Issues Published / Numéros publiés

39. Spring 1994 / Printemps 1994

Editorial / Éditorial

Forum / Colloque: Hervé Gagnon, La pratique de l'histoire en milieu muséal et ses contraintes : le cas du Musée des Hospitalières de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal.

Articles: Anne Hayward, "Medalta's Art Department: A Strategy for Product Diversification"; Nancy Cox, "Objects of Worth, Objects of Desire: Toward A Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities, 1550-1800"; Marc Lafrance, «Le Parc de l'Artillerie et les FortiÞcations de Québec : une rétro-spective de mise en valeur 1972-1990».

Research Reports / Rapports de recherche: Claire Marcil, «Les sciences naturelles au Québec : la persistance d'un engouement»; Elizabeth Sifton, "Philomène's Peacock".

Conference Reports / Rapports de colloques: Sharon Reilly, "Museums and Women's History"; Adrienne D. Hood, "Material Culture, the Shape of the Field"; Peter E. Rider, "Childhood-Playtime?".

Exhibit Reviews / Comptes rendus d'expositions: Kerridwen Harvey, "Canadian Museum of Civilization, Panache: Nineteenth-Century Ladies' Fashion"; Michael Large, "The Art Gallery of Ontario, The Earthly Paradise: Arts and Crafts by William Morris and His Circle from Canadian Collections".

Book Reviews / Comptes rendus de livres: Boye Meyer-Friese, "Richard W. Unger, The Art of Medieval Technology: Images of Noah the Shipbuilder"; Brian Osborne, "David Goodman and Michael Redclift, Refashioning Nature: Food, Ecology and Culture"; Louise Trottier, "David E. Nye, Electrifying America: Social Meanings of a New Technology, 1880-1940"; Jeffrey A. Brown, "Paul Nathanson, Over the Rainbow: The Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America"; Annmarie Adams, "Jessica H. Foy and Thomas J. Schlereth (eds.), American Home Life, 1880-1930: A Social History of Spaces and Services"; Gerald L. Pocius, "Eilean Hooper-Greenhill, Museums and the Shaping of Knowledge"; Gregg Finley, "Gerald L. Pocius (ed.), Living in a Material World: Canadian and American Approaches to Material Culture".

38. Fall 1993 / Automne 1993

Editorial / Éditorial

Forum / Colloque

Articles: Nicholette Prince, "Influence of the Hudson's Bay Company on Carrier and Coast Salish Dress, 1830-1850"; David Farrell, "The John Sebastian Helmcken Medical Collection: The Material History of a Nineteenth-Century Medical Practitioner's Armamentarium"; Jenny Cook, "Bringing the Outside In: Women and the Transformation of the Middle-Class Maritime Canadian Interior, 1830-1860"; Philippe Maurice, "Ambrotypes: Positively Capturing the Past".

Research Report / Rapport de recherche: Annette White, "Authentic Historical Costume Patterns from the Moncton Museum".

Reviews / Comptes rendus: Élise Dubuc, « Retour aux sources : Pointe-à-Callière, le Musée d'archéologie et d'histoire de Montréal »; Warren F. Sommer, "Vancouver Museum, Making a Living, Making a Life"; Dianne Reid, "Canadian Museum of Civilization, Design 1935-1965: What Modern Was"; Luce Vermette, « Susan McLeod O'Reilly, À fond de train : le service postal ferroviaire au Canada »; Catherine Pagani, "ROM Far Eastern Department, Homage to Heaven, Homage to Earth: Chinese Treasures of the Royal Ontario Museum"; "Jessica Rawson, ed., The British Museum Book of Chinese Art"; "Craig Clunas, Superfluous Things. Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China"; Jack English, "Bill Rawling, Surviving Trench Warfare: Technology and the Canadian Corps, 1914-1918"; Kenneth L. Ames, "Michael M. Ames, Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes: The Anthropology of Museums".

Notes and Comments / Notes et commentaires: Boyne River Coracle; Research Query: Mi'kmaq Quillwork Furniture; Research Query: Saint John River Furniture.

37. Spring 1993 / Printemps 1993

A Final Word... / Le mot de la fin...

A Note of Appreciation... / Un mot de remerciement...

Articles: Virginia S. Wimberley, Maureen M. Grasso, and Fawn S. Mahajan, "Mainbocher-A Couturier's Contribution to Material Culture"; Barbara E. Kelcey , "What to Wear to the Klondike: OutÞtting Women for the Gold Rush"; Jocelyne Mathieu, « L'étude du costume en ethnologie »; Mary Tivy, "Museums, Visitors and the Reconstruction of the Past in Ontario".

Research Report / Rapport de recherche: David Tilson, "The Teifi Coracle".

Conference Reports / Rapports de colloques: David-Thiery Ruddel, "On the Importance of Being Scientifically Correct"; Randall C. Brooks, "How Many Angels Can Sit on the Head of a Pin?"

Reviews / Comptes rendus: Louise Trottier, « Robert Gagnon, Histoire de l'École Polytechnique de Montréal »; Scott Robson, "Kenneth L. Ames and Gerald W. R. Ward, eds., Decorative Arts and Household Furnishings in America, 1650-1920: An Annotated Bibliography"; Brian Dewalt, "Graeme Patterson, History and Communications: Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, The Interpretation of History"; Christina Bates, "Jacqueline Beaudoin-Ross, Formes et modes : le costume à Montréal au XIXe siècle / Form and Fashion: Nineteenth-Century Montreal Dress"; Gregg Finley, "Music of the Eye: Architectural Drawings of Canada's First City, 1822 to 1914"; Felicity Pope, "Wendy Mitchenson, The Nature of Their Bodies: Women and Their Doctors in Victorian Canada"; Hallie E. Bond, "Witold Rybczynski, Waiting for the Weekend"; David Richeson, "Peter Corley-Smith, The Ring of Time: The Story of the British Columbia Provincial Museum and White Bears and Other Curiosities: The First 100 Years of the Royal British Columbia Museum".

Notes and Comments / Notes et com-mentaires: Marie Elwood Retires; Winterthur Conference; Transformation.

36. Fall 1992 / Automne 1992

Theme issue: The Persistence of Technology / Numéro thématique : La persistance de la technologie

Letter from the Director / Lettre du directeur

Introduction: Kris E. Inwood

Articles: Donald Davis, "Technological Momentum, Motor Buses, and the Persistence of Canada's Street Railways to 1940"; Andre Millard, "Thomas Edison, The Battle of the Systems and the Persistence of Direct Current"; Jonathan J. Leibowitz, "The Persistence of Draft Oxen in Western Agriculture"; Larry McNally, "Technical Advance and Stagnation: The Case of Nail Production in Nineteenth-Century Montreal"; Kris E. Inwood, "The Influence of Resource Quality on Technological Persistence: Charcoal Iron in Quebec"; Alun C. Davies, "Time for a Change? Technological Persistence in the British Watchmaking Industry".

Photo Essay / Étude photographique: Ralph Greenhill, "Some North American Survivals".

Research Reports / Rapports de recherches: Brad Loewen, "Change and Diversity Within Traditional Cooperage Technology"; Larry McNally, "Randolph Hersey and the Montreal Nail Industry, 1852-1903"; Charles Allain, "Revolution Forgotten: The Peters' Combination Lock Co., Moncton, N.B.".

Reviews / Comptes rendus: Robin Inglis, "Gerald George, Visiting History, Arguments Over Museums and Historic Sites"; John Summers, "Wooden Ships and Iron Magazines, The Remarkable Rise of WoodenBoat"; Randall C. Brooks, "Morley Thomas, The Beginnings of Canadian Meteorology"; Niels W. Jannasch, "Peter Neill and Barbara Ehrenwald Krohn, eds., Great Maritime Museums of the World"; Dorothy K. Burnham, "Jane A. Evans, A Joy Forever: Latvian Weaving, Traditional and Modifed Uses".

Notes and Comments / Notes et com-mentaires: Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship.

35. Spring 1992 / Printemps 1992

Articles: Richard Henning Field, "Claiming Rank: The Display of Wealth and Status by Eighteenth-Century Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Merchants"; Yves Bergeron, «Les premières places de marché au Québec»; John Summers, "The Coldest Sport in the World: Iceboating in Toronto Harbour, 1824-1941".

Research Reports / Rapports de recherches: Richard Henning Field, "Domestic Life in Eighteenth-Century Nova Scotia: A Rural Perspective Based on Lunenburg County and Kings County Yeoman Probate Records"; Hilary Perrott, "Charting the Changes: An Index to the Material History Review"; Anne M. Lambert, "Use of Content Analysis in University of Alberta Clothing and Textiles Master's Theses Related to Material Culture".

Conference Report / Rapport de conférence: Sharon Reilly, "Meeting of the Committee on Canadian Labour History".

Notes and Comments / Notes et commentaires: "Help Wanted / Soyez juges ...."; "CHIP is Coming!"; David R. Gray, "The Art and History of Canadian Toys"; "Research Query: Mobile Hanging Cradles"; "Research Query: Period Paperhanging Techniques"; "Founding Meeting of the Canadian Society for Industrial Heritage" / «Assemblée de fondation de la Société canadienne de l'héritage industriel»; "Call for Papers"; "Manuscripts Wanted"; "Early Newfoundland History"; "Driving In and Moving Out: Auto Mobility in Postwar America".

Reviews / Comptes rendus: Gerry Berkowski, "Susan Porter Benson et al., eds., Presenting the Past: Essays on History and the Public", "Michael Frisch, A Shared Authority: Essays on the Craft and Meaning of Oral and Public History"; Annmarie Adams, "Leslie Maitland, The Queen Anne Revival Style in Canadian Architecture"; Jeffrey S. Murray, "Joan Dawson, The Mapmaker's Eye"; Brian S. Osborne, "Donald Kerr et al., eds., Historical Atlas of Canada (Vol. 3): Addressing the Twentieth Century, 1891-1961"; Elizabeth Hulse, "Hana Aach, Impressions: Stories of the Nation's Printer, Early Years to 1900"; Dianne Reid, "The 1920s: Age of the Metropolis"; Morris Mott, "Here's to the Roarin' Game: An Affectionate Look at Curling, Canada's Favourite Sport"; Jean Dunmire, "A Winnipeg History: The Art of Marie Guest, 1880-1966".

34. Fall 1991 / Automne 1991

Articles: Catherine C. Cole, "Caveats in the Use of Corporate Literature by Costume Historians"; Catherine Roy, "Documents from the Tailoring Trade as a Research Source"; Marie Durand, «La courtepointe québécoise : création ou emprunt?»; Theresa Rowat, "Photographic Archival Sources for Costume Research".

Bibliography / Bibliographie: Jacqueline Beaudoin-Ross and Pamela Blackstock, "Costume in Canada: The Sequel".

Conference Report / Rapport de conférence: Pamela Buell, "American Dress as Social History".

Research Notes / Notes de recherche: Tim G. Dilworth, "The Labels of Thomas Nisbet"; Gail Cariou, "Clothing the Past: Costume Research at the Canadian Parks Service".

Notes and Comments / Notes et commentaires: Peter E. Rider, "Our Contributing Editors / Nos rédactrices invitées"; Walter W. Peddle, "Recent Acquisitions, Newfoundland Museum, St. John's"; Walter W. Peddle, "Invitation to Join the Regional Furniture Society".

Reviews / Comptes rendus: Ann Gorman Condon, "Thomas J. Schlereth, Cultural History and Material Culture: Everyday Life, Landscapes, Museums"; Dorothy K Burnham, "Catherine C. Cole, ed., Norwegian Immigrant Clothing and Textiles"; John E. Twomey, "Paul Rutherford, When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada, 1952-1967"; John B. Collins, "Garth Clark, Robert Ellison and Eugene Hecht, The Mad Potter of Biloxi: The Art and Life of George E. Ohr; George Ohr: Modern Potter (1857-1918); The Turning Point: The Deichmann Pottery (1935-1963)".

33. Spring 1991 / Printemps 1991

"Frederick Augustus de Zeng: Glass Pioneer in Canada."

Out of print/Épuisé

32. Fall 1990 / Automne 1990

Articles: Gregg Finley, "The Gothic Revival and the Victorian Church in New Brunswick: Toward a strategy for Material Culture Research"; Monique Dumas, «Le feutre au Québec : fabrication domestique des bas et des semelles»; J. Lynne Teather, "Silk Purses from Sows' Ears: The Study of Material Evidence in Museums"; David-Thiery Ruddel, "Consumer Trends, Clothing, Textiles and Equip-ment in the Montreal Area, 1792-1835."

Research Report / Rapport de recherche: Cameron Pulsifer, "Winter Comfort and the Use of Storm Sashes in Nineteenth Century Halifax: The Military Experience."

Notes and Comments / Notes et commentaires: Museum Small Craft Association Meeting, October 5-7, 1990; Robert S. Elliot, "New Acquisition at the New Brunswick Museum;" Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship.

Reviews / Comptes rendus: Robert Hubbard, Ample Mansions: The Vice-Regal Residences of the Canadian Provinces, by Judith Tomlin; Susan Sheets-Pyenson, Cathedrals of Science: The Development of Colonial Natural History Museums During the Late Nineteenth Century, by Victoria Dickenson.

31. Spring 1990 / Printemps 1990

Conference Papers / Communications: Adrienne D. Hood, "Material Culture and Textiles: An Overview"; Adrienne D. Hood, "North American Textiles: A Selected Bibliography"; Stanley Chapman, "Industrialization and Production: A Bibliographic Survey"; Gail Fowler Mohanty, "From Craft to Industry: Textile Production in the United States"; Gail Fowler Mohanty, "Industrialization and Production of Textiles in the United States, A Bibliography"; David-Thiery Ruddel, "Domestic Textile Production in Colonial Quebec, 1608-1840"; Joan Thirsk, "Popular Consumption and the Mass Market in the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries"; Grant McCracken, "Textile History and the Consumer Epidemic: An Anthropological Approach to Popular Consumption and the Mass Market"; Beverly Lemire, "Reflections on the Character of Consumerism, Popular Fashion and the English Market in the Eighteenth Century"; Beverly Lemire, "Popular Consumption and the Mass Market in Early Modern England: A Selected Bibliography"; Thomas Dublin, "Gender and Textiles: A Personal Overview"; Sonya O. Rose, "Gender, Technology, and Industrial Relations: The English Carpet Industry, 1860-1895"; Helen Harden Chenut, "Gender and Textile Culture: The Case of the French Knitting Industry"; Gail Cuthbert Brandt, "Women in the Quebec Cotton Industry, 1890-1950."

30. Fall 1989 / Automne 1989

Articles: Diane Tye, "Retrospective Analysis of Folk History: A Nova Scotian Case History"; Jennifer Trant, "The Krug Brothers' Furniture Factory, Chelsey, Ontario: Industrialization and Furniture Design in the Late Nineteenth Century"; A.B. McCullough, "Technology and Textile Mill Architecture in Canada"; Ken Mather, "Material History in situ - Original Furniture at O'Keefe Historic Ranch."

Research Reports / Rapports de recherche: Jean-René Trochet, « Musées d'agriculture et recherches sur les anciennes techniques rurales en France »; Peter Malmberg, "Saint Anne's Chapel, Fredericton, New Brunswick: A Living Exhibit of Material Culture."

Reviews / Comptes rendus: James Parker, Emporium of the North: Fort Chipewyan and the Fur Trade to 1835, by Graham A. MacDonald; Margaret McBurney and Mary Byers, Tavern in the Town: Early Inns and Taverns of Ontario, by Graham A. MacDonald; Robert Legget, Ottawa River Canals and the Defence of British North America, by Robert W. Passfield; Suzanne Zeller, Inventing Canada-Early Victorian Science and the Idea of a Transcontinental Nation, by James P. Hull; Stephen Gillis and John Gillis, No Faster Than a Walk, Lyn and Richard Harrington, Covered Bridges of Central and Eastern Canada, by Karol K. Partridge; « Le rôle des intervenants dans la communication muséale : l'exemple du Musée de la civilisation à Québec », par David-Thiery Ruddel.