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GENERAL HISTORIES
An alphabetical list of the merchants, traders and housekeepers residing
in Montreal :
to which is prefixed a descriptive sketch of the town
by Thomas Doige
published by Thomas Doige, 1819
(LDS film # 1036105)
Hochelaga depicta : the early history and present state of the city
and island of Montreal
A New Picture of Montreal , Embracing the Early History and Present
State of the City and Island of Montreal
by Newton Bosworth
published 1839 by William Grieg, Montreal
(LDS film #
Hochelaga; or England in the New World.....in two parts
by Eliot Warburton
Wiley & Putnam, 1846
Montreal in 1856
A sketch prepared for the celebration of the opening of the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada
By a sub committe of the celebration committee (B. Chamberlain)
John Lovell, Montreal, 1856
A History of Montreal
By Francois Dollier De Casson 1868
Manuscripts relating to the early history of Montreal
Reprinted in English by
Ville-Marie : or, sketches of Montreal, past and present
by Alfred Sandham
published 1870 by G. Bishop, Montréal
(LDS film # 1036137)
Montreal,
It's History, to which has been added Biographical Sketches, with
Photographs of Many of it's Principal Citizens
By Rev. J. Douglas Borthwick
Drysdale & Co., Montreal, 1875
History of Montreal and Commercial Register for 1885
By Rev. J. Douglas Borthwick
Gebhardt-Berthiame, Montreal 1885
Montreal After Two Hundred and Fifty Years 1642-1892
by W.D. Lighthall, M.D.
published by F.E. Grafton & Sons, Montreal 1892
Illustrated Montreal, The Metropolis of Canada
It's Romantic History, It's Beautiful Scenery, It's Grand Institutions,
It's Present Greatness, It's Future Splendour 1892-93
by John McConniff 1894
Montreal Illustrated 1894
It's growth, resources, commerce, manufacturing interests, financial
institutions, educational advantages and prospects; also sketches of the
leading business concerns which contribute to the city's progress and prosperity.
A brief history of the city from the foundation to the present time.
by The Consolidated Illustrating Company 1894
A Chronology of Montreal and of Canada from A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1893
Including commercial statistics, historic sketches of commercial corporations
and firms and advertisements,
arranged to show in what year the several houses and corporate bodies
originated;
together with calendars of every year from A.D. 1752 to A.D. 1925."
by Frederick Wm. Terrill
published by John Lovell & Son, Montreal 1893
(LDS film # 1320757)
Montreal Old and New
by Lorenzo Prince
International Press Syndicate c1900
Montreal 1535-1914 (3 volumes)
By William Henry Atherton
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Montreal, 1914
Historic Montreal Past and Present
A Portfolio of Pictures of Montreal and Surroundings - Comprising Reproductions
of Paintings by Canadian Artists
Showing Historical Places as They Stand Today - Together with a Collection
of Carefully Chosen Photographs,
Giving a Comprehensive Panorama of Our Great City.
Assembled and edited by Geoffrey M. LeHain, Produced by the Montreal
Lithograhing Company
Published by Henry Morgan & Co. Ltd., Montreal c 1920?
Old Montreal In The Early Days of British Canada 1778-1788
By William Henry Atherton, 1925
The Spell of French Canada
Contains notes on the History of Montreal and Quebec
By Frank O. Call
L.C. Page & Co., Boston, c1926
Old Montreal with Pen and Pencil
by Victor Morin 1929?
Montreal, the story of three hundred years
Contains history of Montreal from1642-1942.
by John Irwin Cooper (1905- )
published Montreal c1942
The Historical Records of Old Montreal
Text in English and French
by Victor Morin
published by Les Editions des Dix, Montreal 1944
The Lure of Montreal
by Walter P. Percival
Toronto, Ryerson Press c1945
Old Quebec in the Days before our Day
By Alexander D. Angus c 1946
Edited and Published for the family by Louis Carrier, Montreal
Local histories of Tadoussac, l'Ile d'Orleans, Chambly and Montreal
This was Montreal in 1814, 1815, 1816 and 1817
compiled by Lawrence Maurice Wilson (1896- )
"Life in Canada's metropolis as culled verbatim from the editorial,
news and advertising columns of
The Montreal herald, a four- page weeking newspaper published nearly
150 years ago."
Privately printed for the Château de Ramezay, c1960
Montreal : island city of the St. Lawrence
by Kathleen Jenkins
published by : Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. c1966
Contains history from 1535 to the postwar years.
Montreal : from mission colony to world city
by Leslie Roberts
published by : Macmillan of Canada, Toronto, c1969
Lost Montreal
by Luc d'Iberville-Moreau
published by Oxford University Press, Montreal, 1975
ISBN 19-540242-1
The Square Mile - Merchant Princess of Montreal
By Donald MacKay (1925- )
published by Douglas & McIntire, Vancouver/Toronto, 1987
ISBN 0-88894-562-0
Mansions of the Golden Square Mile Montreal 1850-1930
by Francois Remillard and Brian Merrett
Meridian Press, Montreal, 1987
ISBN 2-920417-25-8
Remembrance of Grandure, The Anglo-Protestant Elite of Montreal 1900-1950
by Margaret W. Westley
published by Editions Libre Expression, Montreal, 1990
ISBN 2-89111-439-6
The Major Squares of Montreal
By Marc H. Choko
Meridian Press, Montreal, 1990
ISBN 0-929058-11-9
Habitants and merchants in seventeenth-century Montreal
by Louise Dechêne (1932- ) translated by Liana Vardi
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montréal, c1992
History of Montreal and Commercial Register for 1885
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
Published by : Gebhardt-Berthiaume, Montréal 1885.
CIHM # 10199
History of the Harbour Front of Montreal since it's Discovery by
Jacques Cartier in 1535
By William Henry Atherton 1935
Old Westmount
The Story of Westmount in Pictures and Words - an historical album
from Indian times to 1920
By Helene Saly with Geraldine Lane
Published by the Old Westmount Club of Westmount High School, 1967
Montreal's Little Mountain - A Portrait of Westmount
By Aline Gubbay and Sally Hoff
Published by Trilliam Books, Westmount, 1979
ISBN 0-9690159-0-9
Lake Louise Old and New (2 Volumes)
(History of Lachine and surrounding area)
by Desire Girouard, 1893
The Stranger's Guide to the Island and City of Montreal
Containing a brief description of all that is remarkable in either
by Robert S. Mackay
Printed by Lovell & Gibson 1848
The St. Lawrence Hall, Montreal City Guide
The Canada Bank Note Company, 1885
Sights and Shrines of Montreal
A Topographical and Historical Description of the City and Environs
by W.D. Lighthall, M.D.
published by F.E. Grafton & Sons, Montreal 1892
Montreal and Vicinity
Being a History of the Old Town, a Pictorial record of the Modern City,
it's Sports and Pastimes, and an Illustrated Description of Many
Charming summer Resorts Around
by N.M. Hinshelwood, Published 1903
Here and There in Montreal and the Island of Montreal
An Illustrated Descriptive guide to the Historical and Picturesque
Landmarks and
Places of Interest in Montreal and Environs
by Charles W. Stokes, the Musson Book Co. Ltd, Toronto, 1924
The Historical Records of Old Montreal
(A descriptive walking tour of the Historical Plaques and Monuments
in Montreal)
By Victor Morin, LLD
Published by Les Editions des Dix, Montreal, 1944
Old Montreal
John Clarke: His Adventures, Friends and Family
By his daughter, Adele Clarke, of Westmount
The Herald Publishing Company, Montreal, 1906
Looking Back
The life of Richard Hemsley, founder of Hemsley's Jewellers on
St. Catherine Street, with many recollections of life in Montreal during
the 19th and early 20th century.
By Richard Hemsley, Montreal, 1930
The McGill You Knew - An Anthology of Memories 1920-1960
"Ninety-three McGill graduates & members of the faculty combined
their skills to produce this intimate & nostalgic look at the McGill
of not so long ago"
Edited by Edgar Andrew Collard, Longman Canada Limited, Don Mills,
Ontario, 1975
ISBN 0-7747-0013-0
City Unique
Montreal Days and Nights in the 1940s and 50s
By William Weintraub, Published 1996 by McClelland & Stewart Inc.,
Toronto
ISBN 0-7710-8991-0
History of the Diocese of Montreal 1850-1910
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
published by J. Lovell & Son, Montreal 1910
CIHM#
The Pearl of Troys
or Reminiscences of the Early Days of Ville
Marie
"revealed to us in the heroic life of Sister
Marguerite Bourgeoys, foundress and first superior of the congregation
of Notre Dame, established at Ville Marie in the year 1653"
Canada Printing Company, Montreal, 1878
A History of the Scotch Presbyterian Church,
St. Gabriel Street, Montreal
By Rev. Robert Campbell, M.A., W. Drysdale
& Co., Publishers, 1887
The History of the Anglican Parish of Vaudreil,
St. James Church, Hudson Heights
By Rev. E. C. Royle, 1955
One Hundred Years of Erskine Church, Montreal,
1833-1933
Published by the United Church of Canada 1934
Golden Jubilee of the Reverend Fathers Dowd
and Toupin
With Historical Sketch of Irish Community
of Montreal
Biographies of Pastors of Recollet and St.
Patrick’s etc.
Ed. J.J. Curran, Q.C., M.P., Montreal, Lovell
& Son, 1887
A History of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal
By Frank Dawson Adams, Montreal, Burns Ltd.,
1941
The Blessed Communion
The Origins and History of the Diocese of
Montreal 1760-1960
By John Irwin Cooper, Published by The Archives
Committee of the Diocese of Montreal, 1960
Centenary Book of the Parish of St. John the
Evangelist, Montreal 1861-1961
Distributed by the Parish Office,2015 Kimberly
St.
Life of Rev. Alexander Mathieson, D.D., minister
of St. Andrew’s Church, Montreal
By The Rev. John Jenkins D.D., minister of St.
Paul’s Church, Montreal
Dawson Brothers, St. James Street, Montreal,
1870
The Year of the Jubilee, Church of St. James
the Apostle, Montreal 1864-1914
By Rev. Alan Pearson Shatford, John Lovell
& Son, Montreal c 1914
A Story of Seventy-five Years: St. Patrick's
Church, Montreal 1847-1922
published by the Gazette, Montreal 1922
Recollections of The Right Rev. John Cragg
Farthing, Bishop of Montreal, 1909-1939
By Rev. John Cragg Farthing, c1945
The Montreal Diocesan Theological College -
A History from 1873-1963
by Oswald Howard
Published for the Montreal Diocesan Theological
College by McGill University Press, 1963
History of the Presbyterian Church in Canada
From the Earliest Times, 1834 to the Present
Time
W. Gregg, D.D., Presbyterian Printing and Publishing
Company, Toronto, 1885
Cyclopedia of Methodism in Canada
By Rev. George H. Cornish, Methodist Book and
Publishing House, Toronto, 1881
First Century of Methodism in Canada
By J.E. Sanderson, M.A., Published Toronto, William
Briggs, 1910
McGill and its Story, 1821-1921
by Cyrus Macmillan,
published by John Lane, London, c1921
Oldest McGill
by Edgar Andrew Collard
MacMillan Company of Canada Limited, 1946
McGill - The Story of a University
Edited by Hugh MacLennan, Illustrated by John Gilroy
Published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd., London, England, 1960
The McGill You Knew - An Anthology of Memories 1920-1960
"Ninety-three McGill graduates & members of the faculty combined
their skills to produce this intimate & nostalgic look at the McGill
of not so long ago"
Edited by Edgar Andrew Collard, Longman Canada Limited, Don Mills,
Ontario, 1975
ISBN 0-7747-0013-0
McGill University for the Advancement of Learning Volume I
1801-1895
by Stanley Brice Frost
McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1980
ISBN 0-7735-0353-6
We Walked Very Warily
A History of Women at McGill
by Margaret Gillett
Eden Press Women's Publications, Montreal, 1981
ISBN 0-920792-08-1
The History of the High School of Montreal
By Dr.Rexford, Dr.Gammell and McBain, c1949
Loyola and Montreal - A History
by T.P Slattery, Montreal, Palm Publishers, 1962
Non Nobis Solum
The History of Lower Canada College, and it's Predecessor St. John's
School
By Stephen Penton
Published by the corporation of Lower Canada College, 1972
The Study
A chronicle by Katherine Lamont
Privately pinted by the Study, Montreal, 1974
Roslyn: The Story of a Canadian School
by Molly Fripp, Ann Elbourne, and Maryla Waters, published c.1977
Veritas
A History of Selwyn House School, Montreal 1908-1978
by Robert C. Moody with Robert A. Speirs
Published by Selwyn House Association, Westmount, Quebec, 1978
ISBN 0-9690882-0-5
Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's School - 1909-1984 - A Retrospect
Published by the Old Girl's Association of Miss Edgar's and Miss Cramp's
School, 1984
Bishop's University 1843-1970
by Christopher Nicholl
Published for Bishop's University by McGill-Queen's University Press,
1994
ISBN 0-7735-1176-8
P.A.P.T. - The First Century
A History of the Provincial Association of Protestant Teachers of
Quebec
By Allan D. Talbot
Harpell's Press, Gardenvale, Quebec, 1963
British regulars in Montreal : an imperial garrison, 1832-1854
by Elinor Kyte Senior
published by McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, 1981
LDS fiche # 6050957 (4 fiche)
The Royal Montreal Regiment, 1925-1945
by R. C. Fetherstonhaugh
published by Royal Montreal Regiment, Westmount, Quebec c1949
McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918
McGill University, Montreal c1926
Montreal During the American Civil War
(reprints of pages from the 1862, '63 and '64 Journals of the Household
brigade)
Published by the Montreal Military Museum c1965
True stories of New England Captives, carried to Canada during the
Old French and Indian Wars
Baker, Alice C.
Mass. Cambridge 1897.
Troublous Times in Canada - A History of the Fenian Raids 1866-1870
By Captain John A. MacDonald (A veteran of 1866 and 1870)
Toronto, 1910
From Darkness to Light, History of the Eight Prisons which have
been or are now in Montreal from AD 1760 to AD 1907, Civil and Military,
Containing many Curious and Forgotten Items of Olden Times.
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
published by the Gazette, Montreal, 1907
CIHM 71602
History of the Montreal Prison from AD 1784 to AD 1886,
Containing a Complete Record of the Troubles of 1837 1838 Burning of Parliament
Buildings in 1849, the St. Albans Raiders 1864, the Two Fenian Raids of
1866 and 1870.
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
published by: A. Periard, Montreal, 1886.
Call No 365 B59 BR (MTRL) CIHM 00186
History of Montreal including the Streets of Montreal, their Origin
and History
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
Published by : D. Gallagher, Montreal 1897.
CIHM 02839
How Our Streets Got Their Names
Published by the Montreal City Planning Department, 1961
Toponymie
Historical notes concerning the streets of Montreal and how they got
their names
Published by the Montréal City Planning Dept, 1966 MTRL# 917.1428
M582.2
Edition published 1971.......MTRL# 017.1428 M582.3
The Training School for Nurses, Royal Victoria
Hospital 1894-1943
By Marjorie Dobie Munroe, Montreal 1943
The Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal 1896-1972
By Kathryn Symonds Catterill c.1972
Proud Heritage
The History of the Royal Victoria Hospital
Training School for Nurses, 1894-1972
By Lynda deForest, Montreal 1994
A History of the Montreal General Hospital
By H.E. MacDermot
Published by the Montreal General Hospital, 1950
The Montreal General Hospital since 1821
The Sesquicentennial Committee, MGH, 1971
Edited by Edward H. Bensley, R. Roy Foresey &
Jean C. Grout
The Montreal Children's Hospital - Years of
Growth
by Jessie Boyd Scriver
Published for the Montreal children's Hospital
by McGill-Queen's University Press, 1979
ISBN 0-7735-0342-0
CLUBS, SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
Royal Society of Canada
Handbook for the use of members and visitors giving the rules of the
society, it's history, and a historical sketch of Montreal with places
of interest in it's vicinity May 27,1891
Complied by the local committee, Montreal [The Society],1891
The History of the Montreal Hunt
By John Irwin Cooper, published by the Montreal
Hunt, 1953
The Saint James's Club
The story of the beginnings of the Saint James
Club, and published on the occasion of the one hundredth anniversary.
By Edgar Andrew Collard, Montreal, 1957
One Hundred and Fifty Years of Curling 1807-1957
The Royal Montreal Curling Club
Privately Printed, Montreal 1957
Turn of the Mill
The History of the Pointe Claire Curling Club
1921-1971
privately published 1921
The Royal Montreal Golf Club 1873-1973
The Centenial of Golf in North America
Privately Published, Montreal, 1973
A Sporting Evolution: The Montreal Amateur
Athletic Association, 1881-1981
published by the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association
and Don Morrow, Montreal 1981
The Atwater: An Informal History of the Montreal
Badminton and Squash Club, 1926-1994
by Gavin Drummond and Derek Drummond
published by the Montreal Badminton and Squash
Club, Montreal 1993
Montreal, It's History, to which is added Biographical Sketches
with Photographs of Many of it's Principal Citizens.
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
Published by : Drysdale & Co., Montreal 1875.
CIHM #
Historical and Biographical Sketches from Borthwick's Gazetteer
of Montreal
by John Douglas Borthwick (1832-1912)
CIHM 25669
There's lots more - See Biographical
Books
Board of Trade, Montreal, A Souvenir of the New Building
Sabiston Lithographic And Publishing Co., Montreal 1893
The Book of Montreal 1903, a souvenir of Canada's Commercial Metropolis
"Why it holds that distinction and who it's makers have been. A Story
of a great city's commerce, finance and wealth, with something about it's
advantages as a seaport, as a market, and as railway, manufacturing and
educational centre."
Issued in Conjunction to the fifth Congress of the Chambers of Commerce
of the British Empire -Held in Montreal, August 18th to 22nd, 1903.
published by Book of Montreal Company1903
The Centenary of the Bank of Montreal 1817-1917
Privately printed 1917
Montreal Year Book 1930, The Story of a Great City
A Comprehensive Record of the Growth and Development of the Canadian
Metropolis
published by Canadian Record of National Development Inc., 1930
Chronicles of Ogilvy, Renault 1879-1979
Published on the one hundredth anniversary of it's founding
by Douglas H. Tees, Montreal, 1979
The Molson Saga 1763-1983
(A history of the Molson family and the Molson Brewery)
By Shirley E. Woods Jr.
Published by Doubleday, Toronto, 1983
ISBN 0-385-17863-8; Library of Congress call # 82-45212
The Morgans of Montreal
(A history of the Morgan family and the Morgan department store - the
first department store in Canada)
by David Morgan
Privately printed, Toronto, 1992
ISBN 0-9696676-0-4
Redpath - The History of a Sugar House
By Richard Feltoe
Published by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., Toronto, 1991
ISBN 0-920474-67-5
Let Redpath Sweeten It
(a continuation of the previous book which left off in the 1930s)
By Richard Feltoe
Published by Natural Heritage/Natural History Inc., Toronto, 1993
ISBN 0-920474-76-4
THE IRISH IN MONTREAL AND QUEBEC
The Irish in Quebec: An Introduction to the Historiography
by: Robert Grace
A Register of Deceased persons at Sea and on Grosse Ile in 1847
by Andre Charbonneau and Doris Drolet-Dube
1847, Grosse Ile: A Record of daily events,
by Andre Charbonneau and Andre Sevigny
NOVELS
A Chronicle of Lower Canada by Jan Henry Morgan http://www.laurentian.com/morgan.html
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Canada's War at Sea. two volumes in one.
Leacock, Stephen and Leslie Roberts
Montreal Beatty 1944