruffin, 328-32 passim Afro-American Press Association, 393
335, 412n41
Afro-Beacon, The, 404
Abbott, Ellen Toyer, 328-29
Agnew, Stair, 44, 108, 109
Abbott, Wilson Ruffin, 211, 212, 226 Alake of Abeokuta, 167
255, 328-29, 357, 367
Alberta: settlement in, 287; Oklahoma
Acadia University, 350, 383
Negroes in, 303, 305-06; civil rights
Activism: in the church, 351-52; growth
legislation in, 428
of, 414-68
Alcan project, 422
Adams, Elias, 258
Alexander, Arthur, 314
Adams, Grantley Herbert, 442
Alexander, Charles, 277
Addington, 133
Alexander, Lincoln, 459-60, 489, 494
Adolphustown, 33
Allan, William, 352
Africa: migrations to Sierra Leone, 44, Allen, Isaac, 44, 108, 109
56, 57, 61-78, 90-94; Bulama settle Allen, Richard, 154-55, 355
ment in, 74, 75; settlement in Liberia, Allen, William, 152
154; Canadian reaction to apartheid Amber Valley, 303, 306, 308, 381
in, 445-48
Amelia Island, 116
African Aid Society, 168
American and Foreign Anti-Slavery So
African Association of Nova Scotia, 512
ciety, 173, 263, 264
African Baptist Association of Nova American Anti-Slavery Society, 149 179
Scotia, 139
220,236,263,490
’
*
African Methodist Episcopal Church American Baptist, The, 342
(AME), 154, 231, 355-60, 394
American Baptist Anti-Slavery Conven
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
tion, 219
Church (AMEZ), 355, 359
American Baptist Free Mission Society
African Orthodox Church, 354, 415
200-03 passim, 206, 230-31, 342
African Students Association of the American Baptist Missionary Union, 342
United States and Canada, 442
American Colonization Society, 154-55
African United Baptist Association of
162, 257
*
Nova Scotia, 139, 345-48 passim, American Missionary Association
386-87
(AMA), 207-08, 224-27, 271, 397
African United Nations Emergency
American Nazi Party, 468n66
Force, 445-46
American Revolution, affect on Negroes
Africa Speaks, 404, 408-09, 412/z40
29-31,46,61
“
3
Africville, 130, 348, 383, 384, 389, 411
American Tract Society, 221, 222
420, 441, 452-56
Amherst, 27, 52
Afro-American Council, 359
Amherst, Jeffrey, 24
521
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Port Arthur Ontario Canada
Port Roseway Associates Minute Books
Portia White
Portland Maine
Prairie Provinces
Princeton University Library
Prism
Private Papers
Proceedings
Programmes
Property Holders
Prospecti
Providence Public Library
Providence Rhode Island
Provincial Chasseurs
Public Archives of Canada
Public Archives of Canada Carleton Transcripts
Public Archives of Canada Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Papers
Public Archives of Canada Reynolds Family Papers
Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Public Archives of Nova Scotia Akins Collection
Public Archives Record Centre
Quantity
Quebec Canada
Quebec Gazette
Quebec Internal Correspondence
Quebec Provincial Archives
Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria Appointments Book
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Raymond Souster
Redpath
Refugees
REgina
Reginald V. Harris
Registers
Religious Groups
Reports
Reuben Gold Thwaites
Rhodes House
Richard Allen
Richard Wright
Richmond Confederate Memorial Library
Richmond Virginia
Robert Baldwin
Robert Borden
Robert Trelawney
Robert Vaux
Robin W. Winks
Robinson
Rochester New York
Rochester University
Rochester University William Henry Seward Collection
Roman Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Interracial Marriages
Russell
Rutherford B. Hayes
Rutherford B. Hayes Library
Rutherford Library
Rutland Vermont
Saint Francis Xavier University
Saint Francis Xavier University Library
Saint John Canada
Saint John Globe
Saint John New Brunswick Courier
Saint John Public Library
Saint John Royal Gazette
Saint John Telegraph
Salem Ohio
Sales
Saltspring Island Canada
Sam Hughes
Samual A. Eliot
Samuel D. Porter
Samuel Gridley Howe
Samuel J. May
Samuel J. May Jr.
Samuel May Jr.
Samuel Ringgold Ward
Samuel Ward
San Francisco California
San Marino California
Sanborn
Sandown
Sandwich Baptist Church
Sandwich Ontario Canada
Sarah Grimke
Saskatchewan Education Department
Saskatchewan Legislative Library
Saturday Night Magazine
Schomburg Collection
Schools
Scottish Record Office
Scrapbooks
Scribner's Magazine
Self-Help Societies
Semi-Annual and Annual Session of the Grand Lodge of A.F. and A. Masons of Ontario
Sheffield Central Library
Sheffield Central Library Archives
Sheffield Central Library Archives Earl Fitzwilliam Papers
Shelburne Canada
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Archives
Sierra Leone Company
Sierra Leone Migration
Sierra Leone Settlers' Descendents League
Simcoe County Surrogate Court Office
Simeon Perkins
Simon Gratz
Smith College
Smith College Library
Smith College Library Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College Library W.L. Garrison II Collection
Society for Promoting Manumission of Slaves
Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Canadian Papers
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Upper Canada Committee
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Nova Scotian Files
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel West African Files
Somerset House
Sophia Smith
South Saanich Public School
South Saanich Public School Visitor's Journal
Southampton Civic Record Office
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Special Interest Publications
St. Paul Appeal
St. Paul Broad Axe
Stair Agnew
Stanley Cylke
Stanley G. Grizzle
Stark
State Papers of Upper Canada
Stephen Foster
Stratford Ontario Canada
Street of Riches
Surveyor-General Letter Books
Sushil Kuma Jain
Swarthmore College
Sydney Australia
Sydney Howard Gay
Syracuse Historical Society
Syracuse New York
Syracuse Public Library
Syracuse University
Syracuse University Library
Syracuse University Library Gerrit Smith Miller Papers
T.B. Macaulay
Tab
Tax Records
Texas Technological College
Texas Technological College Elijah Lovejoy Papers Wickett-Wiswall Collection
The African Interpreter
The Afro-American Magazine
The Afro-Beacon
the AME Church Review
The American Baptist
The Anglican Magazine
The Anglo-American Magazine
The Anti-Slavery Record
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
The Black Man
The Black Worker
The Blacks in Canada: A History
The Canadian Baptist Magazine and Missionary Register
The Chautauquan Magazine
The Colonial Protestant Magazine
The Colored American Magazine
The Colored Harvest
The Elevator
The Emancipator
The European Magazine
The Freedmen's Advocate
The Friend of Man
The Gambia
The Genius of Universal Emancipation
The Imperial magazine
The Incomparable Atuk
The Informer
The Innocent Traveller
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
The Journal of the YMCA
The Labour Gazette
The Literary Digest
The Living Age Magzine
The Loved and the Lost
The Maple Leaf
The Maritime Baptist Magazine
The Maritime Merchant
The Messenger
The New Freeman
The North American Review
The Oberlin Evangelist
The Problem of Slavery in Western Culture
The Provincial Freeman
The Southern Workman Magazine
the Spoken Word
The Street Speaker
The Tappen Papers
The Tourist: A Literary and Anti-Slavery Journal
The True Royalist
The United Church Observer Magazine
The United Church Record and Missionary Review
The University Magazine
Theodore Dwight Weld
Theses
Thomas Clarkson
Thomas H. Scott
Thomas Haweis
Thomas Henning
Thomas Hodgkin
Thomas Nye
Thomas Smith
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thompson
Thunder Bay Historical Society
Tom Shows
Topeka Kansas
Toronto City Council
Toronto Emigration Office
Toronto Financial Post
Toronto Globe
Toronto Leader
Toronto Mail and Empire
Toronto Ontario
Toronto Ontario Canada
Toronto Public Library
Toronto Public Library Hubbard-Abbott Collection
Toronto Public Library Smith Papers
Toronto Star
Toronto Telegram
Treasurer's Letters
Truro Canada
Truro News
Tuskegee Institute
Ulrich B. Phillips
Uncle Tom's Cabin Museum
Underground Railroad
Undertaker
Union Newspapers
Union Theological Seminary
United Baptist Convention of the Maritime Provinces
United Church of Canada Archives
United Kingdom
United State National Archives State Department Decimal Files
United States
United States Interior Department
United States Labor and Transportation Committee for Congested Production Areas
United States Library of Congress
United States Library of Congress Carter G. Woodson Collection of Negro Papers
United States Library of Congress Charles Wager Collection
United States Library of Congress Edith Rossiter Bevan Autograph Collection
United States Library of Congress Edward Vernon Collection
United States Library of Congress Sir Guy Carleton Papers
United States Library of Congress Sir William Johnson Papers
United States National Archives
United States National Archives American Consulates Dispatches
United States National Archives Continental Congress Papers
United States National Archives George Washington Papers
United States National Archives Harper's Ferry Select Committee Files
United States National Archives Interior Department Slave Trade Records
United States National Archives Labor and Transportation Committee for Congested Production Areas Records
United States Office of the Chief Military Historian
United States State Department
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Illinois
University of Michigan
University of Michigan William L. Clements Library
University of New Brunswick
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania Library
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan Library
University of Sierra Leone
University of the West Indies
University of Toronto
University of Virginia
University of Virginia Alderman Library
University of Virginia Alderman Library Slavery-Abolition Manuscripts
University of Western Ontario
Unofficial Corporate Bodies
Unpassed Bills
Upper Canada Baptist Missionary Magazine
Upper Canada Land Petitions
Ursprung und Enkwicklung der Sklaverei
Utica New York
Vancouver Canada
Vancouver City Archives
Vancouver Island Canada
Vancouver Island Confederate League
Vancouver Island Confederate League Constitution
Vancouver Province
Vancouver Public Library
Vermont Baptist Missionary Magazine
Vermont Historical Society
Vermont Historical Society Oliver Johnson Papers
Vermont University
Victoria Canada
Victoria City Hall
Victoria Colonist
Victoria Daily Evening Express
Victoria University
Victoria University Archives
Voice of the Bondsman
Voice of the Fugitive
W.E. Burghardt DuBois
W.E.B. DuBois
W.J. Walls
W.L. Garrison II
W.W. Patton
Walter White
War of 1812
Ward Chipman
Washington D.C.
Wedding Invitations
Wellington D. Moses
Wendell Phillips
West India Commerical Circulator
West India Committee Library
Western Anti-Slavery Society
Western Canada
Western Regular Baptist Association
Whetsel
White Over Black
Wilberforce House
Wilbur H. Siebert
Wildwood Alberta Canada
Wilfred Laurier
William Allan
William Allen
William Canniff
William Dummer Powell
William H. Seward
WIlliam H. Siebert
William Hall
William Henry Seward
William J. Wilgus
William Jarvis
William Johnson
William King
William Lloyd Garrison
William Lyon Mackenzie
William Lyon Mackenzie House
William P. Oliver
William Peyton Hubbard
William S. Fielding
William Still
William Wells Brown
William Wilberforce
Wills
Wilson Ruffin Abbott
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle Royal Archivist
Windsor Daily Record
Windsor Daily Star
Windsor Herald
Windsor Ontario Canada
Windsor Registray Office
Winston H.H. Clarke
Winthrop Jordan
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Wolfville Nova Scotia Canada
Woodstock Public Library
Worcester Massachusetts
Workman's Circle Center
World War I
World War I General Headquarters Papers
World War I South African Labour Corps
Written Records
Yale University
Yale University Beinecke Library
Yale University Beinecke Library Carl van Vechten Collection
Yale University Beinecke Library James Weldon Johnson Collection
Yale University Library
Yale University Library James Weldon Johnson Collection
York County Militia
York County Registry Office
York Upper Canada Gazette
Yorkshire County Archives of the East Riding
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Strategically
It is often at this time of the
year that we reflect on the
months past, and on what our
goals and dreams are for the
upcoming year. The Library
Board and Staff are no excep
tion. I’m proud to announce
that our Board has finished
an almost year-long strategic
planning process. We invited
community opinion, which
directed the development of
our service targets for the next
three years.
Digitize and Declutter
@ the Digital
Media Lab
Face it, you’re never going to
get that old VHS player or LP
turntable fixed. The photos
of your great-grandparents
continue to fade and stick
together, and you have no idea
how to deal with the 35mm
film strips and slides. It’s time
to simplify and digitize, and
we can help!
The Library’s Digital Media
Lab contains equipment that
allows you to convert your ex
isting media to digital formats
so that you can preserve and
epjoy them on modern devices.
• Convert audio cassettes,
CDs, and vinyl records
to MP3s or other digital
formats. Now you’ll be able
to listen to them on modern
devices such as mobile
phones or in your car.
• Experience one-touch
conversion of VHS tapes to
DVD or digital formats. You
can also edit the video and
create custom video pre
sentations using installed
software.
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The board worked with a
consultant and facilitator,
Donna Fletcher, to assist in
our strategic planning process.
Donna has extensive
experience working with
libraries both professionally
as a consultant and personally
as a Highland Park Public
Library Trustee. Donna
facilitated a survey of
Deerfield residents, both
in print and with follow-up
telephone discussions.
Over 80% of survey respon
dents had extremely positive
things to say about the Library,
but there is always room for
improvement. Many respon
dents wanted to see more
programming and materials. In
addition, there was interest in
incorporating more technology
in the Library. As a result of
the surveys and analysis, the
Library will focus on the
following areas for 2017-2019:
• Quick, easy access to
services and materials
• Educational and entertain
ment materials and
programs for all ages
• Comfortable, adaptable
interior spaces
• Technology enhancements
and improvements
Over the next three years, we
will roll out new services for
our community. In 2017, we
intend to increase the number
of copies we have of highdemand materials, and, we
will begin to restructure and
enhance our programming
options,
The Board adopted plan can be
found at deerfleldlibrary.org/
strategic-plan.
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Library Director
• Archive and preserve
photographs, 35mm film
strips, and slides by convert
ing them to high resolution
digital formats which can be
restored and printed.
The Digital Media Lab is
available by appointment for
Deerfield Public Library
cardholders at least 14 years
of age.
For more information, visit
deerfieldlibrary.org/digitalmedia-lab or call Digital Media
Lab support, 847-945-3311
ext 8914.
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�Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 oral
www.deerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, November 16.
Adult Programs
Booh and Film Discussions
Copies of the books will be available at the self-service holds shelf a month before the
discussion. Register for “Hot New Reads”; all other drop-in.
Books with a Twist
NEWLOCATION: Program mil be held at Boston Blackies, 405Lake Cook Rd,
Deerfield. Attendees are welcome to orderfood and drinks offthe menu to enjoy
during the discussion. Forfull enjoyment of this discussion, it is recommended
that attendees have read the book.
We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
Monday, January 23, 7:30-8:30pm
An immigrant youth struggling to assimilate, a middle-aged
housewife with a troubled marriage, a Vegas social worker
and a wounded soldier connect with each other and rescue
themselves in the wake of an unthinkable incident.
HOT New Reads • Thursday, February 23, 7:30—S:30pm
Join our Readers’ Services librarian to hear about some of the hottest titles coming
out this winter and spring. Participants will have the chance to win advanced
copies of upcoming titles before they hit the shelves! Register in advance. 0
Thursday Book Biscussioos
Book Discussion Wrap-up Party
Thursday, December 8, 10:30-11:30am
Join us for holiday treats and a discussion of your favorite books of the year. Come prepared
to give a brief summary of one or two books you’ve read and enjoyed over the past year.
Share your favorites and get good reading suggestions from your friends!
Lila by Marilynne Robinson
Thursday, January 12,10:30-1 1:30am
Abandoning her homeless existence to become a minister's wife, Lila reflects on her hard
scrabble life on the run with a canny young drifter and her efforts to reconcile her painful past
with her husband’s gentle Christian worldview.
We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
Thursday, February 9, 10:30-11:30am
See book description above in “Books with a Twist” on January 23.
‘Guess the Grammys’ Contest
Monday, January 9-Sunday February 12
Join us for one of our most popular contests of the year! A winner will be chosen
from the entries with the most correct answers. Prizes will be awarded. Entry forms
will be available at the Library and online. Entries must be submitted by the end of
day, February 12. All ages can participate, but only one entry per person.
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Tuesday ‘New Movie’ Night
December 6,20, January 3,17,31,
February 14,28
TUESDAY FILMS BEGIN AT 6:30pm
Come to the Library for New Movie
Night on select Tuesdays this Winter
and preview the hot new release of the
week. As we get closer to each date,
you can check our website or ask at
the Multimedia desk for a listing of
upcoming showings.
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THURSDAYFILMS BEGINAT 1:00pm
We’re changing it up! Instead of
discussing movies, we’ll be showing
the first episodes of some of our
favorite British TV shows.
Thursday, December 15, Sherlock
Thursday, January 12, Call The Midwife
Thursday, February 9, Peaky Blinders
‘Guess the Oscars’ Contest
Monday, February 13-Sunday, I
February 26
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Oscars” Contest. A winner will
be chosen from the entries
with the most correct answers.
Prizes will be awarded. Entry
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end of day, February 26.
All ages can participate,
but only one entry per person.
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�Adult Programs
Adult Winter Reading Program:
Cozy Blanket Bingo
December 1-February 28
Enter our Winter Reading contest by
registering at the Adult Services Desk for
a Bingo card. For each Bingo completed,
participants can enter to win weekly prize
drawings and a grand prize. One Bingo
card per registrant
Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
wwmdeerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, November 16.
Discover Your Past: Introduction to Genealogy
Thursday, January 5, 7:00-8:00pm
Learn how to get started with Ancestry.com. We’ll go over
tips and tricks for getting started doing family history
research, and demonstrate some of the ways
Ancestry.com can help you discover your history. Q
Discover Your Past: Understanding
the Census
Thursday, January 12, 7:00-8:00pm
Discover ways you can use the Census to see where
your family lived, learn about ancestors you didn’t
know you had, and fill in some of the details about
their lives. Q
Discover Your Past: Vital Records
Holiday Make-and-Take Gifts
Using Essential Oils
Monday, December 5, 7:00-8:30pm
Create two spa products using common
ingredients and essential oils. Dawn Duffy,
Certified Aromatherapist and owner of
Healing Hands, will be here to guide us.
Space is limited. Q
Holiday Music with the DHS
Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, December 10, 3:004:00pm
Join us for the 4th annual Library
presentation of the outstanding Deerfield
High School Chamber Orchestra. Q
Modem Board Games
Saturdays, December 17, January 28,
February 25, 3:004:30pm
Each month we’ll feature a different game
to learn, play, and enjoy. Ages 8 and up,
under 13 must be accompanied by
an adult. Q
Ticket to Ride:
December 17
Pandemic:
January 28
Carcassonne:
February 25
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Thursday, January 19, 7:00-8:00pm
Vital records, including birth, marriage, and death records, are a great way to
find out more about your ancestors. Learn how to use them to dig deeper into
your family history. Q
Thinks and Drinks Trivia
Paint Night @ the Library
Wednesday, January 11, 7:30-9:00pm
@ Location TBD
Adults Only
Think you know it all? Prove
it! The library is hosting
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event. Play individually or
team up in groups of up to 4
people and test your knowledge of trivia.
Refreshments will be served and prizes
will be awarded to the biggest know-itails! Register in advance with
Adult Services. O
Thursday, January 19, 6:00-8:00pm
Explore the artist in you at the Library’s
Paint Night. Artist Dawn Pennacchia will
help you create an acrylic painting to
take with you. Art supplies, instruction,
and refreshments are included. Q
PLACE Program: Film Discussion of
The Princess Bride
Thursday, January 12, 6:00-8:30pm
PLACE (Public Library Access and Community for Everyone) programs welcome
adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, as well as theirparents and
caregivers.
Please join us for an evening of community, conversation, and fun with a sensory-friendly
viewing and film discussion of The Princess Bride. Light refreshments will be served.
Please register in advance. Q
�Please register in advance at the Library, by phone at 847-945-3311 or at
www.deerfieldlibrary.org. Registration opens Wednesday, November 16.
Estate Planning and Life
Insurance Made Simple
Saturday, January 21, 10:00-11:30am
Estate planning and insurance are all
about caring for our loved ones, our
property, and ourselves. Learn how wills,
trusts, titling of property, and powers of
attorney work, and get familiar with their
terminology. Learn the basic principles of
insurance and how to apply that knowl
edge when it comes to choosing the best
policies for life, disability, long-term care,
auto, and homeowners. Q
Great Decisions
Tuesdays, January 24-March 21,
7:15-8:45pm
Join us as Tom Jester coordinates
thoughtful discussions and stimulating
analyses of some of the great foreign
policy issues of our time. Once again, the
Foreign Policy Association’s discussion
guidebooks will be availablefor thefirst
16 registrants who sign up. Copies can
be picked up at the Adult Services Desk
starting Monday January 9, but please
call to confirm they are available. There
will also be a guidebook available in our
Reference materials for in-house use
only. Q
New Year’s Wellness
Resolutions
Thursday, January 26, 7:00-8:30pm
Every New Year brings new oppor
tunities for growth, so don’t let this
year pass you by! Jennie Michalik,
Sachs Recreation Center’s Wellness
Coordinator, teaches us how to
set meaningful goals and achieve
them. R
How About a Blind Date
with a Book?
February 1-28, Adults
Take a risk on meeting the literary love
of your life on a no-risk blind date. Let us
know how it went for a chance to win a
prize. Find out more details at the Adult
Services desk.
Nutrition for a
Busy Lifestyle
Thursday February 9, 7:00-8:30pm
Don’t let a busy schedule stop you
from eating healthy! Join regis
tered dietitian Kim Blum as she
explains a variety of ways to eat
healthy that don’t create more
stress in your busy life. R
Real Estate 60015: Top Tips
for Buyers and Sellers
Tuesday February 7, 7:00-8:00pm
If you’re planning on buying or selling
your home, get up-to-date information
about the North Shore housing market
and home inspection tips. Featuring
representatives from ©properties,
American Home Shield, Guaranteed Rate,
and Home Advantage Inspections. ©
The Planets.. .and Pluto
Wednesday January 25, 7:00-8:00pm
We all grew up thinking there were nine
planets in our Solar System. In 2006, that
number changed to eight. Pluto is still
out there, but why is it no longer
considered a planet? MicheUe Nichols
from the Adler Planetarium will explain
the definition of a planet and the Pluto
controversy, take you on a virtual tour
of our dynamic, amazing Solar System,
explore a possible new planet—Planet
Nine—and highlight the search for planets
that are similar to our very own Earth.
Adults and Youth. Q
Adult Programs
Professor Moptop:
Help! by the Beatles
Saturday February 11,1:00-2:30pm
(Movie 3:00)
Professor Moptop from WXRT’s
“Breakfast with the Beatles” will
present an in-depth look at the album,
Help! Movie showing of Help! to follow,
3:00-4:30pm. ©
Emily’s Story:
The Brave Journey ofan
Orphan Train Rider
Thursday February 16, 7:00-8:30pm
Join usfor the thirdprogram in
our Real People, Real Stories series,
whichfocuses on ordinary people
with extraordinary stories.
Between 1854 and 1929,
nearly 250,000 children
were transported from
New York City to the
homes of farm families i
in almost every state, I
particularly in the i
Midwest. Join Clark Jj
Kidder as he reifl
counts the fascinat- *
ing story of his paternal
grandmother, Emily Kidder, who at the
age of 13 rode an orphan train to the
Midwest in 1906. Q
Keep Your Brain &
Memory Healthy
Wednesday February 22, 7:00-8:30pm
Dr. Linda Sasser will share what current
research says about how lifestyle practices
impact brain fitness, and about the dif
ferences between everyday forgetfulness
and dementia. Dr. Sasser will also share
strategies for improving memory. Q
�Tech Connections I
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Registration is requiredfor all computerprograms unless labeled “Drop-in.”
Register at deerfleldUbmry.org, by phone at 847-945-3311, or in person.
Check Library website for full course descriptions and meeting room locations
It’s on the Card: Promote
Yourself and Your Brand
Tuesday, December 6, 7:00-8:30pm
A well-designed calling card can help
you stand out. Whether you’re starting a
business or looking to promote yourself,
come to the library to learn design tips
and Microsoft Publisher tricks to help you
create your best-looking calling card.
Make Your Own Photo Books
Thursday, December 8, 7:00-8:30pm
Print customizable physical books from
your digital photo collection to give as
gifts or keep for your home. Learn how to
make and order a photo book with online
services like Shutterfly, iBooks, Mixbook,
and more. This class will give a compar
ison of photo book services and demon
strate the basics of uploading, editing,
and printing your books.
Cut the Cable
Library One-on-One
Learn technology and software basics by signing up for a one-on-one.
Contact Anne Jamieson at 847.580.8931 to set up a one hour appointment
with a librarian. Be sure to include your name, how to reach you, and what
you want to learn.
Budgeting with Excel
Building Your Own Computer
Tuesday, January 17,10:00-11:00am
Find out how to use Excel to save time
and simplify tracking your monthly budget.
Thursday, February 16, 7:00-8:30pm
Building your own computer can seem
like a daunting task, but with some
knowledge and a little practice it doesn’t
have to be. Learn which parts you need,
the features to look for, where to buy
them, and the step-by-step process of
putting it together. This is an advanced
class, computer knowledge is required.
Preserve Your Past: Digitizing
at the Library
Wednesday, January 25, 2:00-3:30pm
Join us for a demonstration of the
Library’s Digital Media Lab, where you
can digitize photos, video, and slides.
Bring a photo with you to practice using
our state-of-the-art equipment.
Cooking with Excel
Tuesday December 13, 7:00-8:30pm
Wave goodbye to your cable bill as you
learn about cost-saving devices like Roku
and Apple TV that work with your existing
setup. Streaming services like Netflix,
Hulu, and Hoopla will also be discussed.
Tuesday, January 31, 10:00-11:00am
Keep your cooking fun, creative, and
healthy using Excel. Learn to keep track
of your recipes, nutrition information,
and more.
Marketing with Social Media
How to Take Apart a Computer
Wednesday December 14, 2:00-3:30pm
Social media is a powerful marketing tool
whether you are selling a product, pro
moting an event or raising awareness for
an important cause. This class will teach
you how to use the power of Facebook,
IWitter, blogs, and personal websites to
get your message across.
Thursday, February 2, 7:00-8:30pm
Ever wonder what’s inside a computer?
Here’s your chance to take one apart.
Computer knowledge is not required.
GarageBand for Beginners
Saturday, January 14, 2:004:00pm
Learn how to record basic tracks and
songs by using this Mac computer tool.
Feel free to bring any instruments you
may have at home that you would like to
record with. We’ll provide a keyboard and
a microphone. Class size is limited.
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Minecraft for Grownups
Wednesday, February 8, 4:30-5:30pm
Join us for this primer on the popular
game Minecraft. We’ll go over the basics
of how to get started, explore the world,
and play around and see what all the fuss
is about
Coding for Complete Beginners
Wednesday, February 15, 2:00-3:30pm
Learn the fundamentals of coding, ex
plore different programming languages,
and get plenty of practice playing the
game, “Code Combat”Wo coding experience
necessary but basic computer skills are
required.
Photo Art with Your Phone
Saturday, February 18, 2:00-3:30pm
Get creative using one of the world’s most
powerful art tools-your smartphone
camera! This class will showcase several
apps for iPhone and Android that you can
use to manipulate your snapshots into
your own digital art masterpieces.
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COURSES
Gale Courses Contest
(Extended!)
Take a class and get a prize! Gale
Courses are free, online, instructorled classes on a wide variety of
topics. Classes offered include:
Accounting, Microsoft Office,
Graphic Design, Meditation,
Introduction to Guitar, and many
more—there are over 350 to
choose from, including certifica
tions and Continuing Education
credits. Present your certificate/
completion letter at the Adult
Services desk and get a free
Deerfield Library notebook. Find
course offerings and sign up at:
deerfieldlibrary.org/onlineresources/#general and click on
Gale Courses.
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*** “Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration begins Wednesday, November 16.
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Finals Week @ the Library
Don’t forget to use the Library for all of
your studying needs!
Group Study:
• 8 study rooms, seating 2-6 (Available
first-come, first-served)
• Teen Area, flexible seating
• Caf area, flexible seating
Quiet Study:
• Quiet Room, downstairs, east side
• Downstairs: Carrels by the Travel
books, tables behind the info desk
and also outside of the study rooms.
• Upstairs: Cozy chairs in front lobby
and in Magazine area
Relaxation Station
January 11-18 in the Teen space
We know studying for Finals can be
stressful, so visit the Relaxation Station.
We’ll have coloring books and peaceful
crafts on hand, as well as tips for
decompressing while studying.
Teen Advisory Board (TAB)
Meetings
Grades 6 and up
Looking for ways to be seen and heard
at the Library? As a TAB member you
can help Nina, the Teen Librarian,
plan programs, create content for our
website, and more! There are plenty of
snacks and drinks AND any hours you
contribute to TAB count as volunteer
service in the community.
Tuesday, December 13, 5:00pm
Tuesday, January 10, 5:00pm
Tuesday, February 14, 5:00pm
For more information contact Nina
Michael at nmichael@deerfieldlibraiy.org
Create your own Gingerbread
House for the Holidays!
Monday, December 5, 7:00-8:00pm
Hang out and have an awesome holiday
celebration with your own Gingerbread
house creations. We’ll provide all of the
materials (and some snacks) for your
amazing culinary craft. ©
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please read each description carefully!
Teen Winter Reading Program
Photo Art With Your Phone
Saturday, December 10- Sunday,
January 8 I Grades 6 -12
Warm up with a good book this winter
at the Library! Look for the slips in the
Teen Space. You’ll automatically be en
tered into a drawing for awesome prizes.
P.S. For each Teen program you attend
you get an extra entry into the drawing!
Saturday, February 18, 2:00pm
Teem & Adults welcome
See page 6 for details. Q
Anime Mania
Wednesday, January 25, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 6-12
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, for our
Anime and Manga Club meeting! We’ll
watch our favorite Anime, create our
own art and comics, and enjoy Japanese
snacks. ©
Escape the Room!
Tuesday, February 28, 7:00-8:00pm
Grades 6-12
Are you up to the challenge? Test your
puzzle solving skills at the Library and
if you can outsmart the “brainiac
box” to escape the room in an hour or
less. I mean, it’s only a box
Bwahahahaha. ©
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Blind Date with a Book
“Teenified”
BOUND
February 1-28 in the Teen space
Stop by the Library for a “blind date”
and a chance to win prizes (and maybe
even meet your match)! Your date will
be dressed in pink or red paper. Take
it home, unwrap, and enjoy. Then tell
us how the date went by filling out the
“Rate your Blind Date" entry form for a
chance to win an AMC Movie Theaters
gift certificate!
FREE ACT and SAT Practice
Tests @ the Library
SAT Practice Test:
Pizza and Paperbacks!
Monday, February 6, 7:00-8:00pm
Grades 6-12
Join Nina, the Teen Librarian, for a
discussion of “Zero Day” by Jan Gangsei,
while munchin’ on some pizza. Register
in advance, as free copies of the book
will be given to participants to keep. ©
Anti-Valentine’s Day Party
Tuesday, February 14, 6:30-8:00pm
Grades 6-12
Not a fan of Valentine’s Day? Un
celebrate in a different kind of way! We’ll
compose break-up letters, put together
anti-candy heart messages, make black
heart duct tape roses, and play a celebrity
matching game, all in the name of love
stinks! ©
Saturday, January 7, 9:30am-1:30pm ©
ACT Practice Test:
Saturday, February 4, 9:30am-1:30pm ©
SAT vs. ACT Seminar
Wednesday, January 11, 7:00-8:00pm
Curious about the difference between
the ACT and SAT tests? Have you been
wondering about the big adjustments to
the tests since last March? C2 Education
will clarify and help you to understand
which test is a better fit for you. ©
Think like a College
Admissions Officer Seminar
Wednesday February 15, 7:00-8:00pm
Eager to figure out what college admis
sions officers look for? C2 Education will
help you figure out how to best approach
the application process, step by step. ©
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Courtesy Request: Sick Children
The Deerfield Public Library is
thrilled to announce the third annual
Tburnament of Books! Voting begins
February 21 so check out our Spring
Browsing for specific dates and more
details.
If your child has a cold, fever, strep throat, or head lice, we
recommend that you hold off on bringing them to the
Libraiy. We all know how easily these things can spread
between children (and adults)!
We have a better idea for getting something for your child to
read during this time:
1. Simply call the Youth Services department at 847-580-8962.
2. We can make recommendations, select materials, and put them on the self-service
Holds shelf.
3. You stop by and quickly pick up the books (and check them out) closer to the
front door!
Thank you for your consideration.
Drop-In Activities
urop-in blorytime
Wednesdays at 10:30am OR 1:00pm
January 11 - February 15
dren with an adult
ljoy stories, songs, and fingerplays
in this drop-in storytime for all ages.
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Unplugged Hour of Code
Friday, December 9, 4:30 - 5:30pm I Grades 4-6
Help us celebrate Hour of Code and learn about computer programming through an
unplugged group activity! Q
Family Times
Saturdays, December 3 - February 25
10:00am, Children with an adult
Come to the Youth Program Room for
a drop-in storytime the whole family
will enjoy!
Minecrafternoons
Grades 1-3: Monday, December 12, 4:30-5:30pm
Grades 4-6: Monday, January 9, 4:30-5:30pm
Join us in the Library’s Computer Lab for Minecraft club! Let your imagination run wild
with other Minecraft fans as you create and show offyour own unique world. Q
Storytime, Milk & Cookies @
Panera Bread Bannockburn
Tuesday, December 6, 9:30am
Children with an adult
Join us for a Milk & Cookies Story
time at Panera Bread in Bannockburn,
1211 Half Day Rd., Bannockburn.
Drop-in Crafts
Makey Makey Tech Time
Tuesday, December 13 I Grades 4-6: 5:00-6:00pm, Grades K-3: 6:30-7:30pm
Become an inventor at Makey Makey Tfech Time! Find out how to turn different
household objects, like bananas, Play-Doh, and even your own body, into a keyboard
for your computer using our Makey Makey invention kits. Q ff
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Monday, December 12 - Sunday,
December 18
Monday, January 16 - Sunday,
January 22
Monday, February 13-Sunday,
February 19
Children with an adult
Stop by the Youth Services
Department to make a fun craft!
�All children’s activities, except those designated as “drop-in ”, require registration. Please register in advance in person, online at wum
deerfieldlibrary.org under “Programs", or by calling 847-580-8962. Registration for all of the programs listed here begins on
Wednesday, November 16.
Baby Sign Language
Thursday, January 12,10:30-11:15am
Ages 6 months to 2 Vs years, with an adult
Join Dawn Reichman for an introductory
Baby Sign Language class that will teach
babies to communicate their needs to the
adult and bond with each other. You and
baby will learn starter signs such as “more”,
“mom”, and “milk”. Come and learn this
popular new method of communicating with
your baby. Q
Winter Card Workshop
Wednesday December 14, 4:30-6:00pm
Ages 7-12
Want to make a card for a special person in
your life? Learn to use layering techniques,
stamps, paper punches, and other fun embel
lishments to create fun and unique greeting
cards! Materials will be provided. Q
Winter Wonderland Dance Jam
Monday, December 19, 10:30-11:15am
Children up to age 6 with an adult
Shake your sillies out at this action-packed
dance program. Children will find their
rhythm with shakers while singing along to
their favorite songs. 0 ff
Noon Year’s Eve Party
Saturday, December 31,11:00am- 12:00pm
Ages 4-8 with an adult
Is a midnight celebration past your bedtime?
Join the DPL in welcoming a New Year at
our Noon Year’s Eve parly filled with crafts,
dancing, and a countdown to noon! O ff
Trains, Trucks, and Trikes!
Tuesday, January 3, 1:00-1:45pm
Ages 2 Vs to 3 Vs years, with an adult
Vroooom! Come and join Starland Kids as we
build train tracks, make dump trucks, ride
our tricycles and fly through the air.
All aboard! O
Treehouse Theater
Tuesday January 3, ll:15am-12:00pM
Ages 2 Vs to 3 Vs years, with an adult
Climb into our treehouse and make a play!
Using classic stories and nursery rhymes,
this workshop presented by Starland Kids
introduces Preschoolers to the joy of telling
stories on stage. O
Jodi Koplin’s Jigglejam:
A Musicfest for Children
Saturday, January 14, 11:00-11:45am
Ages 4 months to 6 years, with an adult
Join Jodi Koplin
and the Jigglejam
Band in a fun
interactive music
show with guitar,
percussion instru
ments, puppets
and some bubble
fun! Jodi’s engag
ing original tunes will have the little ones
jiggling, giggling and wiggling along. Jodi
and the Jigglejam Band have been dubbed
as one of “The hottest Kid’s Bands to hit
Chicago.” O FF
Sylvan Lego Robotics
Tuesday, January 17
Grades K-2: 5:0O-6:OOpm
Grades 3-6:6:00-7:00pm
Join Sylvan Learning at the Deerfield Public
Library for a session on how to build and
program LEGO® robots - all while making
friends, developing new skills, and having a
blast with STEM! G
Lego Club
Wednesday January 18, 4:30-5:30pm
Sunday, January 29, 2:30-3:30pm
Wednesday February 8, 4:30-5:30pm
Sunday, February 19, 2:30-3:30pm
All Ages
Join us for an hour of building and show off
your creativity at LEGO® Club! Build your
own design or follow the monthly challenge.
No registration required! ff
Homeschool
Programs
Calling all homeschool
families! These programs are
designed especially for you, as
we explore and learn in a fun
setting. For more information
about our programs and
services for homeschool families,
please contact Kary Henry,
School Outreach Coordinator, at
khenry@deerfieldlibrary.org
Creative Cards
Monday, December 12
2:00-3:00pm
Ages 5 and up
Learn a variety of card-making
techniques. You will leave the
program with beautiful
handmade cards, perfect
for birthdays or the winter
holidays! R
Digital Drawing
Monday, January 16
2:00-3:00pm
Ages 11 and up
Use a computer to create
amazing artwork! Learn about
programs and apps that cater
to your creativity. You will
leave the program with a digital
creation. R
Mini Masterpieces
Monday, February 13
2:00-3:00pm
Ages 5-11
Learn how to make art from
teeny-tiny dots! You will make
two miniature masterpieces
that you can keep or give to
others. R
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�Children’s Programs
KiDLS: Building up!
Fly Me to the Moon
Saturday, January 21, l:00-2:00m
Grades 1-4
What do skyscrapers, the 3 Little Pigs,
and triangles have in common? Architec
ture! Let’s build structures, read about
buildings, and learn about the science
of architecture in this fun, hands-on
KiDLS (Kids in Deerfield Love Science)
program. Please register the children)
only. O
Saturday, February 11
ll:00-ll:45am
Ages 7-12
Come and hear the exciting, true
story of the Apollo 13 mission to
the Moon and the science of
traveling in space. Learn how
rockets work and witness the
explosive power of rocket fuel.
Bill Andrews, you will witness how astronauts landed on the moon
and how gravity affects space travel. O
Pizza and Board Games Hangout
Tuesday, February 21,6:00-7:00pm
Grades 5-8, all abilities
Middle-schoolers of all abilities are invited to the Library for a pizza and board
game hangout! Caregivers welcome! Please let us know if any accommodations
are required. O
Stonytimes
Sensory Storytime
Saturday, January 28
11:00am- 12:00pm
Saturday, February 18
11:00am -12:00pm
All Ages
Join us for an inclusive and interactive
stoiytime filled with stories, songs,
sensory play, and socialization!
Children of all abilities with their
siblings and caregivers are welcome.
Please let us know if any accommoda
tions are required. Q
More Storytimes!
Drop-in on Wednesdays
See page 8
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All children’s activities, except those designated as “drop-in”, require registra
tion. Please register in advance in person, online at deerfieldlibrary.org under
“Programs”, or by calling 847-580-8962. Registrationfor all of the programs
listed here begins on Wednesday, November 16.
Baby Lapsit Storytime
Fridays at 11:00am
January 13,20,27; February 3,10,17
Ages 0-12 months with an adult
It’s never too early to start reading to your baby! Join us for stories, rhymes, and
songs for you and baby, plus social time after the program. Q
Toddler Time
Mondays at 10:30am OR 11:00am
January 9,16,23,30; February 6,13
Ages 1-2 years with an adult
One and two-year-olds with their caregivers are invited to a special weekly
storytime, including songs and movement activities designed just for them, plus
social time after the program. Q
Preschool Storytime
Tuesdays at 10:30am OR 1:00pm
January 10,17,24,31; February 7,14
Ages 3-5 years
Three- to five-year-olds have a program just for them! We’ll listen to stories, sing
songs, and have fun while building early literacy skills! Q
�Friends of the Library
Thank you to our current members:
Holiday
Used Book Sale
Saturday, December 3
10:00am - 4:00pm Library Lower Level
Join us during Deerfield’s Winter Celebration for
exciting holiday shopping. Books for sale include
Cookbooks, Children’s, Coffee Table, Vintage,
CDs, and much more!
Year-round;
• Browse the wide variety of used books, DVDs, and
CDs available for a suggested donation of $1-2 (or
more if you like) in our beautiful Friends’ Corner.
• Consider becoming a member or giving a gift of
membership to a family member for the holidays or
a birthday. NEW: Per our form below, you can now
also make payment by credit card.
Good Friend
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Paul & Doe Daniels
Susan Dvora
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Susan Karp
Deb Krosnick
Larry & Joshua Krupp
Deb Kushner
Sheryl Lamoureux
Gerald & Adrienne Lasin
Rita Lubeck
John & Rosemary
McManus
Mark & Lois Nagy
Kyle Nakazawa
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Marla Peckler
Marilyn & Robert Reinish
Elyse Weiss
George W. & Ruth C.
Zuurbier
The Friends can be contacted at 847-945-3311, ext
8895 or at friends@deerfteldlibrary.org. Also, check
for updates on our Facebook page.
Family Friend
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Nancy & Paul Bialek
Ed & Dorothy Collins
Amy Falasz-Peterson
Judy Geuder
Shari Herman
Kathy & Rich Koomjian
Bunny & Rob Polovin
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Lisa & Brian Schurgin
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THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY
Thursday, November 24 - Thanksgiving
Saturday, December 24 - Christmas Eve
Sunday, December 25 - Christmas Day
Sunday, January 1 - New Year's Day
Monday, February 20 - President’s Day
Deerfield Public Library
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847-580-8901
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Library Board Members value
your opinions!
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847-530-8408
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THE LIBRARY WILL CLOSE AT 3pm:
Wednesday, November 23
Saturday, December 31
Couldn’t Have Done it
Without You!
Thank you to the Lake County Opioid
Initiative for presenting their excellent
panel program on the “Dangers of Heroin
and Opioids in Lake County.” Highlights can
be viewed on the Library’s YouTube channel:
www.youtube.com/deerfleldlibraiy.
With gratitude to contributing presenters,
Judith Royal from the Women’s Project of
the Center on Wrongful Convictions, and
BiU Swislow from Intuit: The Center for
Intuitive and Outsider Art.
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THE LIBRARY WILL OPEN AT 10am
January 11
February 14
Donate at the Library!
Collection bins will be located behind the
desk at the Library’s front entrance.
Drop off new, unwrapped toys now through
December 17. This collection is coordinated by
the U.S. Marines and the Deerfield Police.
All types of toys for all ages are accepted,
and remember that books make great gifts!
The Deerfield Rotary wants the “Coat Off
Your Back” for PADS Lake County and other
area organizations. Last year, the Rotary
collected nearly 200 coats from our
community. CoUection continues to
December 23.
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Apollo 13
Apple TV
Aromatherapist
Arvey Stone
Audio Cassettes
Babs Benton
Baby Sign Language
Bannockburn Illinois
Barbara Reich
Barbara Thomas
Barry Clark
Bill Andrews
Bill Swislow
Birth Records
Blogs
Board Games
Bob Benton
Bob Gottlieb
Boston Blackies
Brain Fitness
Brian Davison
Brian Schurgin
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
British Broadcasting Corporation Television Series
Bunny Polovin
Business Cards
C2 Education
Cable Bill
Call the Midwife
Calling Cards
Carcassonne
CDs
Charles Levi
Cheryl Simon
Chicago Illinois
Christianity
Clare Chanenson
Clark Kidder
Code Combat
Coding
College Admissions
Dan Mazur
Dave Grimm
David Griffin
David Hirsch
Dawn Duffy
Dawn Pennacchia
Dawn Reichman
Death Records
Deb Krosnick
Deb Kushner
Deerfield High School
Deerfield High School Chamber Orchestra
Deerfield High School Finals Week
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Deerfield Public Library One-on-One Training Sessions
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Emily Kidder
Essential Oils
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Foreign Policy Association Great Decisions Program
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Frank Haney
Friends of the Deerfield Public Library Book Sale
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Garry Katz
Genealogy
George W. Zuurbier
Gerald Lasin
Glynis Hirsch
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Hour of Code
Howard Handler
Hulu
iBooks
Intuit Museum
Intuitive Art
Jan Gangsei
Jan Zobus
Jane Seiden
Jean Reuther
Jennie Michalik
Jennifer Parker
Jigglejam Band
Jim Ackerson
Joann Carbine
Jodi Koplin
John McManus
John Waldron
John Zobus
Jordan Parker
Joshua Krupp
Judith Royal
Judy Geuder
Julia Frederick
Karen Dessent
Karen Silveira
Kary Henry
Kathy Johnson
Kathy Koomjian
Kenan Abosch
Kim Blum
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