PUBLICATIONS

by

Melvin Baker

Forthcoming

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2010," "Newfoundland and Labrador, 2011," "Newfoundland and Labrador, 2012," "Newfoundland and Labrador, 2013" "Newfoundland and Labrador, 2014," "Newfoundland and Labrador 2015," "Newfoundland and Labrador 2016," and "Newfoundland and Labrador 2017," in Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs (University of Toronto Press) with Dr. Peter Neary

2019

"William Coaker's Observations on Corner Brook in 1926," The Newfoundland Ancestor Vol. 35, No. 4 (2019), 205-13

"1938 Reports from Greenspond Assistant Magistrate Bernard Vincent Andrews," The Greenspond Letter, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Fall 2019), 23-6

Essays on the Legal History of Newfoundland and Labrador Before Confederation (St. John's: The Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, The S.S. Daisy Legal History Committee, 2019) co-edited with Dr. Jerry Bannister and Christopher P. Curran, and includes "The 'Whole Matter' was 'Full of Difficulties': the 1939 Valuation of William Coaker's Probated Will," 180-201 (co-written with Gerald Penney) and "Newfoundland and Labrador Legal History Bibliography," 202-38 (co-editor with Christopher P. Curran)

"1937 Reports from Greenspond Assistant Magistrate Bernard Andrews - Part 1," The Greenspond Letter, Vo. 26, No. 2 (Spring 2019), 19-24, and Part 2, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Summer 2019), 20-6

"Governor Sir John Middleton's Memorandum on the 1932 St. John's Riot," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, 34, 1 (2019), 131-157

"Fishery Reforms and William Coaker's Speech at the 1917 Social Service Congress," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, 34, 1 (2019), 158-70

"Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John's, 1949-1990," in Stephen Harold Riggins and Roberta Buchanan, eds., Creating a University: The Newfoundland Experience (St. John's: ISER Books, 2019), 21-39

"1936 Reports from Greenspond Assistant Magistrate Bernard Andrews," The Greenspond Letter, Vol. 26, No. 1 (Winter 2019), 18-24

Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland's Rocky Road Towards Confederation (Regina: University of Regina Press, 2019) co-authored with Dr. Raymond B. Blake

2018

"Joseph Roberts Smallwood: A Biographical Sketch, 1900-1934," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2018), 354-412 (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

Negotiating Final Terms of Union with Canada: The Memorandum Submitted by the Newfoundland Delegation, Ottawa, 13 October 1948: Document," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2018), 459-506 (co-edited with Dr. Peter Neary)

"Reports from Greenspond Assistant Magistrate Bernard Vincent Andrews for 1935," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 25, no. 4 (Fall 2018), 16-24

"Lost in a Snow Storm - How "Fred" the Horse saved William Coaker in 1905," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 34, no. 4 (2018), 196-201

"Sir William Ford Coaker,"Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. XVI at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/coaker_william_ford_16E.html

"Rev. Charles Lench Remembers his Mission at Greenspond," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 25, no. 3 (Summer 2018), 21-24

"Mr. Coaker describes his Trip to Canada and the United States (1916)," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 34, no. 3 (2018), 133-145

"'To some Old and Loyal Friends': Tributes by Sir William Coaker in the Fishermen's Advocate - Part 1," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 34, no. 2 (2018), 81-95 and Part 2, The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 34, no. 3 (2018), 109-119

"Abram Kean Remembers: Obituaries of his Seafaring Friends," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 25, no. 2 (Spring 2018), 17-23

"Hon. Mr. Coaker's Notes on His Eleventh Annual Tour North (1920)," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 34, no. 1 (2018) , 41-47

"'A Trip to the North' by Abram Kean," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 25, no. 1 (Winter 2018), 20-24

2017

"President Coaker's Triumphant Tour North (1919)," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 33, no. 4 (2017), 184-91

"'Passed Over': To Some Old and Loyal Friends, Tributes by Sir William Coaker in the Fishermen's Advocate," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 33, no. 3 (2017), 106

"William Coaker's Trip to the Badger Logging Camps in 1917," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 33, no. 3 (2017), 147-153

"December 1935 General Review of Economic Conditions of District within Magistrate Andrews' Jurisdiction from Hare Bay to Ladle Cove," Part 1, The Greenspond Letter, vol. 24, no. 3 (Summer 2017), 20-4 and Part 2, vol. 24, no. 4 (Fall 2017), 19-24

"Magistrates' Reports on the State of Fishing Stages in Newfoundland in 1936," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Vol. 32, no. 1 (Spring 2017), 183-228

"Marooned - William Coaker's 1912 Train Trip," The Newfoundland Ancestor, Vol. 33, no. 2 (2017), 91-98

Discourse and Discovery: Sir Richard Whitbourne Quatercentennial Symposium 1615-2015 and Beyond (St. John's: SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador), co-edited with Christopher P. Curran and J. Derek Green

"Diary of Mr. Coaker of his Trip on the S.S. Can't Lose, 1915," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 33, no. 1 (2017), 43-47

"The Retirement of Magistrate Job Brenton Wornell, 1942-1943," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 23, no. 1 (Winter 2017), 17-23

2016

"Seeking Justice: E.J. Wornell's 1936 Quest to be reappointed to the Magistracy," The Greenspond Letter vol. 23, no. 4 (Fall 2016), 20-24

"The Appointments and Dismissals of Magistrate Edmund John Wornell," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 23, no. 3 (Summer 2016), 22-24

"The President's Trip of Inspection," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 32, 3 (Fall 2016) 152-160

"Governor Sir Humphrey Walwyn's Account of His Meetings with Churchill and Roosevelt, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, August 1941: Document," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies vol. 31, no. 1 (Spring 2016) 165-80 (co-edited with Dr. Peter Neary)

"1920 Testimony before the Commission on the Prohibition Plebiscite Act from Bonavista Bay Area Residents," The Greenspond Letter vol. 23, 2 (Spring 2016) 15-24

"Crosbie, John Chalker," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. XVI at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/crosbie_john_chalker_16E.html

D. W. Prowse, Manual for Magistrates in Newfoundland (St. John's:SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016, reprint of 1877 edition) co-edited and with an Introduction with Christopher P. Curran

"'Unlawful Assembly': The Royal Navy and the Flat Islands Protests, 1919," The Greensp(St. John's:SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2016, ond Letter vol. 23, 1 (Winter 2016) 18-24

"William Coaker's Visit to the Logging Camps and to the Northeast Coast, March 1915," The Newfoundland Ancestor vol. 32, 1 (2016) 39-52

"Warfare 1914-1918 (Newfoundland)" available at the 1914-1918 online Internationational Encyclopedia of the First World War

2015

"The Judicature Act of 1824 Revisited: Document" Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 30, no. 2 (Fall 2015) 265-307 (co-edited with Christopher P. Curran)

"'Riot and Rescue':The Trial of Captain Jesse Winsor in 1924," The Greenspond Letter vol. 22, 4 (Fall 2015) 20-4

"'With Our Regiment on Gallipoli' by Sgt. Norman Macleod, 1915," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 31, 4 (2015) 178-81

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2009," in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2009 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015) co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

"Jesse Winsor and the 1922 Origins of the United Fishermen's Movement," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 22, no. 3 (Summer 1915) 18-24

"Greenspond Fishermen Protest the Coaker Fish Regulations, November 1920," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 2015)7-12

"'But Mr. Coaker nailed him': Report from Council, 1919," The Greenspond Letter vol. 22, no. 2 (Spring 2015) 17-24

"Some Notes from President's Diary: Story of Triumphant Tour (July-August 1913)," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 31, 3 (2015), pp. 133-49

"Civilian and Military Power - Newfoundland," available at the 1914-1918 online International Encyclopedia of the First World War

"The President's Diary from 16th March to 7th April 1913: Visit to Notre Dame Bay," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 31, 1 (2015) 43-51

"Fishermen's Protective Union, Report from Council, 1917," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 22, 1 (Winter 2015) 17-24

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2008," in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2008 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015) co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

2014

"P. T. McGrath's 1918 Account of 'Newfoundland's Part in the Great War': Document,"Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 29, 2 (Fall 2014), 272-302 co-edited with Dr. Peter Neary

"Challenging the 'Merchants' Domain': William Coaker and the Price of Fish, 1908-1919," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 29, 2 (Fall 2014) 189-226

"The Battle Fields of France and Flanders - Hon. W.F. Coaker, July 1920," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 30, 4 (Winter 2014), 140-51

"Fishermen's Protective Union: Report from Council, 1918," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 20, nos. 3 & 4 (Summer and Fall 2014) 36-40

A Ferryland Merchant-Magistrate: The Journal and Cases of Robert Carter, Esq. J.P. - Volume II, 1841-1852 (St. John's: SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2014), Parts I and II, co-edited with(St. John's: SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2014) Gerald Barnable and Christopher Curran

"'President Coaker's Itinerary' - 1916 Annual Inspector Tour," The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 30, no. 3 (Fall 2014), 116-28

"Repatriated Newfoundlanders from the American Expeditionary Forces," The Newfoundland Ancestor , vol. 30, no. 3 (Fall 2014), 98-101

"Fishermen's Protective Union: Report from Council, 1914," in The Greenspond Letter, vol. 20, no. 2 (Spring 2014)17-21

"Fishermen's Protective Union: Report from Council, 1916," in The Greenspond Letter, vol. 20, no. 2 (Spring 2014) 22-4

"Howlett, Charles Joseph," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. XVI at http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/howlett_charles_joseph_16E.html

"Report from the Council of the Fishermen's Protective Union, 1915," The Greenspond Letter, vol. 21, no. 1 (Winter 2014) 13-7

"'Coaker Week,' May 1912: The clash between Patrick McGrath and William Coaker," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. 107, no. 1(Summer 2014)53-7

"From Mr. Coaker's Diary on Burin Tour (February 1917)" in The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 30, no. 1 (2014) 8-20

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2007" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2007 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014) co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

2013

"Coaker's 1913 Splendid Visit to Cat Harbour," The Greenspond Letter vol. 20, no. 4 (Fall 2013) 21-4

"Log of the FPU: President Coaker's Story of his Trip to the North in 1914" in The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 29, no. 4 (2013), pp.141-49

A Ferryland Merchant-Magistrate: The Journal and Cases of Robert Carter, Esq. J.P. - Volume I, 1832-1840 (St. John's: SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2013) co-edited with Gerald Barnable and Christopher Curran

"Fishermen's Protective Union (FPU): Report from Council, 1913," The Greenspond Letter vol. 20, no, 3 (Summer 2013) 20-3

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2006" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2006 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2013) co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

"The Struggle for Influence and Power: William Coaker, Abram Kean, and the Newfoundland Sealing Industry,1908-1915," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies vol. 28, no. 1 (Spring 2013) 63-96

"'Pigs is my business': Joe Smallwood on Himself, 1945", Newfoundland and Labrador Studies vol. 28, no. 1 (Spring 2013) 117-34 co-edited with Dr. Peter Neary

"Fishermen's Protective Union (FPU): Report from Council, 1909-1912," The Greenspond Letter vol. 20, no. 2 (Spring 2013), pp. 21-4

"1911 Greenspond Convention," The Greenspond Letter vol. 20, no. 1 (Winter 2013) 22-4

"Plaindealing and the Fishermen's Protective Union, 1908-1910," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. 105, no. 4 (Spring 2013) 43-51

"William Coaker's 'A Review of Herring Neck, 1780-1916'," in The Newfoundland Ancestor, vol. 29, 1 (2013), pp. 39-45

2012

"1921 Report of the Commission on the Prohibition Plebiscite Act," edited with an Introduction in Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 27, no. 2 (Fall 2012) 267-79

"William Ford Coaker, the Formative Years, 1871-1908," Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 27, 2 (Fall 2012) 225-66

"The SS Daisy - A Survivor of Coaker's Navy" (pp. 213-24) and "Chief Justice Arthur Samuel Mifflin: A Tribute" (pp.227-35) in Christopher Curran and Melvin Baker, eds., The Face of Justice on Newfoundland's Northeast Coast (St. John's: SS Daisy Legal History Committee, Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2012)

"The Greenspond Seven and the Sabbath Observance," in The Greenspond Letter vol. 19, no. 4 (Fall 2012) pp.21-4

"'A real record for all time': Newfoundland and Great War Official History," in Newfoundland and Labrador Studies vol. 27, no. 1 (Spring 2012) 5-32, co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary and republished in James P. Feehan, eds., Essays on the Great War (St. John's: Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, Memorial University, 2014), pp. 269-304

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2005" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2004 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2012) co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

2011

"Benjamin Bowring," in J. Andrew Ross and Andrew D. Smith, eds., Canada's Entrepreneurs: From the Fur Trade to the 1929 Stock Market Crash. Portraits from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2011), pp. 162-65

2010

"President Coaker's Log of His Trip to the Ice Floe Last Spring in s.s. Nascopie: A Document," edited with an Introduction in Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, vol. 25, 2 (Fall 2010), 217-252

"Newfoundland and Labrador, 2004" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2004 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2010) (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

co-editor with Dr. Peter Neary, Allan M. Fraser's History of the Participation by Newfoundland in World War II (St. John's: Centre for Newfoundland Studies Publications, Digital Archives Initiative 2010, Memorial University of Newfoundland, available at http://collections.mun.ca

"The Churchill Falls Contract and why Newfoundlanders can't get over it," Policy Options (September 2010), pp. 65-70 (co-authored with Dr. James P. Feehan)

co-edited (with Christopher Curran) "Kevin Barry's 'Outport Opinion': A Memoir of Corner Brook in the 1940s" in Christopher English (ed), Barrels to Benches: The Foundations of English Law on Newfoundland's West Coast (St. John's: The Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador 2010), 103-140

"Allan M. Fraser's 'History of the Participation by Newfoundland in World War II'", in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. 102, no. 4 (2010) 12-15, 40-45 co-edited with Dr. Peter Neary

2009

"St. John's -- The Garrison Town, 1939-1945,"U-Boat Warfare and Convoy Protection," and "The Newfoundland Economy -- before, during and after World War II" in Johnson Family Foundation and Paul J. Johnson, eds., God Guard Thee Newfoundland: Searching for Meaning, An Anthology (St. John's: Flanker Press 2009)

Thomas Talbot, Ireland's Eye in Newfoundland and Labrador: Thomas Talbot's Letter to a Friend in Ireland (1882) (St. John's: The Law Society of Newfoundland and Labrador 2009) (reprint of 1882 edition) co-edited with Christopher Curran, John Joy and Robin McGrath

"Newfoundland and Labrador" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2003 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2009) co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

2008

"The Origins of a Coming Crisis: Renewal of the Churchill Falls Contract," Dalhousie Law Journal vol. 30, no. 1 (Spring 2007), pp. 207-57 (co-authored with Dr. James P. Feehan)

"Newfoundland and Labrador" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2002 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2008) (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

2007

"Newfoundland and Labrador" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2001 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2007), pp. 244-51 (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

2006

"Newfoundland and Labrador" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 2000 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2006), pp. 244-51 (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

2005

"Anderson, John," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15

"Bond, Robert," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15 co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

"Cashin, Michael Patrick," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15

Crowe, Harry Judson," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15

"Gosling, William Gilbert," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15

McGrath, Patrick Thomas," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15

Whitty, Gerald Joseph," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 15 co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary

"Newfoundland and Labrador" in David Mutimer, ed., Canadian Annual Review of politics and public affairs 1999 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2005) pp. 237-44 (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

"The Renewal Clause in the Churchill Falls Contract: The Origins of a Coming Crisis," Papers in Political Economy, Paper No. 96 (Political Economy Research Group, University of Western Ontario, 2005) (co-authored with Dr. James P. Feehan) See http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/economicsperg_ppe/80

2004

"Burin tidal wave", "Caribou", "William Ford Coaker", "Fishermen's Protective Union", "Florizel", Newfoundland loggers' strike", "Knights of Columbus fire", "Ocean Ranger", "Outport Resettlement", and "St. John's", in Gerald Hallowell, ed., The Oxford Companion to Canadian History (Don Mills, Ont: Oxford University Press 2004)co-authored with Dr. Aidan Maloney

"McGrath, Patrick Thomas," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press 2004)

2003

Falling into the Canadian Lap: The Confederation of Newfoundland and Canada, 1945-1949 (St. John's: Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada 2003)

History of Newfoundland and Labrador -- Summary Chronology of Events (St. John's: Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada 2003)

2001

Edited with an introduction J.R. Smallwood's "The Parliament of the North: The Fishermen's Protection Union in convention, 1921 and 1923," Newfoundland Quarterly (Christmas 2001): 2-9.

"Fishing in the Global Village: Newfoundland and Labrador in the 21st Century," Canadian Issues (August/September 2001) 18-9.

A Flag, an Anthem, a Courthouse (St. John's: Silk Robes and Sou'westers, The Law Society of Newfoundland 2001) co-authored with Christopher English, John Joy and Shane O'Dea

"Stone, John Glover," Newfoundland Quarterly (Summer/Fall 2001) 36-7

"Fish, but no Cod," in Elke Dettmer, ed., Newfoundland and Labrador: Insiders' Perspectives (St. John's: Johnson Family Foundation 2001), 9.

"Memorial University of Newfoundland," in Elke Dettmer, ed., Newfoundland and Labrador: Insiders' Perspectives (St. John's: Johnson Family Foundation 2001), 37-8.

2000

The Power of Commitment: The History of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (St. John's: Silver Lights Club, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, 2000)

"William Wesley Halfyard," Newfoundland Quarterly (Spring/Summer 2000) 19-20

  • Brown, Kenneth McKenzie,"
  • Newfoundland Quarterly (Winter 2000) 34-5

  • "Memorial University of Newfoundland -- "a live, dynamic centre of learning [and] culture" by Joseph R. Smallwood, edited by Melvin Baker, in Newfoundland Quarterly (Winter 2000) 2-5

    1999

    "Sir Robert Bond (1857-1927): A Biographical Sketch," Newfoundland Studies 15, 1 (Spring 1999) 1-54 (co-authored with Dr. Peter Neary)

  • "Presidents of Memorial University College and Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1925-1949"
  • Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCIII, no. 1 (Fall 1999), 2-6.

  • "Memorial College and University: Photos from the Past,"
  • Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCIII, no. 1 (Fall 1999), 10-2.

  • "Charles Ronald McKay Granger,"
  • Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCIII, no. 1 (Fall 1999), 33-4.

  • "J.R. Smallwood -- Labour and Socialist Leader,"
  • Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCIII, no. 1 (Fall 1999), 23-8.

  • Celebrate Memorial! a pictorial history of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
  • St. John's: Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1999 (co-authored with Jean Graham)

    "Memorial University of Newfoundland: a retrospective," Luminus, vol. 25, no. 1 (Fall 1999)10-1, 23.

  • "Tribute -- George Morley Story (1927-1994)" in Regional Language Studies ... Newfoundland Number 16 (June 1999), 22-3 (co-authored with Drs. Helen Peters and Shannon Ryan)

  • "Memorial University of Newfoundland -- It is the Largest in Atlantic Canada," in James R. Thoms, editor-in-chief, Fifty Golden Years: The Illustrated Story of Newfoundland and Labrador's Union with Canada (St. John's, Stirling Communications International, 1999), 91.

    "Joey Smallwood -- He didn't see Confederation, but ... he did see a 'socialist' utopia by 1971!" In Fifty Golden Years: The Illustrated Story of Newfoundland and Labrador's Union with Canada, 78-79 (co-authored with Dr. Hans Rollmann)

  • "The establishment of Memorial's Institute of Social and Economic Research in 1961,"
  • Newfoundland Quarterly vol. XCII, no. 3 (Winter 1999), 21-5.

    comp., Recent Publications on the History of Newfoundland and Labrador: Supplement to 10th Edition (St. John's, Newfoundland Historical Society, 1999)

    1998

    Preface and Introductory Essay in J.R. Smallwood, Coaker of Newfoundland (Port Union, Advocate Press, 1998, reprint of 1927 edition), ix-x, 1-31

  • By Wise and Prudent Measures: The Development of Forestry on the Salmonier Line
  • (St. John's, Department of Forest Resources and Agrifoods, 1998) co-authored with Janet Miller Pitt

  • "Scammell, John Henry," Newfoundland Quarterly vol. XCII, no. 1 (Summer 1998) 22
  • "Edward Michael Jackman," Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XIV(Toronto, 1998)

    "John J. Sullivan," Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XIV (Toronto 1998)

    "James Baird," Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XIV (Toronto 1998)

    1997

    George Story, People of the Landwash: Essays on Newfoundland and Labrador (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1997) co-edited with Helen Peters and Shannon Ryan

  • "The Newfoundland Fishery Research Commission, 1930-1934", in James E. Candow and Carol Corbin, eds. How Deep is the Ocean? Historical Essays on Canada's Atlantic Fishery (University College of Cape Breton for the Louisbourg Institute, 1997) 161-73, co-authored with Shannon P. Ryan

    "Vom Verschwinden eines Fisches und den Folgen," Das Parlament: Die Woche im Bundeshaus - Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (January 3-10, 1997), p. 6 (Fisheries in Newfoundland)

  • "Port Union Fire of 1945," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCI, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 1997), 9-11,co-authored with Peggy March
  • "Rev. John Thomas Hiscock," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCI, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 1997), 13
  • 1996

    "Down North: A Historiographical Overview of Newfoundland Labrador." In Ken Coates and William Morrison, eds. The Historiography of the Provincial Norths (Centre for Northern Studies Occasional Papers Series #18, Lakehead University, 1996) 1-32, co-authored with Robert H. Cuff

    "Book Collectors in Newfoundland: The Case of W.G. Gosling." In Eric L. Swanick, ed. "The Book Disease": Atlantic Provinces Book Collectors (Halifax, Dalhousie University, School of Library and Information Studies, 1996), 83-92 co-authored with Dr. G.M. Story

  • "Jack Turner," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XC, no. 2 (Spring 1996), 24 (co-authored with Janet Miller Pitt)
  • "Augustus William Harvey,"Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XC, no. 1 (Winter 1995-96) 34-5
  • Recent Publications on the History of Newfoundland and Labrador, 10th Edition (St. John's, Newfoundland Historical Society, 1996)

    1995

  • Introduction to "What is Liberalism?" by J.R. Smallwood in Newfoundland Studies vol. 11, no. 1 (Spring 1995), 75-126 (co-edited with James Overton)

  • "A.M. Mackay," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIX, no. 4 (Fall 1995) 21-2
  • "Hazen Algar Russell," Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIX, no. 3 (Spring/Summer 1995) 35-7
  • Introduction to "Tramping 100 Miles on the West Coast: Every Mile a Revelation to One who hiked the District for the First Time" by J.R. Smallwood in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIX, no. 2 (Winter 1994-1995)
  • 20-5

    1994

    History 3120 Manual: Newfoundland History 1815-1972 (St. John's, Division of Continuing Studies, 1994, revision of 1986 edition)

    "Adolph Nielsen-Norsk Innflytelse P Newfoundlands Fisherinaering ved Slutten av Det 19.og Begynnelsen av Det 20. Arhundre". Saertrykk av Norsk Sj&fartsmuseum (Oslo) 109-20 (co-authored with C.W. Sanger and A.B. Dickinson)

    "Joseph Roberts Smallwood." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 5 (1994), pp. 208-15

    "St. John's."Encylcopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 5 (1994), pp. 26-33

    "Schools - 20th Century." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 5 (1994), pp. 103-06

    "The Interplay of Private and Public Enterprise in the Production of Electricity on the Island of Newfoundland, 1883-1966". In James Hiller and Peter Neary, eds. Twentieth Century Newfoundland: Explorations (St. John's 1994), pp. 273-96

    "Select Bibliography." In Hiller and Neary, eds. Twentieth Century Newfoundland: Explorations 321-73

    "Lawrence O'Brien Furlong." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XIII (Toronto 1994)

    "John Roche McCowen." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. X111 (Toronto 1994)

    "James Francis McGrath." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. X111 (Toronto 1994)

    "Adolph Nielsen." Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol XIII (Toronto 1994) (co-authored with Shannon Ryan)

    "Alexander McLellan Mackay." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XIII (Toronto 1994)

    "Augustus William Harvey." Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol. XIII (Toronto 1994)

  • "James Baird."Newfoundland Quarterly vol.LXXXVIII, no. 4 (Summer 1994)
  • 1993

  • "Memorial University's Role in the Establishment of a Provincial Archive for Newfoundland in 1960." Newfoundland Studies vol. 9, no. 1 (Spring 1993) 81-102
  • Down North: A Historiographical Overview of Newfoundland Labrador." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXVIII, no. 3 (Summer/Fall 1993) 2-12 co-authored with Robert H. Cuff
  • "Newfoundland Studies." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 4 (1993), pp. 66-9

    "Political Parties." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 4 (1993),pp. 357-63

    "Poor Relief." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 4 (1993), pp. 375-77 (co-authored with Allison Bates)

    "Port Union."Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 4 (1993), 401-02 (co-authored with Gerald Penney)

  • "Patrick Thomas McGrath." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXVII, no. 4 (Winter 1992-93) 37-8
  • 1992

  • "Edward Michael Jackman." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXVII, no. 3 (Summer/Fall 1992) 36-7
  • "Adolph Nielsen: Norwegian Influence on Newfoundland Fisheries in the Late 19th-Early 20th Century." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXVII, no. 2 (Spring 1992) 25-32, 35 (co-authored with A.B. Dickinson and C.W. Sanger)
  • 1991

    "Memorial University of Newfoundland." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 3 (1991), pp. 503-10

    "Edward Michael Jackman." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 3 (1991), p. 89

    "John Joseph Murphy."Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 3 (1991), p. 653

    "Robert Joseph Murphy." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 3 (1991), p. 655

  • Competing for the Limelight: The St. John's Gas Light Company, 1844 to 1896." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXVI, no. 2 (Winter 1991) 22-26, co-authored with Janet Miller Pitt
  • 1990

    "Rural Electrification in Newfoundland in the 1950s and the Origins of the Newfoundland Power Commission." Newfoundland Studies vol. 6, no. 2 (Fall 1990) 190-209

    "Bibliography. Publications and Works relating to Newfoundland: 1989." Newfoundland Studies vol. 6, no. 1 (Spring 1990) 133-145 (co-editor)

    "Moses Monroe." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XII (Toronto 1990)

    "James Goodfellow." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XII (Toronto 1990)

    "Patrick J. Scott." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XII (Toronto 1990)

  • Dictionary of Newfoundland and Labrador Biography (St. John's: Harry Cuff Publications, 1990) co-edited with Robert Cuff and Robert Pitt
  • The Illustrated History of Newfoundland Light & Power (St. John's: Creative Publishers, 1990) co-authored with Janet Miller Pitt and Robert Pitt

  • "Signal Hill Gaol, 1846-1859." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXV, no. 4 (July 1990) 19- 23 co-authored with James Candow
  • 1989

  • "John Joseph Murphy." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIV, no. 4 (Spring 1989) 22
  • "William Alexander Mackay." Newfoundland Quarterly, (1989) vol. LXXXV, no. 2 (Fall 1989) 34-5
  • 1988

  • Monopolist Monroe - The Wire-Puller of the West End: The business and political career of Moses Monroe." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIII, no. 4 (Spring 1988) 24-9
  • "St. John's Municipal Chairmen and Mayors, 1888-1988." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIV, no. 1 (Summer 1988) 5-11
  • "Benjamin Bowring." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. VIII (Toronto 1988)

  • "The Third Tier: A Historical Overview of the Development of Local Government in Newfoundland and Labrador." in Programme of the 38th Annual Convention of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Municipalities, October 7-9, 1988, St. John's, Newfoundland 39-43 (with Janet Miller Pitt)
  • 1987

  • "Aspects of Newfoundland History, 1832-1949." Joint Conference of American and Canadian Legislative Clerks and Secretaries, August 16th-20th, 1987, St. John's, Newfoundland (House of Assembly, Province of Newfoundland) Part II, 1-13
  • "The Tenth Province: Commission of Government 1934-1949." Horizon Canada vol. 10, no. 111 (1987, pp.) 2641-47
  • "William James Ellis." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIII, no. 1 (Summer 1987) 35
  • co-editor (with Professor L.R. Fischer) of the Maritime Studies Research Unit Newsletter vol. 1, no. 1 (August 1987)

    1986

  • A Clear Head in Tempestuous Times - Albert B. Perlin: The Wayfarer. Observations on the National Convention and the Confederation Issue, 1946-1949 (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1986) co-edited with Francis Hollohan
  • Michael Patrick Gibbs." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXI, no. 4 (Spring 1986) 48
  • "Moses Monroe." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXII, no. 1 (Summer 1986) 38
  • comp., Bibliography of Newfoundland History (Newfoundland Historical Society 1986) edition revised for 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994

  • "George Shea." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXII, no. 2 (Fall 1986) 18
  • "Municipal Democracy on Trial in St. John's, 1888-1898." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXII, no. 2 (Fall 1986), 21-8
  • "Port Union." In Robert Cuff, ed. A Coaker Anthology (St. John's 1986) 103-14
  • "Absentee Landlordism and Municipal Government in Nineteenth Century St. John's." Urban History Review vol. XV, no. 2 (October 1986) 165-71

    1985

    "Emporium of the Island: St. John's." Horizon Canada vol. 2, no. 16 (1985), pp. 374-79

  • "Andrew Carnell." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXX, no. 3 (Winter 1985) 17
  • "William Gilbert Gosling." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXI, no. 1 (Summer 1985) 43
  • "William Gilbert Gosling and the Charter: St. John's Municipal Politics, 1914-1921." Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXI, no. 1 (Summer 1985) 21-8
  • "John Anderson." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXI, no. 2 (Fall 1985) 42
  • "The Influence of Absentee Landlordism on the Development of Municipal Government in 19th Century St. John's." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXXI, no. 2 (Fall 1985) 19-25
  • "John Carnell Crosbie." The Canadian Encyclopedia vol. 1 (1985) 449

    "Gregory Duggan." The Canadian Encyclopedia vol. 1 (1985) 521 (co-authored with Bill Gillespie)

    "Frank Duff Moores." The Canadian Encyclopedia vol. 2 (1985) 1163

    "Alfred Brian Peckford." The Canadian Encyclopedia vol. 3 (1985) 137

    "St. John's." The Canadian Encyclopedia vol. 3 (1985) 1621-24

    "Patrick Tasker." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. VIII (Toronto 1985)

    1984

  • "The Appointment of a Permanent Health Officer for St. John's, 1905." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXIX, no. 3 (Winter 1984) 23-5
  • "The St. John's Fire of July 8, 1892: The Politics of Rebuilding, 1892-1893." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXIX, no. 3 (Winter 1984) 25-30
  • "Charles Joseph Howlett." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXIX, no. 3 (Winter 1984) 19
  • "St. John's Municipal Records." Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archivists Bulletin vol. 1, no. 5 (March 1984) 6

  • "George Frederick Arthur Grimes." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXIX, no. 1 (Summer 1984) 22
  • "St. John's Municipal Politics, 1902-1914." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXX, no. 2 (Fall 1984) 23-30
  • "Commission of Government." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 2 (1984) 627-631

    "St. John's Municipal Government, 1888-1981." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 2 (1984), pp. 644-661

    "A History of Health in Newfoundland." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 2 (1984), pp. 864-875 (with Janet Miller Pitt)

    "James Goodfellow." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 2 (1984) 556

    "Charles Howlett." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 2 (1984) 1092

    "Thomas Howley." Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador vol. 2 (1984) 1096

  • "Henry Hunt Stabb and the Establishment of a Lunatic Asylum in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1836-1855." scientia canadensis vol. VIII, no. 1 (June 1984) 59-67

    "Clio in Hogtown: A Brief Bibliography," Ontario History, vol. LXXVI, no. 3 (September 1984) 287-94 (bibliographical essay co-authored with Eric Jarvis)

    1983

  • "Disease and Public Health Measures in St. John's, 1832-1855." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXIX, no. 1 (Summer 1983) 26-29
  • "The Great St. John's Fire of 1846." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXIX, no. 1 (Summer 1983) 31-34
  • "In Search of the 'New Jerusalem': Slum Clearance in St. John's, 1921-1944." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXIX, no. 2 (Fall 1983) 23-32, 35
  • "The Development of the Office of a Permanent Medical Health Officer for St. John's, 1826-1905." HSTC Bulletin #24 (1983) 98-105 ( Journal of the History of Canadian Science, Technology, and Medicine)

  • 1982

  • "Municipal Politics and Public Housing in St. John's, 1911-1921." In Melvin Baker, Robert Cuff, Bill Gillespie, eds., Workingmen's St. John's: Aspects of Social History in the early 1900's (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1982) 29-43
  • Aspects of Nineteenth Century St. John's Municipal History (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1982)

  • "Oral History and Municipal Government: A History of the Bus Service in St. John's, 1948-1957." Report of the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Oral History Association (St. John's 1982) 174-188
  • The Politics of Assessment: The Water Question in St. John's, 1844-1864." Acadiensis vol. XII, no. 1 (Autumn 1982) 59-72
  • The Politics of Poverty: Providing Public Poor Relief in Nineteenth Century St. John's." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXVIII, nos. 1 & 2 (Spring & Summer 1982) 20-23
  • "Voluntarism and the Fire Service in Nineteenth Century St. John's." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXVIII, nos. 1 & 2 (Spring & Summer 1982) 24-28
  • William Gilbert Gosling and the Establishment of the Child Welfare Association," Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXVII, no. 4 (Winter 1981-82), 31-2
  • "Robert Alexander." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XI (Toronto 1982)

    "Thomas Howley." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XI (Toronto 1982)

    "John Stuart." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XI (Toronto 1982)

    "John Henry Warren." Dictionary of Canadian Biography vol. XI (Toronto 1982)

    1981

  • "Insanity and Politics: The Establishment of a Lunatic Asylum in St. John's, 1836-1855." Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXVII, nos. 2 & 3 (Summer & Fall 1981) 27-31
  • "William Gilbert Gosling and the Establishment of Commission Government in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1914." Urban History Review vol. IX, no. 3 (February 1981) 35-51

    1980

    Bibliography of Canadian Urban History Parts I-VI (Monticello, Illinois, 1980) co-edited with Professors Frederick H. Armstrong and Alan F.J. Artibise

    1976

    "The Politics of Municipal Reform in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1888-1892." Urban History Review no. 2-76 (October 1976) 12-29

    Book Reviews

    Review of Ruby L. Gough, Robert Edwards Holloway: Newfoundland Educator, Scientist, Photographer, 1874-1904 (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 2005) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2005, 2048-49

    Review of Paul Butler and Maura Hanrahan, Rogues and Heroes of the Island of Newfoundland (St. John's: Flanker Press 2005) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2005, 37

    Review of Maura Hanrahan, Tsunami: The Newfoundland Tidal Wave Disaster (St. John's: Flanker Press 2004) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2004, 356

    Review of Tom Furlong, Sweep You Across for a Penny, Ma'am: Stories from St. John's and Beyond (St. John's: Flanker Press 2004) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2004, 54

    Review of Reginald Byron, ed., Retrenchment and Regeneration in Rural Newfoundland (Toronto: University of Toronto Press 2003) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 4163-64

    Review of Robert Parsons, Wind and Wave: Sea Tales from around our Coast (St. John's: Creative Publishers 2003) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 4158

    Review of Brian Tobin, All in Good Time (Toronto: Penquin Books 2002) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 4082-83

    Review of Noel Murphy, Cottage Hospital Doctor: The Medical Life of Dr. Noel Murphy, 1945-1954 (St. John's: Creative Publishers 2003) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 62

    Review of Jack Fitzgerald, A Day at the Races: The St. John's Regatta Story (St. John's: Creative Publishers 2003) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 4143

    Review of David McFadden, An Innocent in Newfoundland (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart 2003) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 2055-56

    Review of Gerald Sider, Between History and Tomorrow: Making and Breaking Everyday Life in Rural Newfoundland (Peterborough: broadview press 2003), in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 4170-71

    Review of Malcom MacLeod, Connections: Newfoundland's Pre-confederation Links with Canada and the United States (St. John's: Creative Publishers 2003) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2003, 4153-54

    Review of Jack Fitzgerald, Beyond the Grave (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing 2002) and Jack Fitzgerald's Notebook, Rev. ed (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing 2002) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2002, 4133-34.

    Review of William Roche, You Win Some ... You Lose Some: Recollections of a Newfoundland Fishery Officer (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing 2002), in Canadian Book Review Annual 2002, 2093.

    Review of Robert C. Parsons, Between Sea and Sky: Strange and Unique Stories of the Sea (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing 2002) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2002, 331.

    Review of Garry Cranford, ed., Sea Dogs and Skippers (St. John's: Flanker Press 2001) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, 5102-03.

    Review of Michael J. Dwyer, Sea of Heartbreak: An Extraordinary Account of a Newfoundland Fishing Voyage (Toronto: Key Porter Books 2001) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, 411.

    Review of Ronald Rompkey, ed., Jessie Luther at the Grenfell Mission (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press 2002) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, 2057-58.

    Review of Cyril Goodyear, Against the Elements: Surviving in Newfoundland and Labrador's Great Outdoors (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing 2001) Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, 2267.

    Review of Jack Fitzgerald, Beyond Belief: Incredible Stories of Old St. John's (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing 2001) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2001, 334.

    Review of Alan MacEachern, Natural Selections: National Parks in Atlantic Canada, 1935-1970 (Kingston & Montreal: McGill-Queen's 2001) in The Newfoundland Quarterly (Christmas 2002), 39.

    Review of Gary Hebbard, I'd Rather be Flying: The Airborne Life and Times of Ted Pearcey (St. John's: Creative Publishers 2000) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2000, 48-9.

    Review of David Macfarlane, The Danger Tree: Memory, War, and the Search for a Family's PastCanadian Book Review Annual 2000, 54.

    Review of Robert C. Parsons, Raging Winds, Roaring Sea (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing, 2000) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2000, 322.

    Review of Graham Harris and Les MacPhie, Oak Island and Its Lost Treasure (Halifax: Formac Publishing, 1999) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2000, 315.

    Review of Glynis George, The Rock Where We Stand: An Ethnography of Women's Activism in Newfoundland (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000) in Canadian Book Review Annual 2000, 361-62.

    Review of J.D. House, Against the Tide: Battling for Economic Renewal in Newfoundland and Labrador (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, 297.

    Review of Iona Bulgin, ed., Cabot and His World Symposium (St. John's: Newfoundland Historical Society, 1999) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, 271.

    Review of Robert Parsons, Committed to the Deep (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing, 1999) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, 439.

    Review of Jacquie McNish, The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey's Bay Hustle (Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 1998) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, 418.

    Review of Raoul Andersen, Voyage to the Grand Banks: The Saga of Captain Arch Thornhill (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing, 1998) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, 40.

    Review of E.R. Seary, Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland. Rev. ed. Edited by William J. Kirwin (Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999, 13.

    Review of Mick Lowe, Premature Bonanza: Standoff at Voisey's Bay (Toronto: Between the Lines, 1998) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1999 416-17.

    Review of Frank Galgay and Michael McCarthy, Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 4. (St. John's: Creative Book Publishing, 1997) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1998, 456.

    Review of E. James Long. The Hard and the Aisey: A History of Open Hall, Red Cliff and Tickle Cove, Bonavista Bay in Canadian Book Review Annual 1998, 353.

    Review of John R. Martin, Leonard Albert Miller: Public Servant in Canadian Book Review Annual 1998, 72-3.

    The Michael Cook Papers: First Accession and Second Accession. (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1994), in Newfoundland Studies 14, 1 (1998):108-9.

    Review of Donovan Downer, Turbulent Tides: A Social History of Sandy Point (Portugal Cove, ESP Press, 1997), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1997, 4165.

    Review of Linda Hayley Bath, King's Cove Head (Bonavista: Bonavista South Regional Development Association, 1997) in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol.XCII, no. 1 (Summer 1998) 45

    Review of Rosalind Power, Fort Amherst: St. John's Nearest Outport (St. John's, Jesperson Press, 1995), in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCI, no. 3&4 (Winter/Spring 1998), 48

    Review of Jan Noel, Canada Dry: Temperance Crusades before Confederation (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1995), in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. XCI, no. 2 (Summer/Fall 1997), 44-5

    Review of Robert Parsons, Lost At Sea: Volume Two (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1992) and Toll of the Sea: Stories from the Forgotten Coast (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1995) in Newfoundland Quarterly vol. XC, no. 4 (Winter 1997) 44

    Review of Rick, Hornung, At the Edge of All Things: In Search of Labrador (Toronto, Stoddart, 1995) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1996, 345

    Review of Peter Neary, ed. White Tie and Decorations: Sir John and Lady Hope Simpson in Newfoundland, 1934-1949 (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1996) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1996, 85

    Review of Robert Parsons, Toll of the Sea: Stories from the Forgotten Coast (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1995) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1996, 428

    Review of Arthur Sullivan, No Strangers Here; A Simplified Guide to Travel in Newfoundland (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1995) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1996, 30

    Review of Ronald Rompkey, ed., Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893 (Montreal & Kingston, McGill- Queen's University Press, 1996), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1966 , 63

    Review of Phyllis Pieroway, Memories of Sandy Point, St. George's Bay, Newfoundland from stories told by Charles Warren Pieroway (Fredericton, Maritime Arts Projects Productions, 1996) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1996, 331

    Review of Joan Rusted, Tolerable Good Anchorage: A Capsule History of St. John's, Newfoundland (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1995), in The Northern Mariner vol. VI, no. 3 (July 1996) 58-9

    Review of Robert G. Joergensen, Newfoundland Gallantry in Action: The History of the Argentia Naval Facility (St. John's, Jesperson Press, 1993) and Douglas Brinkley and David R. Facey-Crowther, eds., The Atlantic Charter (New York, St. Martin's Press, 1994), in Newfoundland Quarterly vol. XC, no. 3 (Summer/Fall 1996) 46-7

    Review of Jack Fitzgerald, The Stroke of Champions: The St. John's Regatta, 1949-1981 (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1994), in The Northern Mariner/Le Marin du nord, vol. v, no. 4 (October 1995) 81-2

    Review of Elliott Merrick, Northern Nurse (Halifax, Nimbus Publishing, 1994) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1995, 72

    Review of Frank Galgay and Michael McCarthy, Shipwrecks of Newfoundland and Labrador: Volume III (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1995) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1995, 45

    Review of Patrick O'Flaherty, Come Near at your Peril: A Visitor's Guide to the Island of Newfoundland (St. John's, Breakwater, 1994) in Canadian Book Review Annual 1995, 30

    Review of Wade Kearley, The People's Road: On the Trail of the Newfoundland Railway (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1995) in Canadian Book Review Annual, 1995, 452

    Review of Ursula Kelly, Marketing Place: Cultural Politics, Regionalism and Reading (Halifax, Fernwood Publishing, 1993), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1994, 359

    Review of John K. Crellin, Home Medicine: The Newfoundland Experience (Montreal & Kingston, McGill-Queen's University Press, 1994), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1994, 423

    Review of John Igloliorte, An Inuk Boy Becomes a Hunter (Halifax, Nimbus Publishing, 1994), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1994, 62

    Review of John T. Omohundro, Rough Food: The Seasons of Subsistence in Northern Newfoundland (St. John's, Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1994), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1994, 327-28

    Review of Wilfred B.W. Martin, Random Islanders on Guard (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1994), in Canadian Book Review Annual 1994, 326

    Review of C. Francis Rowe, In Fields Afar: A Review of the Establishment of the Anglican Parish of St. John's and its Cathedral (St. John's, Seawise Enterprises Ltd., 1989), in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIX, no. 1 (Spring 1993) 43-4

    Review of Gail Weir, The Miners of Wabana (St. John's, Breakwater, 1989), in Luminus, vol. 16, no. 2 (Spring 1990) 18

    Review of W.J. Chafe, I've Been Working on the Railroad: Memoirs of a Railwayman, 1911-1962 (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1987), in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXVI, no. 1 (Fall 1990) 29-30

    Review of Edward W. Chafe, Gunners, World War II: 166th (Newfoundland) Field Regiment Royal Artillery (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1987) in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXV, no. 1 (Summer 1989) 48

    Review of Frank Cramm & Garfield Fizzard. The Atlantic Edge (St. John's, Breakwater, 1986), in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXIV, no. 1 (Summer 1988) 47

    Review of David MacKenzie, Inside the Atlantic Triangle: Canada and the Entrance of Newfoundland into Confederation, 1939-1949 (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1986) in Newfoundland Studies, vol. 4, no. 1 (Spring 1988) 113-16

    Review of David G. Pitt & Marion Pitt, Goodly Heritage. A Centennial History of the Congregation of Wesley United (formerly Alexander Street Methodist) Church, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1884-1984 (St. John's, Jesperson Press, 1984) in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXXII, no. 3 (Winter 1987) 37

    Review of Edith Manuel, St. Peter's Anglican Church Twillingate (St. John's, Creative Publishers, 1983), and Frank Galgay, et al, A Pilgrimage of Faith: A History of the Southern Shore from Bay Bulls to St. Shott's (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1983), in Atlantic Provinces Book Review, vol. 2, no. 3 (September-October 1984) 14

    Review of Gary Cranford with Raymond Hillier, Potheads & Drum Hoops: A Folk-history of New Harbour, Trinity Bay (St. John's, Harry Cuff Publications, 1983), in Atlantic Provinces Book Review, vol. 2, no. 2 (May-June 1984) 13

    Review of Amy Zierler and Cam Mustard, Signal Hill: An Illustrated History (St. John's, Newfoundland Historic Trust Co-operation Association, 1982) in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXIX, no. 2 (Fall 1983) 46

    Review of Paul O'Neill, A Seaport Legacy: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland (Press Porcepic, 1976), in Newfoundland Quarterly, vol. LXXIII, no. 3 (Fall 1977) 14-5

    Review of Paul O'Neill, The Oldest City: The Story of St. John's, Newfoundland (Erin, Ont., Press Porcepic, 1976), in Newfoundland Quarterly vol. LXXII, no. 3 (Summer 1976) 13-4

    Unpublished Papers

    comp., "Articles by Sir Patrick Thomas McGrath" 1973 (typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies)

    "Sir Patrick Thomas McGrath: A Brief Bibliography of his Writings" 1974, typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "St. John's Bibliography, 1870-1914" 1974 (typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "Acts pertaining to the City of St. John's, 1859-1902" 1975 (typscript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "A Brief Outline of the History of Newfoundland, 1497-1977" (background paper prepared for the Federal Task Force on Canadian Unity, October 1977)

    "Brief Biographical profiles of several ethnic minorities of St. John's as taken from the 1921 and 1935 nominal censuses" 1980 (typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "A Newspaper Index to the Proceedings of the St. John's Municipal Council, 1888-1894" 1981 (typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "A Newspaper Index to selective labour strikes in St. John's, Newfoundland, 1888-1920" 1982 (typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "A biographical profile of the St. John's members of the House of Assembly, 1832-1921, and of the members of the St. John's Municipal Councils and Commissions, 1888-1921" 1982 (typescript available in Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University)

    "Memorial University and the Promotion of Newfoundland Studies in the early 1960s" (Paper presented to the Eighth Biennial Conference of the Canadian History of Education Association, Faculty of Education, Memorial University, October 13-16,1994)