New book on the Grenfell Medical Mission
A collection of essays by eleven authors co-edited by Jennifer J. Connor, The Grenfell Medical Mission and American Support in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1890s-1940s, has recently been published by McGill-Queen's University Press. The book explores the American personnel, supplies, and money that sustained the organization that became the International Grenfell Association.
Six of the authors are associated with ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™s Department of History:
∙ James K. Hiller, Professor Emeritus, wrote "Wilfred Grenfell and Newfoundland," a foundational chapter for the study.
∙ In addition to Introduction and Conclusion chapters for the book, Jennifer Connor, History cross-appointment, contributed "'We Are Anglo-Saxons': Grenfell, Race, and Mission Movements."
∙ Jim Connor, History cross-appointment, contributed "American Aid, The International Grenfell Association, and Health Care in Newfoundland, 1920s-1930s."
∙ Heidi Coombs, BA History graduate and History postdoctoral fellow, wrote "To Prevent 'the Otherwise Inevitable Catastrophe': American Philanthropy and the Creation of the International Grenfell Association, 1905-1914."
∙ John R. Matchim, MA History graduate, is author of "Sport in a Northern Borderland: A History of Athletics and Play in the Grenfell Mission, 1900-1949"
∙ Helen Woodrow, MA History graduate, contributed "Education at the Grenfell Mission in the 1920s," which was drawn from her MA report.
Other contributors from ÐÓ°É´«Ã½'s Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences include Katherine Side (Gender Studies), co-editor and co-author of a chapter on the clothing exchange with Emma Lang (Folklore, PhD student); and Mark Graesser (Political Science, retired).
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