Historic Guelph
Historic Guelph is the annual Journal of the Guelph Historical Society. Historic Guelph is a scholarly collection of essays on local history. One copy of Historic Guelph is included in the annual membership fee. Additional copies can be purchased for $10 each at our regular meetings, or by contacting our Publications Co-ordinator.
Between 1963 and 1970, the GHS created an annual volume of its lecture notes, written by Society members. This practice expanded into the publication of an annual journal of articles and essays written by both members and outside researchers/contributors. Historic Guelph strives to be a valuable source of scholarly research and interesting stories to bring the unique history of Guelph to life.
Call for Articles
We are accepting article for publication in our 2021 issue of Historic Guelph. The theme for 2021 is to tell the stories of Indigenous people, pre-settlement history, Black, people of colour and marginalized communities. Guelph is situated in a culturally rich area that pre-dates the arrival of John Galt. The Guelph Historical Society is committed to inclusive and diverse representation of stories and histories of those all those who inhabit the land upon which Guelph is situated.
Submission Guidelines:
- In the range of 2500-5000 words, not including references
- References in APA format
- Photos, with captions, to be included in the article (300 dpi preferred)
- MS Word, preferred format
- Send manuscript or any related questions to inquiries{at}guelphhistoricalsociety.ca
Call for Volunteers
The digitization of Historic Guelph is a manual job of scanning the old issues, and cutting and pasting the OCR text and images onto our website pages. We are currently looking for volunteers to help with this effort. If you have some time to help out, please email inquiries@GuelphHistoricalSociety.ca to express your interest.
Thanks to the Guelph Chamber of Commerce for use of their scanner, and Northern Village for the use of their offices and software support in this effort.
Please Note that due to the digitization process typographical and grammatical errors have occurred in the articles. We are working to re-edit all of the articles on our website before we upload the rest of our archived publications. Please be patient with us as we work to solve this problem. Thank you - the GHS Team.
Volume 4
- Thomas Hyland Lynch
- Guelph's First "Bicycle"
- A Letter From Vernon E. Webber of Canthem
- A Short Account Of The Guelph Public Library
- Information from The Galt Reporter Files
- A Short Account of Guelph’s Earliest Fairs
- Amount of the carcer of a Guelphite, Ronald W. Mackinnon
- The Presto Club
- The Presto Club Part 2
- The Presto Club Piano
- Charles Raymond
- Memories of Guelph
Volume 5
- The Story of The Harvey Murders
- Guelph's White Elephant - Redeemed
- Stories in Stone
- Gleanings From The Files
- Legal Street Produced Greats
- George John Grange 1808-1876
- Charles Lawrence Dunbar K.C.
- The Crowe Family
- Guelph's Sweet-Voiced Singer -- Maud Stevenson Pentelow
- Stevenson, William
- John Hogg
- Church of Christ Disciples - Mrs. E. J. C. Walker
- James Goldie
Volume 6
- Notable Dates In Connections with Colleges
- Guelph Historical Society in The Beginning
- Members of the First Wellington County Historical Society
- More Gleanings From The Mercury Files
- Founder’s Sun Dial on Stump Guelph’s First Town Clock
- Robert Donnell
- Early Industrial Life of Guelph Part 1
- Launching Of The Manitoba At Owen Sound
- The Herb Woman
- Governor-General and MME. Vanier Visit Guelph
- First Educational Conference
- Important Events In Guelph - 1966
Volume 41
- "The Days That Are No More", A History of Torrance School, 1910 - 1998
- Ross Irwin, President, Guelph Historical Society, 1995 - 1999
- Central, Torrance, Tytler and Victory Schools: Choosing A Name and Location
- "Only Through History Does A Family Become Fully Conscious of Itself."
- Victory School During The 1940s
- No. 4 Wireless School At Guelph, 1941 - 1945
- The Mystery of Arthur Cutten
- The Spirit Walk at Woodlawn Cemetery - History Comes Alive!
Volume 43
- Risky Business (1st Prize Essay Contest Winner)
- The Evolving Streetscape of Waterloo Avenue
- The Century-Old Law Family Home on Neeve Street
- The Hotel Keepers' Trade: One Family's Experience in Victorian Guelph (2nd Prize Essay Contest Winner)
- Each for All and All for Each: The Story of The Guelph Co-Operative Association (3rd Prize Essay Contest Winner)
- David Mowat, President, Guelph Historical Society, 1999 - 2001
Volume 45
- The British Methodist Episcopal Church in Guelph
- Frank Schofield in Guelph, 1922-1955
- Hello. This is Your Operator Speaking: The History of "Ma Bell" in Guelph 1879 to 1930
- The Muckraker or Bert Burns The "Black Sox"
- John McCrae and McCrae House: Keeping The Faith For Those Who Died
- Ruth Pollard: In Memoriam
Volume 48
- Building Guelph's Loretto Convent
- Caring for Body, Mind and Soul: The Legacy of the Ladies of Loretto
- The Royal City Goes to War: How the Guelph Evening Mercury covered the First World War
- A Fire in Quebec City, A Burning Question for Guelph: Who Was George Wallick, The Hero of St. Sauveur?
- The Role of Education in the Early Years of the Women's Institutes
- The First Stone Schoolhouse in Guelph and the Matthews Family
- Soldiers of the Future: The Militarization of Boys within the Ontario Public School System, 1857-1937
Volume 49
- Mayor of All the People: Norm Jary and the 'Civic Revolution' in Late Twentieth Century Guelph, Ontario
- The Trial of Captain Charles Kingsmill
- Family History; Thorp: A Short Street with a Long Legacy
- Book Review; Alice Street: A Memoir
- Erica Morant: The "Get Things Right" Archivist
- In Memoriam: Hugh Guthrie
Volume 50
- Creating a Global Guelph: Contextualizing The Last Fifty Years of Population Growth
- Creating a Culture and Heritage of Change: Fifty Years of Arts, Culture and Heritage in Guelph
- The Beginnings of The Guelph Historical Society
- Norfolk Street United Church Celebrates 175 Years of Service to The Guelph Community
- Inaugural Ceremony: 2010 to 2014 Guelph City Council