Matching Articles"St. John's" (Total 27)

  • Elsie Holloway (1882-1971)
    Biography of Elsie Holloway (1882-1971).
  • Kittiwake Dance
    Kittiwake Dance Theatre was founded in March of 1987 by Linda Rimsay. It developed from the Newfoundland Dance Theatre, which had formed in the 1970s.
  • Music
    As with many Newfoundland stories, the history of Newfoundland music of European origin begins with codfish.
  • RCA Theatre Company
    The Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre Company (RCA Theatre Company) has not had a history lacking in drama and dissension.
  • Domestic Service Workers
    about the men and women, such as Naomi Gregory, who came from Newfoundland outports to St. John's to work in domestic service in upper class homes.
  • Global Relations and the Spanish Influenza
    The Spanish flu did not originate in Newfoundland and Labrador, but the ports, shipping schedules, and global trade relations made it vulnerable.
  • The 1918 Spanish Flu
    The Spanish flu of 1918-19 killed between 20 and 40 million people worldwide. It is one of the largest outbreaks of disease in recorded history.
  • Disasters 1892-1929
    Some of Newfoundland and Labrador's best-known and most destructive disasters occurred during the era of Responsible Government.
  • Social Changes, 1730-1815
    Newfoundland and Labrador experienced numerous social changes involving health, education, population, etc. during the period of naval government.
  • Social Changes, 1815-1832
    Newfoundland and Labrador society became increasingly complex during the reform era.
  • Social Changes under the Commission of Government
    One of the Commission of Government's major goals while in office was to improve social services in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • The 1846 Great Fire
    About the Great Fire that started on 9 June 1846 in St. John's when a fire broke out in a cabinetmaker's workshop on George Street.
  • The St. John's Fire of 1892
    About the St. John's fire that started on 8 July 1892 in a stable after a lit pipe or match fell into a bundle of hay.
  • Public Response to the 1929 Tsunami
    The tsunami left the people of the affected communities on the Burin Peninsula in desperate need of help, a role the public gladly filled.
  • 19th Century Health Care
    Few health-care services existed in Newfoundland and Labrador at the start of the 19th century.
  • Looking Back at Child Protection
    A history of the Child Welfare Association that provided services to mothers and children in the St. John's area from 1921 to 1976.
  • Fighting Tuberculosis in Newfoundland and Labrador
    About the many reasons why tuberculosis took a strong hold in Newfoundland in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the methods of controlling the disease.
  • Health on the Home Front - Health Care and World War II
    About health conditions in Newfoundland during WWII such as problems with housing and veneral disease and the need for wartime hospitals.
  • Health
    Medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador has steadily evolved throughout the centuries, often as a result of political and social change.
  • Margaret Alexandra (Rendell) Shea (1863-1949)
    Biography of Margaret Alexandra (Rendell) Shea (1863-1949).

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