Blanchard, Jim (Ed.)

A Thousand Miles of Prairie: The Manitoba Historical Society and the History of Western Canada

Winnipeg, Manitoba, University of Manitoba Press, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. ix, 259. 8vo. Appears unread; as new. A Thousand Miles of Prairie is a fascinating look at Manitoba's early boom years (1880-1910) through the eyes and words of some of the most interesting personalities of early Winnipeg. This collection brings together 14 pieces from the first decades of the Manitoba Historical Society, when its lectures were attended by the provinceís political and cultural elite. Jim Blanchard has chosen selections that give us a vivid taste of the diversity of intellectual life in turn of the century Manitoba. Besides writings by early historians such as George Bryce and Charles Bell, he includes a paper by the young Ernest Thompson Seton, who writes about his attempts to raise prairie chickens. There is also a description of the last passenger pigeons found in Manitoba. The collection includes lively personal reminscences, such as Gilbert McMicken, Canada's first spymaster, talking about foiling a Fenian raid on Winnipeg, and Archbishop Samuel Matheson, who tells about his boyhood adventures in the great Red River floods of the 1860s.

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Book number: 2498

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; manitoba historical society

Blanchard, Jim

Winnipeg 1912

Winnipeg, Manitoba, University of Manitoba Press, 2001. Softcover. pp. 277. 8vo. Black-and-white maps, photographs, illustrations. Neat ink inscription to the ffep otherwise the contents remain bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding; near fine. Near Fine .

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Book number: 2050

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: labour studies; winnipeg; winnipeg history; local history; canadian history; politics; strike;

Blay, Jacqueline

Histoire Du Manitoba Francais [Complete in Three Volumes] ; Tome I: Sous le ciel de la Prairie, des debuts jusqu'a 1870; Tome II: Les temps des outrages (1870-1916); Tome III: De Gabrielle Roy a Daniel Lavoi (1916-1968)

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, Les Éditions Du Blé, 2010-2016. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. pp. xvi, 360; 409; 465. 8vo's. Illustrated covers. Richly illustrated with many black-and-white photographs, portraits, maps, illustrations, charts, tables, facsimiles, et al. Volume I shows tide-marks to the margins of the ffep, and title page only, with the remainder of the volumes entirely without blemish. Text-blocks uniformly without blemish with pages bright, clean, and unmarked with tight, sound binding. Overall, very good+ to near fine. All three volumes SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the title page.

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Book number: 3704

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: french language books; francais; manitobaine; manitoba history; local history; canadian history; canadiana; francaphone; franco-manitoban history; 9782896113798; 9782896115402

Blom, Rose R.

Taché Rural Municipality, 1880-1980 ; Commissioned by the Council of the Rural Municipality of Tache

Steinbach, Manitoba, Council of the Rural Municipality of Tache, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xiii, 171. Small 8vo. measuring 24 cm. Publisher's illustrated tan cloth over boards, map endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, one large fold-out map (especially well-persereved). No detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. See OCLC #31779214. .

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Book number: 5778

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; franco-manitoban history

Blom, Rose R.

Taché Rural Municipality, 1880-1980 ; Commissioned by the Council of the Rural Municipality of Tache

Steinbach, Manitoba, Council of the Rural Municipality of Tache, 1980. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. xiii, 171. Small 8vo. measuring 24 cm. Publisher's illustrated tan cloth over boards, map endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white photographs, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, one large fold-out map (especially well-persereved). No detectable flaws to the cloth extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding; near fine. See OCLC #31779214. .

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Book number: 6246

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; franco-manitoban history

[Winnipeg Public School Board]

Demonstration of Physical Exercises and Dances by the Pupils of the Winnipeg Public Schools in the Amphitheatre Rink on Saturday, May 14th, at 2: 30 Pm. ; Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday May 16, 17, 18 at 8: 00 Pm.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, [Winnipeg Public School Board], 1932. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 14. 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated card covers bearing an image in black-and-white of a group of students performing various physical exercises. Black-and-white illustrations throughout, and period advertisements by sponsoring local business including the T. Eaton Co. City of Winnipeg Hydro Electric System, Crescent Creamery Company, Ltd. Spalding Sports Equipment, and most notably, Ashdown's. Programme booklet with a complete listing of the various physical exercises and dances by students; arranged by the type of activity, grade level, and gender; comprising of a music list, and listing of speakers. Rare in commerce, and unrecorded in OCLC with no institutional holdings at time of cataloguing. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Legislative Library, etc. The Winnipeg School Board presents a Demonstration of Physical Exercises, Games, and Dances, in which more than four thousand pupils and teachers, representative of every school in the city, are taking part.

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Book number: 2258

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; canadiana; ephemera; education; dance; theatre; programme booklet; exhibition; western canadian history; prairie; public school; government

Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board

Egg Handbook [the Sun Rises & Sets with Eggs!]

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba Egg Producers Marketing Board, N.D. [Circa 1980's]. Stapled Wraps. pp. 12. 8vo. Illustrated stapled card covers. Includes health and nutritional information, many recipes etc. No detectable flaws; fine. .

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Book number: 642

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: ephemera; local history; canadian history; canadiana;

[Saskatchewan Liquor Board]

Saskatchewan Liquor Board Price List No. 22 Effective June 1, 1943 / Subject to Cancellation or Alteration without Notice, for Use by Stores Throughout the Province

Regina, Saskatchewan, [Saskatchewan Liquor Board], 1943. Form 38. Stapled Wraps. pp. 14. 12mo. Stapled card covers. No detectable flaws, contents clean and unmarked with tight, sound binding; very good. Provides a complete listing of all liquor stores in the province as well as as a comprehensive list of wines, beers, spirits and related sizes and prices. .

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Book number: 436

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: local history; saskatchewan history; canadiana; business and economics;

[The Winnipeg Public School Board]

Your Investment in Youth: 1952 Annual Report of the Trustees of the School District of Winnipeg

Winnipeg, Manitoba, The Winnipeg Public School Board, 1952. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated. [pp.13]. 4to. measuring 26 x 18 cm. Illustrated stapled card covers. Annual report to the public by the trustees of the School District of Winnipeg for the year 1952. Includes a listing of all the names of trustees for the various wards, along with those of the administrative staff. Comprises of a short history of the Winnipeg School District going back to its establishment in 1871, details on annual expenditures, projected expenditures, infrastructure development, and much more. Light rubbing to covers, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; very good+. Unrecorded in OCLC, and in commerce. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Legislative Library, et al. .

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Book number: 2121

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: education; local history; canadian history; canadiana;

[Société Historique de Saint-Boniface]; Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley (1907-2002)

Grand Souper de L'Ouest Au College de Saint-Boniface [Programme & Menu] ; le Samedi 17 Janvier, 1970, à 6 heures du soir; Le Dr. George F.G. Stanley d'histoire et auteur est l'invite d'honneur de la Société Historique de Saint-Boniface; sous la Présidence du Dr. Clement Lavoie

Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, [Société Historique de Saint-Boniface], 1970. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 5. 8vo. Three-panelled coral brochure measuring 8.5" x 4.75" when folded, and 8.5" x 14" when unfolded, bearing the circular crest of the St. Boniface Historical Society to the upper-margin of the front cover. Comprising of a programme of events and a charming and detailed menu served upon the occasion of the annual meeting and supper of the Saint Boniface Historical Society, featuring guest speaker Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley (1907-2002) - Canadian historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant, and designer of the Canadian Flag - as held in Saint Boniface, Manitoba on the evening of January 17, 1970. Single faint crease to the centre of the brochure and menu where it has been folded, else, bright, clean, and unmarked. Entirely unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, et al. Rare and charming period ephemera. .

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Book number: 6582

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: french canadian history; manitoba history; local historyl canadian history; canadiana;

[Le Grand Counseil des Organisations Recreatives de Saint-Boniface]; Dr. P. L'Heureux (Afterword)

Recreation: St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada: 1951

St. Boniface, Manitoba, Le Grand Counseil des Organisations Recreatives de Saint-Boniface, 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 18. 8vo. measuring 6" x 9". Illustrated stapled card covers. Replete with all manner of photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, et al. Comprises of a complete list of executive members of the 'Grand Counseil' - responsible for this and other publications relating to St. Boniface; accompanied with a photograph of the 'counseil'. Published for the benefit of both the residents and prospective visitors to St. Boniface, the publication provides information on: 'Social Service[s]', 'Intelectual (sp), Musical, and Artistic Development', 'Dramatic Art', 'Eucharist Crusade for Boys & Girls', 'Debates and Patriotic Events', 'Leadership Activities', 'Leisure Time Organizations', 'Sports Clubs', 'Flying Frenchman'. Ends with a afterword by the President of the 'Grand Counseil'. No detectable flaws, contents bright, clean, and unmarked; fine. Text in English and French. Not available in commerce. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not in Peel, BAC/LAC, or the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections.

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Book number: 1646

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; travel; tourist; ephemera; canadiana; winnipeg history; manitobaine; french canadian history;

[Ottermere Book Committee]; Bonnie Hrynkow (Ed. & Compiled by), et al.

Ottermere

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mere Facts Publishers, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. 254. 4to. measuring 9" x 11". Publisher's dark-green buckram over boards, gilt rules and lettering the spine, and front board; pictorial endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts, tables, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contents equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages, and firm sound binding; near fine. Scarce local history of this leisure community. Corresponds to OCLC #36839337, indicating only but one institutional holding at time of cataloguing. Scarce in commerce.

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Book number: 4609

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; prairie; western canadian history; western canada; ontario; ottermere

Boon, Thomas C. B.

Winnipeg Conference of 1980: An Account of the Winnipeg Conference of 1890; between Representatives of the Province of Canada, the Province of Rupert's Land and the Diocese of New Westminster, Held on August 15th and 16th of That Year.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada & Montreal, Quebec, The Canadian Church Historical Society, 1960. First Edition, First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 38. 8vo. measuring 10" x 7". Light blue stapled card covers. Bright, clean, and unmarked. Fine. To all students and others interested in the story of the Anglican Church of Canada the value of this publication can hardly be overestimated. At the Conference described in the following pages the obstacles that threatened to ruin the carefully drawn up plan for the consolidation of the whole Canadian church in a General Synod were faced and to a large extent overcome. Much of the credit for the success of the Conference was due to the skilful leadership of the presiding officer, Robert Machray, Bishop of Rupert's Land".

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Book number: 2106

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: manitoba history; manitobiana; local history; canadiana; church; religion; western canadiana; western canadian history; prairie history;

Booth, G. Raymond; [Anti-Semitism]

What They Say [About Jews] ; by G. Raymond Booth, Executive Secretary of the Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution

[Toronto, Ontario, Canada], Reprinted from the "American Friend" | Canadian National Committee on Refugees and Victims of Political Persecution, N.D. [Circa 1938-1948?]. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wraps. pp. 7. 8vo. measuring 9.5 x 21.5 cm. Plain, twice-stapled, wrappers with stylized title in black. A remarkable seven-page pamphlet evidently re-printed from "The American Friend" wherein the author offers a strident defence of Jews, and those of Jewish extraction in the face of virulent popular and institutional anti-semitism which pervaded Europe, and North America amidst the Second World War, and the ongoing Holocaust. The author addresses a variety of (often contradictory) and historic accusations employed against Jews in concerted efforts by anti-semites to prevent their immigration, and integration into Western society: ("They says Jews are different"; "They say Jews are not ethical"; "They say the Jews are never farmers"; "They say Jews are not patriotic"; "They say the Jews are Communists"; "They say the Jews are anti-social big business people"; "They say the Jews are dirty"; "They say the Jews are noisy"; "They say the Jews never assimilate". Each statement is followed by a firm denouncement by the author who then offers examples for why such stereotypes are patently false, misleading and ultimately rooted in historical anti-semitic tropes with no basis in reality. Net period ink name to the upper-right margin of the cover, some loss affecting the upper-right corner of pages (no loss of text), contents otherwise without blemish; very good. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Fisher, Peel, BAC/LAC, UoM Archives & Special Collections, et al. Rare indeed. .

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Book number: 6981

Catalogue: Canadian History

Keywords: antisemitism; history; canadian history; politics; immigration; anti-semitic tropes; jewish history; jewish canadian history; jews; ephemera

New Bothwell and District

Heritage Collections: Histories from New Bothwell and District ; 75 Years, 1919-1994

New Bothwell, Manitoba, Canada, New Bothwell History Book Committee, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. pp. viii, 416. 4to. measuring 9" x 11.5". Publisher's light-gray, illustrated cloth over boards with black letterig to the spine and front board; pictorial endpapers. Rich with many black-and-white maps, photographs, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, et al. No detectable flaws to the extremities, contenst equally without blemish with bright, clean, and unmarked pages and firm, sound binding. Appears unread; as new. Corresponds to OCLC #44620422. .

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Book number: 5892

Catalogue: Manitoba History

Keywords: local history; canadian history; family history; genealogy; western canadian history; prairie