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Archive Record
Metadata
Item ID# |
A2010.099.0783a |
Title |
The Impact of the Great Depression on Walkerton |
Object Name |
Book |
Dates of Creation |
1983 |
Creator |
Schmalz, Peter S. |
Description |
This book is part of the Peter Schmalz fonds, Series 5, File 3 (Personal documents and publications - Published books and articles). This book was printed and published by the Walkerton Historical Society in association with Echo Graphics, Wiarton in 1983, with the assistance of the Town of Walkerton and a grant from New Horizons (Ministry of Health and Welfare). No copy number is recorded on the title page. It explores the impact of the Great Depression on the town of Walkerton and the way in which the town and its citizens responded. Chapter headings are: 1 Introduction 2 Walkerton's sustained economy 3 Farmers in Walkerton's environs 4 The belt is tightened 5 Relief for workers, not for shirkers, 6 The indigent, sick and elderly 7 Walkerton aids the West 8 Walkerton's "untouchables" 9 Transients and crime 10 Recreation in the Thirties |
Collection |
Schmalz, Peter fonds |
Parent Object |
Schmalz Series 5, File 3 |
Level of Description |
Item |
Physical Description |
123 p. : ill. ; 27.5 x 21.5, softcover |
Restrictions on Use |
Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user. |
Places |
Walkerton Brant Township |
People |
McClevis, Otto Conrad Schmalz, Peter S. |
Search Terms & Subjects |
Agriculture Business Churches Crime Dairy industry Depression (economic) Disasters Domestic life Economics Factories Farming Floods Municipal government Recreation Rural life |