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Socials 10: BC Notable People

Google Search Tips 

Use Google News Archive to find newspaper articles about your subject published at the time you subjects was alive:  http://news.google.com/newspapers​ 

Google Books allows you to open the covers of thousands of books on a preview basis.  Check out the Rockridge Bookshelf on Notable BC Personalities here: http://books.google.ca/books?as_coll=1001&num=10&uid=106555983037382722251&source=gbs_slider_cls_metadata_1001_mylibrary_title&hl=en&view_

 
Canadian Encyclopedia Online

Do not overlook the value of this fully Canadian source.  It is one of a kind:/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/en/ 

Dictionary of Canadian Biography : http://www.biographi.ca/en/index.php​

Matthew Begby

Primary Sources - ​Newspaper Articles

"Up-Country Telegrams: Cariboo."   British Columbian, June 27, 1866. Reports a decision where Begbie overturns a jury decision on granting mining rights to the Aurora Mine:   http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rtpMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QzUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3604%2C4176926​​

"Imprisonment for Debt" story inthe British Columbian, February 14, 1863 criticizing the debtors law, Governor Douglas  and Judge Begbie: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=58&dat=18630311&id=ecdLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mzQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4166,6368799​​

Martha Black​        



Primary Sources​ -  Newspaper Articles

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=698&dat=19530513&id=1dwJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2UIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2192,1551471

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19990627&id=B1dWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5871,7712664

Ottawa Citizen 1948: George, Martha will be missed on the hill: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19480214&id=Cf4uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=INwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3451,3129261

Ottawa Citizen 1948:  "Marta and George Black in Town."  She is quoted as saying: "Bossing never got a woman anything.  You can get more from a man by suggesting in a quiet way."  Interesting, because Martha Black wasn't exactly submissive.  http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19480927&id=kfouAAAAIBAJ&sjid=HNwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6530,7285646

Martha Blacks Autobiography: http://books.google.ca/books?id=mzgGAAAACAAJ&dq=editions:Y1TsRGw2XEAC&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9oILU4jZGcbtoASEkIHoAQ&redir_esc=y.​

Amor de Cosmos

"Letter from Vancouver Island." http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VdhJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2SoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2250%2C3288731

Feb 8, 1865 Letter to the editor of the Vancouver Times opposing Amor de Cosmos' candidacy in upcoming election.  http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qysjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2icDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5908%2C270101


Amelia Douglas


Secondary Sources  

"Colonizing Lives: the Native Wives and Daughters of Five Founding Families of Victoria," by Sylvia Kirk.  This is a chapter from a book titled In the Days of Our Grandmothers: A Reader in Aboriginal Women's History in Canada. We have ordered it for the library; meanwhile, it is available on our Google Book Shelf.  After clicking on the book cover, use the search box to find pages referring to Amelia Douglas:  http://books.google.ca/books?as_coll=1001&num=10&uid=106555983037382722251&source=gbs_slider_cls_metadata_1001_mylibrary_title&hl=en&view_​​

"Amelia Connolly (Douglas). (1812-1890)." By Todd Lamirande.  Provides an extensive history of Ameila Dougals and her husband, James Douglas.  Available through the Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/db/07419​


James Douglas

Primary Sources

​Colonial Despatches: http://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/search.htm?search=james+douglas​

The Colonial Despatches of Victoria and Vancouver Island 1846 - 1871 contain transcriptions of letters written by James Douglas in his position as governor of the Colony of British Columbia.

Newspaper Articles  (Find More Articles at "Imprisonment for Debt" story in the British Columbian, February 14, 1863 criticizing the debtors law, Governor Douglas  and Judge Begbie: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ecdLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mzQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4166%2C6368799​

Secondary Sources

Old Square Toes.  This book is on order for our library.  Portions of it are also available online through Google Books.  Click on the link and then look for the book on our shelf: 
 http://books.google.ca/books?as_coll=1001&num=10&uid=106555983037382722251&source=gbs_slider_cls_metadata_1001_mylibrary_title&hl=en&view_​​

"Amelia Connolly (Douglas). (1812-1890)."   By Todd Lamirande.  Althought the title suggests this article is about Amelia Douglas, there is much to be learned here, as well, about her husband, James.    Available through the Virtual Museum of Metis History and Culture: http://www.metismuseum.ca/media/db/07419​
 
Pauline Johnson
 
Primary Sources- Newspapers


Evening Telegram Advertisement for a Recital by Pauline Johnson.  September 19, 1900. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1f8IAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QjsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5608%2C1910866

Obituary reported March 6, 213 in the Quebec Daily Telegraph: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t3pGAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UikDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3679%2C1431118​​

Correspondence
"Privately published by Pauline Johnson Trust" a number of letters by Pauline Jonhson are exhibited on the website Historical Perspectives on Canadian Publishing: http://hpcanpub.mcmaster.ca/case-study/privately-published-pauline-johnson-trust​

City of Vancouver Archives Blog contains a number of letters written by Pauline Johnson and photographs connected with her life and times: http://www.vancouverarchives.ca/2013/03/epaulinejohnson/​ 
 
John Robson
 

Primary Sources
"What We Owe to John Robson." Letter to the editor of the Mainland Guardian.  July 3, 1886.  This letter to the editor offers a satirical view, criticizing  John Robson's accomplishments as a Member of Parliament. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vkYvAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3CYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2990%2C4992051"T
 
"To the Electors of the City and District of New Westminster." An advertisement written by John Robson, as a letter to electors, appearing in The British Columbian newspaper Sept. 19, 1866, appealing to electors to vote for him in the upcoming election: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=xtpMAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QzUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3480%2C3171841
 


Yip Sang

Primary Sources - UBC Digital Archives: 

http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm/search/searchterm/yip%20sang/order/nosort​​
The Chung Collection: http://chung.library.ubc.ca/

This collection, which is housed on the campus of UBC, contains documents, photographs. books and artifacts from the early years of British Columbia.  An extensive collection relating to Yip Sang is available.

News Articles

"New Ideas of Chinese on the West Coast."  A newspaper article appearing in the Spokane Chronicle, May 24, 1899 mentions Yip Sang's involvement in a financial venture in Vancouver: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=18990524&id=JrZXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3_MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3390,2637773

"Is the Colonist Owned By Chinese?" This article appears in the Spokane Daily Chronical, August 24, 1906:http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19060824&id=87hXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-fMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6289,4785064​​

​Secondary Sources

"'Chairmen, Wherever We Go': 'Chinamen, Wherever We Go'" Chinese Nationalism and Guangdong Merchants in British Columbia. 1871-1911" by Timothy J. Stanley in the Candaina Historical Review Dec. 1996. http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/y66375j215184341/fulltext.pdf
 Yip Sang and the First Chinese Canadians available through Google Books: 
http://books.google.ca/books?as_coll=1001&num=10&uid=106555983037382722251&source=gbs_slider_cls_metadata_1001_mylibrary_title&hl=en&view_​​​
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