#15. Material History Bulletin (Summer 1982)

• Other Authors: Tisdel, Gaston (editor); Watt, Robert D., 1945- (editor); Pocius, Gerald L.; O'Dea, Shane; Dale, Linda; Wareham, Wilfred W.; Butler, Gary Reginald, 1953-; Donovan, Kenneth Joseph, 1950-; Whitfield, Carol M.; Webster, Donald Blake; Lackey, Thomas; Elwood, Marie; Rogers, Irene L.; Dilworth, T.G.; Greenaway, Cora; Foss, Charles H., 1915-; Orr, David; Dickenson, Victoria; Kapelos, George
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: National Museum of Man 1982
• Subjects: Material culture > Canada; Canada > Civilization; House furnishings > Atlantic Provinces; Interior decoration > Nova Scotia; Newfoundland and Labrador > Social life and customs; Wake services > Newfoundland and Labrador; Army life; Family life > Nova Scotia > Louisbourg > History; Furniture > Atlantic Provinces > History; Cabinetwork > Nova Scotia; Cabinetwork > Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cbu/id/3039

Articles: Introduction by Neil V. Rosenberg and Shane O'Dea. -- Interior forms. Interior functions: Interior motives : Rooms, objects, and meaning in Atlantic Canada homes by Gerald L. Pocius. -- The development of heating and cooking technology in the Newfoundland house by Shane O'Dea. -- A woman's touch: domestic arrangements in the rural Newfoundland home by Linda Dale. -- Aspects of socializing and partying in outport Newfoundland by Wilfred W. Wareham. -- Sacred and profane space: ritual interaction and process in the Newfoundland house wake by Gary R. Butler. -- Communities and families: family life and living conditions in Eighteenth-Century Louisbourg by Kenneth Donavan. -- Barracks life in the nineteenth century, or How and why Tommy's lot improved by Carol M. Whitfield. -- Furniture: Furniture and the Atlantic Canada condition by Donald Blake Webster. -- Folk influence in Nova Scotia interiors: the Lunenburg County example by Thomas Lackey. -- Halifax cabinet-makers, 1837-1875: apprenticeships by Marie Elwood. -- Cabinet-making in Prince Edward Island by Irene Rogers. -- Thomas Nisbet: a reappraisal of his life and work by T.G. Dilworth. -- Decorated walls and ceilings in Nova Scotia by Cora Greenaway. -- Room decorating in the first half of the Nineteenth Century by Charles H. Foss. -- Traditional furniture of Atlantic Canada: Commentary by David Orr. -- Collectors, dealers and museums: private initiative and public responsibility: a roundatable discussion. -- Closing remarks: Victoria Dickenson, George Kapelos Special issue: Proceedings of the Atlantic Canada Institute Colloquium: Interiors: Cultural patterns in the Atlantic Canadian home. The Material History Bulletin was published 1976-Fall 1990 (nos. 1-32). The name was then changed to the Material History Review, published Spring 1991-Fall 2005 (nos. 33-62). The name changed again to Material Culture Review, Spring 2006 (no. 63)-present. Published semiannually.