The Officers' Quarters is a biannual publication of the Fredericton Region Museum. It began publication in 1985 as The Officers' Quarterly, a newsletter published four times a year. Through the years the magazine grew in size, complexity and cost. In 1999 it was reconstituted as The Officers' Quarters and is published twice a year.
The magazine publishes articles exploring the history and heritage of central New Brunswick, many written by members of the York Sunbury Historical Society, which operates the Fredericton Region Museum. It also provides news of the museum's holdings, exhibits, and special events as well as the activities of the Society and its members. [1]
The Officers' Quarters was created during Paul O’Connell's presidency of the York Sunbury Historical Society. Over 50 issues have been published. Contributors have included amateur and professional historians including local specialists in the history of New Brunswick and nationally recognized historians such as T. W. Acheson (past editor), [2] Vincent Erickson (editor), [3] Sheila Andrew, [4] Marc Milner [5] and Margaret Conrad [6]
Fredericton is the capital of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the dominant natural feature of the area. One of the main urban centres in New Brunswick, the city had a population of 58,220 in the 2016 Canadian Census. It is the third-largest city in the province after Moncton and Saint John.
United Empire Loyalists is an honorific which was first given by the 1st Lord Dorchester, the Governor of Quebec, and Governor-General of the Canadas, to American Loyalists who resettled in British North America during or after the American Revolution. At the time, the 'Demonym Canadian' or Canadien was used to refer to the indigenous First Nations groups and the French settlers inhabiting the Province of Quebec.
Colonel George Francis Gillman Stanley,, DPhil, DLitt, FRHSC (hon.) was a Canadian historian, author, soldier, teacher, public servant.
Andrew George Blair was a Canadian politician in New Brunswick, Canada. He served as Premier for 13 years and 136 days, the second-longest tenure in the province's history, behind Richard Hatfield's tenure of 16 years and 310 days.
Brigadier Milton Fowler Gregg, was a Canadian military officer and a First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. In later life, he was a Member of the Canadian Parliament, cabinet minister, academic, soldier and diplomat.
Alfred Goldsworthy Bailey, was a Canadian educator, poet, anthropologist, ethno-historian, and academic administrator.
William Francis Ganong, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C., was a Canadian biologist botanist, historian and cartographer. His botany career was spent mainly as a professor at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. In his private life he contributed to the historical and geographical understanding of his native New Brunswick.
New Brunswick, is one of the three Maritime provinces in Canada, and the only officially bilingual province (English-French) in the country. The history of New Brunswick can be viewed according to four periods: pre-European contact, French colonization, British colonization and finally, New Brunswick since Confederation.
John Medley,, was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada.
Margaret Rose Conrad, is a Canadian historian specializing in the fields of Atlantic Canada and Women's history. She held the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies at the University of New Brunswick before retiring in 2009.
The Fredericton Region Museum, formerly known as the York Sunbury Museum, is a small, non-profit museum founded in 1934 by the York Sunbury Historical Society. The museum was housed in several different locations until 1959, when it moved into Officers' Square on Queen Street in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Martha J. Harvey was a founder of the York Sunbury Historical Society which was established in 1932. She was a president of Fredericton's Women's Institute, an involved member of the Social Service Council, and was deeply committed to the welfare of the greater Fredericton community.
Rebecca Agatha Armour was a Canadian teacher and novelist born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Her fiction is said to have provided a "rich depiction of New Brunswick social life during the 19th century," in line with her intention of cherishing "every right and institution which makes our beloved New Brunswick the pride of its loyal people."
HMCS Fredericton was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Canadian Navy. She was ordered from Marine Industries Ltd. in Sorel, Quebec and laid down on 22 March 1941. She was launched on 2 September 1941 and commissioned on 8 December 1941. She was named after the community of Fredericton, New Brunswick.
This is a bibliography of notable works on New Brunswick, Canada.
Major General Sir John Campbell, 2nd Baronet, of New Brunswick, Canada,, was a British army officer and the son of General Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet of New Brunswick, Canada. He died in the Battle of the Great Redan.
Richard Raiswell is an historian at University of Prince Edward Island, Canada, and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Graduate Studies, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton. He teaches classes on medieval and Renaissance History, as well as the History of Ideas, specialising, in particular, on premodern geography and exploration, and the antecedents of the Scientific Revolution.
Gregory S. Kealey is a historian of the working class in Canada, founding editor of the journal Labour/Le Travail, and former Vice-President (Research) and Provost of the University of New Brunswick, where he is Professor Emeritus of History. The author and editor of numerous books and articles on labour history, intelligence studies, and state security, Kealey is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Royal Society of Canada and served as president of the Canadian Historical Association. In 2016 the Canadian Historical Review published a memoir of his career. In 2017 he was appointed a member of the Order of Canada.
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Michael Ryan was one of seven children born to John Ryan, styled as the "Father of the Press in British North America", and Amelia Mott. Michael Ryan likely learned his trade as a printer, publisher, and editor at his father's feet. Early on in his career as a printer, he started two short-lived newspapers in Fredericton, Nova Scotia and St. John, New Brunswick. After the failure of these two papers, he worked briefly as a partner with his father on the first newspaper in Newfoundland. Likely eager to go off on his own he proposed a second paper for Newfoundland and was denied. Shortly after this he left Newfoundland for the Caribbean and edited, published and printed newspapers in Antigua and Barbados.
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