Annual General Meeting with guest speaker Dr. Ken Cruikshank, History Dept McMaster. Dr. Cruikshank developed a DVD about the story of Hamilton Harbour called ‘People of the Bay’.
Ron Bulmer will present an overview of the International Harvester Company and its local plant in Hamilton. Ron Bulmer has lived in Ancaster for 42 years, and worked for IH/Case IH for over 35 years. He has been involved in many community organizations and projects.
Presented by Ron Bulmer
Greeters: Zig Misiak & Bob Brownlie
Robert B. Kristofferson: The Craftsworker Diaries of Andrew McIlwraith
Rob Kristofferson is an Associate Professor of History and Contemporary Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
He is the author of Craft Capitalism: Craftsworkers and Industrialization in Hamilton, Ontario, 1840–1872 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007), winner of the Canadian Historical Association 2008 Clio Award (Ontario).
His latest book, More of a Man: Diaries of a Scottish Craftsworker in Mid-Nineteenth Century North America, co-authored with Andrew C. Holman, will be the focus of his presentation to the Dundas Valley Historical Society.
Guest speaker: our own author Jean Rae Baxter UE who will speak on her award winning book ‘Broken Trail’ and the launch of the 3rd book in her Loyalist history trilogy – ‘Freedom Bound’, launching in Feb. 2012. The first book was entitled ‘The Way Lies North’.
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