Talk:Dresden, Ontario

Late 19th & 20th century history
Making some progress. Awaiting delivery of Robin W. Winks's Blacks in Canada: a History (3rd edn, finally). Looking also at Dutch immigration post-WWII; Nisei camp saga; earlier Czech & Slovak immigration/Czech Hall; history of Horticultural Society & role of same in creation of arboretum, etc.; parks & recreation in general; more businesses eg Wally / Hillerich & Bradsby. Also expecting the 1992 update, by Lauriston's daughter, of Romantic Kent.

Protalina (talk) 10:55, 20 February 2024 (UTC)

! NB to improve First Nations pre-contact narrative (https://ontarioarchaeology.org/resources/summary-of-ontario-archaeology)

Now working on a para or two.

-- Narrative RS so far:
 * Illustrated Historical Atlas of the Counties of Essex and Kent, 1880 1881. Internet Archive. Toronto: H. Belden & Co. 1881
 * The Kent County Annual and Almanac for 1883. Chatham-Kent Public Library Digital Collections. Chatham, Ontario: James Soutar. 1883. Dresden section (pp. 3-9)
 * ...for [other years]
 * Brandon, Robert (1954). A History of Dresden : Printed To Mark The Occasion of Dresden's Centennial Celebrations, June 30 – July 5, 1954. Dresden, Ontario: The Dresden Times
 * Burns, Helen Watson (1975). "Over The Years" of the Dresden Agricultural Society : A history of the Camden and Dresden Agricultural Societies from its inception in 1875 to the present day. Chatham-Kent Public Library Digital Collections. Dresden, Ontario: Dresden Agricultural Society
 * Cowan, Hugh; Thaddeus S., Arnold; Lampman, A.; Leader, Jeanette (1948). Some historical notes on the County of Kent taken from various sources of information now in the hands of the Kent Historical Society. Chatham-Kent Public Library Digital Collections. Chatham, Ontario: Kent Historical Society. Dresden section, compiled c. 1926 (pp. 103-106)
 * Lauriston, Victor (1952). Romantic Kent : The Story of a County 1626-1952 (1st ed.). County of Kent and the City of Chatham: Shepherd Printing Co.
 * Spearman, Don (1991). Landmarks From The Past : A pictorial history of Dresden and area. Dresden, Ontario: Stephen Lane Enterprises. ISBN 096906313X
 * Spearman, Don; deVries, Calvin; Brandon, Robert (1982). The History of Dresden Updated from 1954 to 1981 : To supplement Mr. Robert Brandon's History of Dresden, published 1954. Dresden, Ontario: Dresden Centennial Committee

-- Search JSTOR for socioeconomic-flavoured material

-- illustrative RS via newspaper articles via newspapers.com

Protalina (talk) 11:01, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

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Racism
This page papers over Dresden's notorious reputation for racism which needs to be remedied, even if it is now history. --Michael Goodyear (talk) 01:36, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

Any thoughts are welcome. Protalina (talk) 11:00, 20 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hello,
 * I'd be grateful for any feedback on the current page.
 * In the New Year, a new "Notable people" section (currently in draft) will include Hugh Burnett, Bromley Armstrong and Ruth Lor Malloy (Malloy bio page also in draft), and I think Abraham Feinberg and William Carter — bio needed too — an uncle of Hugh Burnett, he presented the argument for an anti-discrimination bylaw to Dresden's council — Feinberg stayed with him when in Dresden.
 * Kind regards,
 * Protalina (talk) 09:22, 20 December 2023 (UTC)