Department of History

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 Memorial’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 Memorial'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).

For more information about this book, see the McGill-Queen's University Press page.