The Annals of Iowa, Spring 2012, Vol. 71, no. 2

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Fall 2013, Vol. 72, no. 4

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Summer 2012, Vol. 71, no. 3

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Fall 2012, Vol. 71, no. 4

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Winter 2013, Vol. 72, no. 1

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Spring 2013, Vol. 72, no. 2

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Winter 2014, Vol. 73, no. 1

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Summer 2014, Vol. 73, no. 3

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Spring 2014, Vol. 73, no. 2

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

The Annals of Iowa, Fall 2014, Vol. 73, no. 4

A quarterly journal of Iowa authors and their works produced by State Historical Society of Iowa.

Facing the Hydra alone: three case studies

Presentation at Open Repositories 2014, Helsinki, Finland, June 9-13, 2014

How Niagara was made free : The passage of Niagara Reservation Act in 1885 /

Reprinted from the Buffalo Historical Society Publications.

District general orders of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock from June 27th, 1812-Oct. 16th, 1812 [and] instructions sent to officers commanding forts / by Maj.-Gen. Brock shortly before the attack on Queenston. --

"Certain of these orders ... have been printed in Col. E. Cruikshank's Documentary history of Niagara." Created on behalf of the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Toronto

Irish John Willson United Empire Loyalist Family Fonds

John Willson first came to Upper Canada along with his friend Nathaniel Pettit in the late 1700s. They both moved with their families from New Jersey where they had both been imprisioned for not siding with the rebels and maintaining Loyalist allegiences. Pettit arrived with his four daughters, leaving his son behind. Willson came with his wife and nine children. Willson received 1200 acres of land as well as 200 per child. He settled at the corner of Dorchester road and Thorold Stone Road, where he and his family did very well for themselves. Willson as well as his son Thomas ran ox-teams on the portage. His son John became the proprietor of the Exchange hotel at Niagara, and Charles operated at the Pavilion hotel at Falls View. Shortly after his arrival in Upper Canada John Willson changed his name to “Irish” John Willson, as there were 5 other “John Willsons” which appeared on the Loyalists lists. Irish John drowned in the Niagara River in 1798, and his family continued to thrive in Niagara after his death. His second son Thomas Willson, married Abigail Pettit, daughter of his Father’s friend Nathaniel. Thomas was awarded 250 acres of land as a Loyalist and 200 for Abigail, as she was the daughter of a loyalist. He became a blacksmith and also operated ox-teams along the portage. He was Assessor for Stamford Township for 1800, 1807, 1820 and 1829. During the years 1808, 1822, 1825, 1826 and 1831 he was a tax collector and overseer of Statute of Labour. Thomas and Abigail Willson had nine children together. Francis Bond Head Willson of Beaverdams (mentioned throughout the collection) was a great grandson of Thomas and Abigail. Thomas and his wife are both buried beside the Lundy’s Lane United Church. *for more information on the remaining Willson family please refer to box #1, folders 1-3. * Genealogical information from a paper prepared by Pearl Wilson and given before the Lundy’s Lane Historical Society, May 1945, by Hazel Culp Ferris. Box 1 Folder 1.

Battlefield House flyer, n.d.

Battlefield House was originally the home of Mary Gage, a widow who arrived in Canada with 2 children after her husband was killed in action in the American Revolution in 1777. The original house was a log cabin which was replaced by a storey and a half frame house. Col. Nelson was the next owner of the house, and in the middle of the 19th century he raised the roof to make it a 2 storey house and added a large west wing. Successive owners: the Glover, Williams and Fisher families made a few changes to the house. The last owner was D.A. Fletcher who tore down the newer, western half of the building in 1895. In 1899, Mrs. John Calder, a granddaughter of James Gage formed the Women’s Wentworth Historical Society and raised enough money to buy the Gage Farmhouse and the land around it on which the Battle of Stoney Creek was fought. In 1910 this group purchased another 13 acres of the original Crown Grant and made 17 ½ acres of parkland open to the public. The women of the Society renovated and furnished the house. They maintained the building for 63 years. It was due to them that a monument was erected above the house by the Dominion Government. The monument was unveiled on the 100th anniversary of the Battle, June 6, 1913. The house was turned over by the Historical Society to The Niagara Parks Commission on January 19th, 1962. Source: Battlefield House Flyer, information provided by Mrs. E.B. Thompson, past president of the Women’s Wentworth Historical Society.