Martinalia
Welcome to Martinalia. An academic career generates material which for one reason or another does not get into print. There are public lectures and keynote addresses. Some are never intended for publication. Others are commissioned for projects which never get off the ground. There is material prepared for teaching, which may be useful to colleagues and students involved in similar courses. Some projects seem worth sharing with interested readers even though they remain unfinished, lacking the final polish needed for conventional academic publication. Since 2014 I have used Martinalia to publish essays and research reports.
The term “Martinalia” was coined by my friend Jim Sturgis.
A tribute to East Ham
In 1965, East Ham became part of a London Borough with the invented name of Newham. It is generally overshadowed by its better-known neighbour and partner, West Ham. This light-hearted invocation of its history and identity was written for the Newham Recorder during the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown.
Coronavirus: the 1914 comparison
Maryland: an American place-name in east London?
The east London district of Maryland is probably best known for its station on the Liverpool Street suburban railway line.[1] It has been assumed that it owes its name to Maryland in the USA. This note offers an alternative explanation.
A joke about Mr Gladstone
It was customary in Victorian times for the local landowner to inspect the village school – after all, he was probably paying for it – and to quiz the children, so that he might assure himself that all was going well.
Australian, New Zealand and Canadian newspapers as resources for research in modern British and Irish history
This note draws attention to Australian, New Zealand and Canadian online newspaper archives as resources that can support research in modern British and Irish history. The note concentrates on websites available free in February 2020.
Whatever happened to Chadwell Street? Notes on the history of an Ilford high road settlement
This study explores the history of Chadwell Street (sometimes simply Chadwell), a community alongside the Essex high road near Ilford in Essex.
Lockdown in Havering: exploring old maps and photographs online
Canadian history on www.gedmartin.net
The fourth Earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890): towards a reconsideration
This essay argues the case for a scholarly study of Henry Howard Molyneux Herbert, fourth Earl of Carnarvon (1831-1890), and suggests some themes and interpretations that a biographer might wish to examine.
M.C. Cameron's indictment of Canada's Department of Indian Affairs, 1885-1891: the pitfalls of contemporary evidence
This discussion is a reconnaissance into a controversy between 1885 and 1891 over criticisms by a Liberal MP, Malcolm Colin Cameron, of the Canadian government's treatment of Aboriginal people. It argues that the exchanges merit study today, but warns that Cameron's use of evidence makes him an unreliable source.
More Articles …
- Treaties and textbooks: how forgotten agreements with First Nations crept back into Canadian history
- How much did Canada 'pay' First Nations for the prairies?
- The Department of Indian Affairs in the Dominion of Canada budget, 1882
- Income tax in Canada before 1917
- John A. Macdonald, Alcohol and Gallstones
- Two invocations of the Canadian Identity: Arthur Lower, Northrop Frye and the invisible French
- French in the Canadian public sphere, 1763-1969
- Magdalene College Cambridge Notes: the visit of the Duke of Wellington, 1842
- Surname Issues and British Prime Ministers, 1828-2007
- Carnarvon Diaries: Camden Series, volume 35. Comments and Corrections
- Explorations in the history of Cambridge by Ged Martin
- Pissingford: an embarrassing Essex place-name
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