Matching Articles"19th Century" (Total 17)

  • Amateur Theatre Tradition
    Amateur Theatre Tradition: Theatre companies, concerts, carnivals, festivals, and the Arts and Culture Centre.
  • Johnny Burke (1851-1930)
    Biography of entertainer Johnny Burke
  • Performance Dance
    Among the earliest records of dance classes in Newfoundland and Labrador are newspaper advertisements for social dance classes in St. John's.
  • Theatre
    The history of theatre in Newfoundland and Labrador is long and varied.
  • Fishery Modernization - The Early Days
    The saltfish industry in Newfoundland, as a cyclical extractive industry dependent on an open-access resource, went through multiple periods of boom and bust.
  • Bishop Fleming and the Roman Catholic Church
    The Franciscan priest and bishop Michael Anthony Fleming was a religious, social, political, and cultural agentr for the Irish in Newfoundland.
  • Building the Cathedral
    The Roman Catholic Chapel was constructed in 1786 on leased land on what later became Henry Street in St. John's.
  • Newfoundland and Daniel O'Connell
    Background information about the famous Irish politician, Daniel O'Connell and his influence on Newfoundland.
  • Education
    Public education in Newfoundland and Labrador, since its beginnings in the early 19th century, has largely been shaped by religion and the economy.
  • Evangeline Booth: Orator and Preacher
    A brief biography of Evangeline Booth (1865-1950), fourth elected general and world leader of the Salvation Army, and her connection to Newfoundland
  • Glimpses of Rural Newfoundland Past
    A glimpse into the life of John Lewis (1788-1866), an itinerant Methodist missionary to Newfoundland from 1814 to 1819.
  • Music
    A brief history of types of music in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • Bishop James Louis O'Donel (1737-1811)
    About the life of Bishop James Louis O'Donel, who came to St. John's and formally established the Roman Catholic Church in Newfoundland.
  • Bishop Patrick Lambert
    About the life of Bishop Patrick Lambert, second Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's.
  • Wood Was First C of E Priest Ordained in Newfoundland
    A account of the life of Thomas Martin Wood (1807-1881), the first Church of England priest to be ordained in Newfoundland.
  • Bishop Thomas Scallan (1766-1830)
    Biography on Bishop Thomas Scallan, Roman Catholic bishop of St. John's, NL.
  • Traditional Dance
    A look at traditional dance in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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