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History

Geographic Information Systems

Basic and Advanced Functions of GIS

Originally, scholars used GIS for organizing data and creating maps for presentations. While still common, GIS software can now perform more analytical functions. The next two sections describe some of the descriptive (basic) and analytical (advanced) functions of GIS.

Ontario Tweedsmuir Histories

woman with cow

Tweedsmuirs are history books compiled by Women’s Institute branches to preserve the local history of each community. They resemble scrapbooks as they contain newspaper clippings, photographs, and handwritten histories. The histories include various information on the community including: churches, schools, land and property, and biographies.

Business Account Books

Bibliography of Research Using Business Account Books

 

Canadian material

Bittermann, Rusty. “Farm Households and Wage Labour in the Northeastern Maritimes in the Early 19th Century.” Labour/Le Travail 31 (Spring 1993): pp. 13-45.
         The several merchants’ accounts used periodically in this article were analysed for their portrayal of rural labour traded for credit.

Dr. Femi Kolapo

Femi Kolapo

Education

B.A (Ahmadu Bello University), M.A (Ahmadu Bello University), Ph.D. (York)

Dr. Susan Nance

Education

Ph.D.: University of California, Berkeley; MA: Simon Fraser University; BA: Simon Fraser University

Current Research

animal history
environmental history
live performance and communication
entertainment and information industries
America in the world
North American West