Advertising the Woollen Mill at Inglis Falls
On June 7th, Grey Roots Museum & Archives hosted the annual Ontario Handspinning Seminar.
Stories
Live as We Once Lived
We would like to live as we once lived, but history will not permit it. – John F. Kennedy
The Dionne Quintuplets (Sisters) and Their Spoons
On May 28, 2014, it will be the 80th anniversary of the birth of the Dionne Quintuplets.
Letters for Mother’s Day
Once a year, on the second Sunday in May, we honour our mothers.
The Military Medal of Nelson Ross Crowe Has Come “Home”
Today at Grey Roots, I will have the honour of processing three medals into the collection. The set has a Military Medal, a British War Medal, and a Victory Medal.
What a Difference 45 Years Can Make in Canada
In 1969 Canada was a different place and we Canadians were different people.
A Steamship Purser’s Kerosene Lantern
Grey Roots acquired a very interesting lantern for the artefact collection earlier this year, and I wish that it could talk, and tell us some stories. It is a brass kerosene lantern, very sim
Preserving and Celebrating Our Stories: Grey Roots hosts Black History Event April 12, 2014
From the 1820s through to the end of the American Civil War, escaped slaves made their way across the border via the Underground Railroad.
Life in Owen Sound 166 Years Ago
This is a transcript of a letter that was published in 1933 in the Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times. The original letter was from 1848. Grey Roots, unfortunately, does not have the orig
Reconnecting History: The Desboro United Church Windows and the Meikle Family
As architectural plans for the church at Moreston Heritage Village draw nearer completion, I was required, in early February, to provide accurate measurements of the seven Desboro United Church win
Nahneebahweequay – Standing up to Colonial Injustice
In 1860 a courageous Ojibwe (Mississauga) woman, Nahneebahweequay, or “Nahnee”, known in English as Catharine Sutton, crossed the North Atlantic.
The Oldest Item in the Archives Collection
AN 1823 LETTER TO EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
Comments by: Joan Hyslop, Transcribed by Joan Hyslop and Nancy Seiler