Materials related to James Walker’s paper “A case for morality: the Quong Wing files” published by the University of Toronto Press as a chapter in the book On the Case: Explorations in Social History. Includes related correspondence, notes and comments, writing with corrections, and page proof.

Materials related to James Walker's entry about African Canadians in the Encyclopedia Africana (or Afropaedia). Includes related correspondence, information for contributors and contributor agreement, and printouts of Walker's entry “Canada” with annotations and corrections.

Lectures outlines for History 259 “African History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo.

Materials related to the course History 259 “African History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, final exams, instructions for assignments, materials for classes and handouts, course schedules, lecture outlines, readings, related correspondence, and recommended readings.

Printout of an address delivered by James Walker to the Atlantic Association of Historians in Halifax, on October 29, 1977, titled “Race and empire: lessons from the Black Loyalist experience.”

Materials related to the Atlantic Canada Workshop at Carleton University, in 1991, titled “Political Economy of Region” where James Walker participated in the panel “Studying Afro-Atlantic Canadian Culture.” Includes notes, schedule of the event, travel receipts, related correspondence, and preliminary programme.

Materials related to the Bermuda-Canada Conference where James Walker participated in a session titled “Black studies: a comparative perspective” with a paper titled “West Indian immigrants and the Black community in Canada: parallels and promises.” Includes related correspondence, conference schedule, press release, conference program, abstract of Frank E. Manning's presentation for the conference titled “The Black Experience in Bermuda and Canada: Ethnicity, culture, and immigration,” and information about travel and accommodation arrangements.

Printout of James Walker's keynote speech for the “Black Studies Conference,” in Halifax, in 2010, titled “Approaching African-Canadian History.”

Materials related to the event National Symposium on Multiculturalism and the Black presence in the Canadian mosaic (May 19-21, 1977) at the University of Winsor, Ontario where James Walker participated as part of the session “The historical perspective – a look at the Record.” Includes notes for Walker’s paper, a summary of papers, a program for the event, a printout of Walker’s paper “Historical study of Black in Canada: the state of the discipline,” and a bibliography and research guide for Walker’s paper.

Printout of a talk delivered by James Walker to the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia on November 3, 1997, titled “A culture of resistance.”
Also contains a page of chapter 5 “The refugee Negroes” from The Blacks in Canada: a history by Robin W. Winks (1997) and two pages from Unwelcome guests : Canada West's response to American fugitive slaves, 1800-1865 by Jason H. Silverman (1985) with highlights made by Walker.

Syllabus for the course History 351 “Black History from Slavery to Revolution” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo.

Materials related to the seminar History 436/635 “Black History in North America” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes related administrative materials (proposal for the seminar from 1972), seminar schedules, materials for the seminar, information about assignments, and readings and discussion topics.

Materials related to the course History 436/635 “Black History in North America” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, notes for lectures, and instructions for assignments.

Materials related to the ‘Black history in the Maritimes’ Maritimes Studies Conference in Fredericton, in 1985 where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Black History in the Maritimes: major themes and teaching strategies." Includes selected bibliography.

Materials related to the conference “400 years: African Canadian History” organized by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario in collaboration with the Ontario Black History Society, on June 14-17, 1990, where James Walker acted as chair in the session “African Canadian History before 1900.” Includes program, notes, pamphlet, related correspondence, pamphlet for the Ontario Black History Society, and honorarium for participating.

Printout of entry “Blacks” (now "Black History in Canada until 1900") in the New Canadian Encyclopedia written by James Walker.

Materials related to the Canadian Studies Conference organized by the Israel Association for Canadian Studies in Jerusalem, on May 1-4, 1994, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Plural paradigms and local knowledge: a case study approach to Canadian antisemitism and Jewish community response” part of the session “Ethnicity 2: ethnicity and religious communities.” Includes a printout of Walker's paper under the title “Canadian Antisemitism & Jewish community response: Noble and Wolf as ‘Singled-out case’.”

Materials related to the 19th Annual Canadian African Studies Conference organized by the Canadian Association for African Studies, in Halifax, in 1990 where James Walker participated in the panel “Black Diaspora Workshop (1): Round table on the Black diaspora: origins and diversity.” Includes printout of Walker's paper “Canada and the origins of the African diaspora,” related correspondence, handwritten notes about the conference, printout of “Commonwealth History Seminar, 29 October 1979,” printout of “Introductory remarks, African Diaspora session, 15 March 1979,” paper “Social and cultural relationships between diaspora and Indigenous groups in Sierra Leona,” memoranda related to travel expenses and organization of the conference, printout of “The challenge of public policy,” program of the event.

Materials related to the conference organized by the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, in Vancouver, in 1993 where James Walker presented a paper titled “Confronting barriers: legal definitions of ‘Race’ in Quebec.” Includes notes for the paper, a printout of Walker's talk, and notes from the conference.
Also contains a summary of a paper titled “‘Race’ and the law in Quebec: a history of challenge.”

Materials related to the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Conference in Gimli, Manitoba, on October 20-23, 1995, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “‘Spite fences’: the Canadian Jewish Congress and Restrictive Property Covenants.” Includes abstract of paper, travel claims and receipts, related correspondence, and a draft and printout of paper.

Materials related to the 10th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association in Calgary in 1989 where James Walker participated with a paper titled “West Indians in Canada and the campaign for immigration policy reform, 1945-1962.” Includes script and abstract for Walker's talk, related correspondence, accommodation information, a program of the conference, Bulletin for the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association from Fall 1988 and for Spring 1989, call for papers for the conference, related forms, and receipts for expenses.

Untitled printout of a paper presented by James Walker to the Canadian Ethnic Studies in Halifax in 1987.

Materials related to the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association 15th Biennial conference “Ethnicity and Human Rights at the Millennium: identity, community, nation,” in Toronto, in 2000, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Canada’s Civil Rights movement: focus on Dresden.” Includes abstract of the paper, registration form, information about the conference, related correspondence, and call for papers.
Also contains an abstract of Stephanie D. Bangarth's paper “The repeal of the Chinese Immigration Act, 1947: a case-study in Canada’s Civil Rights Movement.”

Materials related to a keynote address given by James Walker at an event organized by the Canadian Jewish Studies. Includes outline of the keynote speech with annotations, and different drafts of the speech.

Materials related to the course History 601 “Canadian Social History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi and notes for classes.

Materials related to the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Annual Meeting in Edmonton, Alberta, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Defining Human rights in Canada: what is the question?” Includes printouts of Walker's paper.

Printout of James Walker's paper “On the Record: the testimony of Canada’s Black pioneers, 1783-1865,” possibly written for the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Annual Meeting in London, Ontario. Also contains a record with the title “CHA remarks.”

Materials related to the Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Annual Meeting in Victoria, B.C. Includes information about accommodation and travel for the conference, a copy of the conference proposal by John Leslie (Indian and Northern Affairs Canada) titled “Vision versus revision: Native peoples, government officials, and the Joint Senate/House of Commons Committees on Indian affairs, 1946-1949 and 1959-1961,” a newsletter for the CHA for Autumn 1989, correspondence related to the conference, extracts from “Learned societies conference, University of Victoria, May 20 to June 8,” business cards for different people, abstract of Walker’s talk titled “Public history and public policy in Canada: a case study of race relations since 1867,” guidelines for participants, program of the conference, and script for the talk.
Also contains a printout of the “List of delegates 5th annual public history conference, University of Waterloo, May 5-7, 1983.”

Materials related to the event “Celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” at CIGI Launch on March 21, 2017. Includes James Walker's biography, a poster and schedule for the event, a list of attendees, and a script for Walker’s speech.

Materials related to administrative tasks at the University of Waterloo. Includes handbooks, memoranda, and meeting minutes. Specifically:

• “Draft: Faculty of Arts Chairman’s Handbook” (February 1986),
• Memorandum and report on Differential Recruitment of Female Faculty Members (1986),
• “Faculty handbook. A guide to procedures, practices and facilities at the University of Waterloo” (1985),
• “Memorandum of Agreement between the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo and the University of Waterloo” (2006),
• “Memorandum Assessment items, to Department Priorities and Review committee” (1983),
• Materials related to the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies for colloquium (1986),
• “Draft The Faculty of ARTS Education in the fourth decade. A report to the Senate Long Range Planning Committee by the Humanities and Social Science Ad Hoc Committee” (June 4, 1986),
• “A handbook for History teaching assistants, 1985-1986 by Gord Morrell” (1986),
• “Procedures for periodic appraisals. History Department” (October 2, 1983),
• “Planning models and options” (September 5, 1980),
• “Proposed response of the University of Waterloo to the Forster Committee Report”
• “University of Waterloo. Senate Graduate Council. Minutes of the Meeting Held Thursday, October 23, 1980” (1980),
• “University of Waterloo. Senate Graduate Council. Minutes of the Meeting Held Wednesday, November 26, 1980” (1980),
• “University of Waterloo. Senate Graduate Council. Minutes of the Meeting Held Wednesday, January 28, 1981” (1981),
• "Response of the University of Waterloo to the discussion paper prepared by the COU Special Committee to Review Graduate Planning” (December 5, 1980).

Also contains correspondence related to the Graduate Council meeting.

Materials related to events where James Walker participated with papers and addresses. Events and materials included are:

• Remarks delivered during Black History Month (February 24, 2016) at the Black Students Association (BASE), includes related newspaper clipping,
• Speeches for the events "Larry Hill" at CIGI (October 7, 2015) and "Larry Hill Colloquium" (June 15, 2011),
• Speech at the Association for Jewish Studies, Winnipeg, 2004,
• Mark Zanna eulogy, 2020,
• Keynote address titled “(Coloured) in context: the No. 2 and the White man’s war” at the Acadia Conference (October 2016), includes correspondence with a schedule of the event and a poster of a film screening
• Remarks and workshop “Decoding the rights revolution: lessons from the Canadian experience” at McMaster University (March 2012),
• Talk about The book of Negroes at Kitchener Public Library talk with Lawrence Hill (2009), includes correspondence nominating Lawrence Hill for an honorary degree from the University of Waterloo,
• Presentation of Alan Borovoy for the Hon. LL.D. Convocation (2007),
• Lecture “From Black loyalists to Black Panthers: a circular history” at Journey back to Birchtown 1st Anniversary Lecture series, Birchtown (May 2016), includes program and materials related to Burnley “Rocky” Jones Revolutionary. An autobiography by Burnley “Rocky” Jones and James Walker,
• Talk “The Black loyalists and the Krio Diaspora: community, culture and politics” at Krio Descendants Union International Conference (2016),
• Talk “The Black Loyalists in fiction and history” at PIER 21 (2016),
• "Toast to 6T3!" at Trinity College 6T3 50th Anniversary, includes programme and correspondence.
• U.E.L Association. Oakland, Ontario (2010),
• Talk “Toward equal dignity: Canadian Jewry and the Hate Law of 1970” at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Canadian Studies event (2004),
• Introduction to Alex Neve BSIA CIGI (2016),
• Michael Craton's funeral eulogy,
• Talk “Navigating the Black Atlantic: the trail of the Black Loyalists” at UNESCO conference “African diaspora” Halifax (2011),
• “Toward a new definition of Canadian citizenship: the movement to criminalize hate propaganda” part of the panel “Citizen activism within the Human Rights movement, 1963-1971” with James Waler, Stephanie Bangarth, and Jennifer Tunnicliffe in the UQAM Conference, Montreal,
• Memorial for Howard McCurdy written by James Walker and delivered by George Elliott Clarke, Ottawa (2018), includes correspondence,
• History workshop Campinas Brazil (2007),
• Talk “Campaign for racial equity: the national unity association, 1948-1956” at the John Brown festival, organized by the Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society (May 6-7, 2011), includes poster and program,
• Remarks for the play “My place is right here” Elmira (2019),
• Talk “Canada’s Black Battalion in a White man’s war” at St George’s Church: a lecture series to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the End of World War I, New Hamburg (2018), includes program,
• Address “Behind The Book of Negroes and Twenty Feet from Revolution” to SSHRC National Staff, Ottawa (January 7, 2015), includes correspondence,
• Remarks delivered to North Buxton Labour Day Reunion (2003),
• Remarks to Black Loyalist Heritage Society, Halifax (2003),
• Third Age lecture #1 “Flight to Freedom: Black migration to Canada from the American Revolution to the Civil War”, Waterloo (October 24, 2013),
• Remarks “High Burnett and the National Unity Association” at the Unveiling ceremony plaque for Hugh Burnett & the N.U.A. Dresden, Ontario (2010),
• Convocation Address “Human Rights – and us” (October 24, 2015), includes invitation and program.

Correspondence received by James Walker from different people and institutions. Includes correspondence received by Prof. Allen P. Stouffer (from St. Francis Xavier University) and printout of writing “Toward a redrawing of mid-nineteenth-century Black Nova Scotian history.”
Also contains ephemera for different events, including “Fall teaching days, program and pre-registration form 1991” and a poster for an open forum in celebration of BHM “The Black experience in Canada: struggles against Racism. Past, present and future.”

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a music score for “A beautiful lady in blue.”

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a published copy of CUSO FORUM magazine (November 1987, Vol. 5, No. 4).

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations mostly before communications moved to an electronic medium. Includes correspondence related to his research, the University of Waterloo, programs and courses he taught at the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the Department of History at the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends (including Burnley “Rocky” Jones), and students.

Also contains information and program for the event "The Black Experience in the White mind: an historical look at stereotypes in popular entertainment" at Harbourfront Centre (1993) where James Walker participated as panellist.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, programs he contributed and courses he taught at the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.

Also contains a program for the event "Third age learning" (Kitchener-Waterloo, 2013) where James Walker participated with a talk titled "Flight to Freedom: Black migration to Canada from the American Revolution to the Civil War."

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a Ph.D. proposal for Drs. Hieronymus Franciscus (Jeroen) van Drunen.

Professional and personal correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations. Includes correspondence related to his research, to the University of Waterloo, events he attended and in which he participated, and correspondence from colleagues, friends, and students.
Also contains a Report from the Senate Committee to Review the Heritage Resources Centre, and an abstract for “Organized labour and the struggle for human rights in Canada.”

Materials related to James Walker's entry on "African Canadians" for The Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples, published by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Includes ephemera related to the Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia and the Black United Front of Nova Scotia, handwritten notes, visit cards and contact information for different individuals and organizations, and related correspondence sent and received by Walker.
Also contains a copy of the “Publication list of the Black Cultural Centre,” programme for the “Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia’s Tenth anniversary dinner/dance “Reflections of the past, present and future,” and printout of “From Africville to New Road: how four communities planned their development” by Althea J. Toviller and James A. Francois.

Materials related to James Walker's entry on "African Canadians" for The Encyclopedia of Canada’s Peoples, published by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Includes ephemera from the Multiculturalism Program of the Government of Canada and from the Black Cultural Centre of Nova Scotia; a draft from Walker’s entry in the Encyclopedia titled “African Canadians” with annotations and corrections; correspondence received by Walker about the project; research materials and biographical notes on Howard Douglas McCurdy, Jr. (M.P.), Senator Donald H. Oliver, Emery Barnes, Julius A. Issac from Federal Court of Canada, Glenda P. Simms from the Canadian Advisory Council on the status of women, and others; and ephemera from The Congress of Black Women of Canada.

Materials related to James Walker's publications and writings. Includes correspondence received by James Walker about his participation in the Canadian Historical Review LXX with the paper “Race & Recruitment in World War I: enlistment of visible minorities in the Canadian expeditionary force,” an abstract of the paper, and other unidentified articles.
Also contains handwritten notes.

Draft of James Walker's paper presented at the “Congresso Brasileiro de História do Direito” in Curitiba, Brazil, on September 13, 2007, titled “Law and society, agency and change in Canadian Race relations.”

Materials related to the Arts Faculty Lecture Series at the University of Waterloo, in 1990-1991, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Canada’s Race relations crisis: myth and reality.” Includes printout of Walker's paper, related correspondence, a poster of the event, and drafts of the speech.

Three volumes with an overview of the Department of History at the University of Waterloo in 1985, titled “Department of History University of Waterloo volume one, two and three.” Volumes include the fields: graduate thesis research fields; faculty supervisors by field; amount and source of faculty research funding; library resources and commitments; laboratory and computer facilities; information concerning graduate students; sources and levels of student support; projected enrolments 1985-6 to 1991-2, office space; undergraduate enrolments; faculty teaching loads 1984-5; regulations for the program; graduate courses available; innovations, features and special events; collateral and supporting departments; concerns noted in previous appraisals; curricula vitae of staff; and appendices.

Writings by James Walker for his contributions to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Includes:

• “George, David: pioneer black Baptist preacher in South Carolina, Nova Scotia, News Brunswick and Sierra Leone, runaway slave, black Loyalist, missionary; b. c. 1743, Essex Co., Virginia; d. 1810, Freetown, Sierra Leone.”
• “Peters, Thomas.”
• “Marrant, John: freeborn black American, Revolutionary War veteran, minister of the gospel, Mason, founder of the Countess of Huntington’s Connexion among Nova Scotian black, author; b. New York, 15 June 1755; d. London, 15 April 1791.”

Also contains a printout of James Walker's review of David Brion Davis' "The problem of slavery in the age of Revolution, 1770-1823 (Cornell University Press, 1975)" published in the Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne des Études Africaines Vol. 9, No. 2 (1975), pp. 383-386.

Materials related to the doctoral seminar History 717 “‘Race,’ Slavery & Imperialism.” Includes course schedule, readings, notes on topics, instructions for assignments, and notes for lectures.

Materials related to the course History 351A “African History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes table of contents with themes of lectures, handwritten and types notes for the lectures and maps for:

• 0. Introduction.
• 1. African environment & civilization.
• 2. African environment.
• 3. Early man / race.
• 4. Nature and spread of Egyptian civilization.
• 5. Sudanic Empires to 1600.
• 6. Sudanic States overview to 1600.
• 7. Guinea States to 1800.
• 8. Guinea States overview to 1800.
• 9. Bantu migrations/ Early European contact / Zenj / Ethiopia.
• 10. Expansion of Europe and the Slave Trade.
• 11. Portuguese expansion / Dutch in South Africa / Slave Trade.
• 12. Abolitionist-Humanitarian movement.
• 13. Informal Empire to 1874, inc. Humanitarians, Explorations, etc.
• 14. Informal Empire.
• 15. 19C Internal dynamics – Fulani jihads.
• 16. South Africa and the Zulu Mfecana.
• 17. 19 C Internal dynamics – East Africa.
• 18. The European Scramble.
• 19. African response to Partition / inc. summary overview: the process of European domination.
• 20. Imperial consolidation 1900-1914.
• 21. Adjustment and exploitation 1919-1939 / inc. periodization Afro-European relations from slave trade to independence.
• 22. Second colonial phase – superseded.
• 23. South-Central Africa to 1920s.
• 24. Resistance to Imperialism / inc. African religion and medicine / decolonization form elite pressure groups to nationalism and independence.
• 25. Nationalism and Decolonization.
• 26. Nationalism and fragment.
• 27. Pan-Africanism.
• 28. Since Independence.
• 29. Since fragment.
• 30. Military coups.
• 31. Rhodesia to 1975.
• 36. Third Word on cue of European contact.
• 37. Period of plunder.
• 38. Period of Interference. Part I Humanitarian Revolution.
• 39. Period of Interference. Part II Informal Empire.
• 40. Period of Congress.
• 41. Period of consolidation. Period of adjustment. Consolidation & adjustment in India.
• 42. Response & nationalism.
• 43. Nationalism & Independence.
• 44. Situation at Independence.
• 45. Experiments since Independence.

Materials related to the conference "Boundaries" organized by the Centre of Canadian Studies in Edinburgh, in May 1996, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Holding the line: enforcement of Racial boundaries in the Supreme Court of Canada to 1950.” Includes an application for a conference travel grant, a draft of the paper, information on conference sponsoring, and related correspondence.

Essays written by James Walker as a student during his Master's degree at the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. at Dalhousie University. Some essays identify the course for which they were written. Titles of essays are:

• "The case against Confederation (a comparison of the arguments used in Quebec and The Maritimes),"
• "The Hindu response to British rule: revival and reconstruction" for History 477,
• "Disarmament and disillusionment: England and her armed services, 1918 to 1935" for History 620,
• "The voice of England: the spread of abolitionist opinion in England, 1787-1815,"
• "Failure in the British system of defence: the South African War" for History 620,
• "From state to nation: French influence on the development of Prussia during the Revolutionary Period" for History 276,
• "Russian imperialism in Central Asia: its causes, course and consequences" for Russian History,
• "The role of the Historian in the creation of a national identity: an example from Africa,"
• "Black in context: Black Canadians & the History curriculum."

Also contains handwritten annotations and notes from class.

Essays written by James Walker as a student during his Master's degree at the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. at Dalhousie University. Some essays identify the course for which they were written. Titles of essays are:

• "Black history: a perspective. Part one ‘the founding people,"
• "Pan-Africanism. Personality, purposes and prospects of the movement for African unity,”
• "Native policies and aboriginal response in Australia and South Africa before 1900" for History 477,
• "The role of the Historian in the creation of a national identity: the African experience" for History 600,
• "Arabic influence on the development of Medieval Christian thought" for Medieval History,
• "The Hindu response to British rule: revival and reconstruction" for History 477.

Essays written by James Walker as a student during his Master's degree at the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. at Dalhousie University. Titles of essays are:

• "The humanitarian interpretation of Africa, 1767-1807: attitudes toward Black men held by the promoters of the Sierra Leone colonization scheme,"
• "The voice of England: the spread of Abolitionist opinion in England, 1787-1815,"
• "A discussion of the reasons for the appearance of the Abolition movement in England in the 1780s."

Materials related to the Master's Field Seminar History 696 taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes schedules, chronologies, related correspondence, and a list of readings and topics for discussion.
Includes materials for different courses of the seminar:

• History 696B “Community and culture in the Black experience,”
• History 696F “The problem of slavery and American abolitionism,”
• History 696F “Ethnicity, culture and race in the new world mosaic,”
• History 696F “Perceptions of the Black American identity,”
• History 696F “Black Power in the Caribbean: historical perspective,”
• History 696F “The Post-Emancipation Caribbean,”
• History 696F “The problem of slavery and the free Blacks,”
• History 696F “Canada and the African Diaspora,”
• History 696F “Definitions of the Black Canadian,”
• History 696F “Slavery and Racism,”
• History 636 “Canadian Immigration policy,”
• History 696B “Community and culture in the Black experience,”
• History 696F “Canada and the African diaspora,”
• History 696A “Field seminar in British and Imperial History,”
• History 696 “Industrial Revolution, Class and Social Change.”

Materials related to the envent “Lessons & Legacies of the Holocaust” at Florida Atlantic University, November 7-9, 1998, where James Walker facilitated a workshop titled "Teaching the Holocaust at a Church related college." Includes program, schedule, TRACE Instructional Development Grant Report, receipts and financial statements, and related correspondence.

Correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from George Elliott Clarke.

Script for James Walker's guest lecture on Burnley “Rocky” Jones prepared for the course History 103 at the University of Waterloo.

Handwritten notes on primary (archival) and secondary research performed by James Walker during his Ph.D. research. Notes cover Kirk-Greene, Fyfe-Peters, collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society, archived records on the deportation Nova Scotia Historical Society, Fergusson, Sierra Leone bulletin of Religion, A. F. Walls, Halliberton, Winks on Loyalists, Williams, Quarles, Boston King, Commons Journal, Pans white collection, David Allison, Edwards, Burt-Thompson, Africanism, Cox-George, Luke-Creoles, Kueyynski, Crooks, and the Bray Association.

Handwritten notes on primary (archival) and secondary research performed by James Walker during his Ph.D. research. Notes cover collections of the Nova Scotia Historical Society and individuals related to Nova Scotia's Black history and Abolitionist movement (including John Clarkson, T. Watson Smith, the Evans documents, George W. Williams, and Granville Sharp).

Handwritten notes on primary (archival) and secondary research performed by James Walker during his Ph.D. research. Notes cover a catalogue of papers, bibliography lists, sources, parliamentary speeches, and archives notebooks.
Also contains a receipt for the reception for a fellowship award to James Walker on Humanities and Social Sciences from the Canada Council (1968).

Eight notebooks with handwritten notes on primary (archival) and secondary research performed by James Walker during his Ph.D. research. Notes cover archives lists, catalogue lists, Black-Canadian history, and Nova Scotia Archives.

Handwritten notes on primary (archival) and secondary research performed by James Walker during his Ph.D. research. Notes cover an index to Nova Scotia material.

Three notebooks with handwritten annotations, class notes, and essays written by James Walker during his time as a student. Notes and essays cover Jewish History, the History of England, and the History of the Slave Trade.

Fifteen notebooks with the manuscript for James Walker's Ph.D. dissertation. Notebooks were numbered by Walker as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7/8, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, Corrections 1 and introduction, and Corrections 2 and epilogue.

Script with annotations and corrections of a talk given by James Walker at Harvard University on March 3, 2014, and titled “Twenty feet from Stardom: observing the 1960s Black Revolution in Nova Scotia.”

Materials related to James Walker's article “The founding of Sierra Leone: Black loyalists” with which he contributed to the book Visionaries: Canadian Triumphs published as part of Canada Heirloom Series. Includes related correspondence, information about contributors, printout and draft of Walker's article, and information about the edition.

Materials related to James Walker's talk delivered as part of the series “History as it happens” lunch-time talks at the University of Waterloo, on January 12, 2017, titled “Viola Desmond, race, and segregation in the Maritimes.” Includes promotional poster, bibliography, and script.

Materials related to the course History 607/608 “Human Rights in Historical Perspective” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, notes for classes, printout of article “The politics of memory” from Factiva, printout of “Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms” Schedule B, correspondence sent by James Walker to his students about class, and directions for assignments.

Syllabus for course History 607 “Human Rights in Historical Perspective” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo.

Materials related to the seminar on "Social Justice and Multiculturalism" organized by the University of British Columbia Centre for Policy Studies in Education and Department of Canadian Heritage, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Human Rights, Racial equality, social justice: can we get there from here?” Includes printout of Walker's paper with annotations and corrections and correspondence related to the edition and publication of the paper.

Materials related to the seminar on "Social Justice and Multiculturalism" organized by the University of British Columbia Centre for Policy Studies in Education and Department of Canadian Heritage, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Human Rights, Racial equality, social justice: can we get there from here?” Includes printout of Walker's paper and correspondence related to the edition and publication of the paper.

Materials related to a project titled “Hymn to freedom: the contribution of Blacks to the historical development of Canada” by Almeta Speaks in which James Walker participated as part of the advisory board. Includes related correspondence and an overview of the project.

Correspondence sent and received by James Walker to and from different people and organizations in India. Includes itinerary, programs, and schedules for different events.
Also contains information about a social service organization in the Indian rural area Talmul called “Sebika.”

Materials related to the Inter-faculty Third World Development studies program. Includes a pamphlet of the program proposal, the Inter-Faculty programme Board meeting minutes (for February 9, 1973, March 9, 1973, and March 15, 1973), introductory course descriptions, reports by the University of Waterloo Faculty, student reports, and summaries of meetings and future activities.
Also contains information about the Ontario Cooperative Programme in Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Ontario Universities Undergraduate Programmes and concentrations of “Third World studies.”

Materials related to the International Conference “Race relations in the United Kingdom and Canada: policy, practice and research,” at York University, in 1990 where James Walker participated with a paper titled “‘Race’ and the historian: some lessons from Canadian public policy.” Includes synopsis and printout of Walker's paper, related correspondence, conference program, and pamphlets for the conference.
Also contains a synopsis and printout of Walker’s “‘Race’ policy in Canada: a retrospective.”

Materials created or accumulated by James Walker during his professional and personal life. Includes materials created during Walker's student life both as part of his Master's degree at the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. research and dissertation at Dalhousie University; materials created as part of his teaching position at the University of Waterloo; scripts and papers written to participate in talks and events he was invited to or helped organize; records accumulated as part of his role as Chair of the History Department of the University of Waterloo and other materials related to the University's administration; and correspondence sent and received by Walker to different people and institutions.

Materials related to the Jawaharlal Nehru University in India. Includes a renewal Memorandum of Understanding for educational and scientific cooperation between the University of Waterloo and Jawaharlal Nehru University and a program for the Canadian Studies programme at the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Materials related to the Canadian Studies Conference organized by the Israel Association for Canadian Studies in Jerusalem, in 2004, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Plural paradigms and local knowledge: a case study approach to Canadian antisemitism and Jewish community response.” Includes draft of paper, abstracts, and notes.

Materials related to the Canadian Studies Conference organized by the Israel Association for Canadian Studies in Jerusalem, on May 1-4, 1994, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Plural paradigms and local knowledge: a case study approach to Canadian antisemitism and Jewish community response” part of the session “Ethnicity 2: ethnicity and religious communities.” Includes program of the event, related correspondence, a printout of paper, costs statement, and application for a travel grant.

Materials related to James Walker’s article “The ‘Jewish Phase’ in the movement for racial equality in Canada” published in Canadian Ethnic Studies in 2002. Includes related correspondence, agreement forms from the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association (CES), invoices, printout of the article with corrections, and table of contents of editions.

Printout of James Walker’s article “‘Jewish Phase’ in the movement for racial equality in Canada” published in the Canadian Ethnic Studies in 2002 as it was when submitted to the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association (CES).

Printout of James Walker's paper for the event “A heritage in transition: a conference on the study of Canadian Jewry” at York University on June 7, 1998, titled “The ‘Jewish Phase’ in the Movement for Racial equality in Canada.”

Materials related to the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by Patrick Harrigan, Hugh MacKinnon, and James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, final exams, lecture schedules, course outline, related correspondence and memoranda, and instructions for assignments.

Handouts for students for the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes notes, chronologies, maps, and instructions for assignments.

Materials related to the correspondence version of the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes records related to the preparation and design for the course, correspondence and memoranda, notes, materials for the students and handouts, final exams, requests for copyright release for the materials, and maps.

Materials related to the correspondence version of the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by Patrick Harrigan, J. A. Wahl, and James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes related correspondence, syllabus, and handouts for students.

Materials related to the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by Patrick Harrigan, Hugh MacKinnon, and James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes notes for the introductory lecture, syllabus, and related correspondence.

Notes for lectures for the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo.

Materials related to the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by Patrick Harrigan, J. A. Wahl, and James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes notes for lectures, materials for class and handouts, final exams, and instructions for assignments.

Materials related to the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes class schedules, notes for classes, and final exams.

Materials related to the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes final exams, notes for lectures, course outline, materials for students and handouts, and instructions for assignments.

Materials related to a conference at Laurier University, in 1994. Includes printout of “Legacies of Fascism,” “Lecture 6 Fascism ‘Triumph of the Will’ and discussion,” handwritten notes on lectures, and related correspondence.
Also contains a printout of the “Framework regarding prevention of harassment and discrimination in Ontario Universities."

Correspondence received by James Walker from Lawrence (Larry) Hill, Hill Daniel Hill, and Donna Hill.

Materials related to James Walter's paper "Allegories and orientations in African Canadian historiography: the spirit of Africville" for The Literary Review of Canada, Inc. Includes related correspondence and printout of Walker's paper.

Materials related to the human rights workshop “Taking liberties: historicizing 20th Century human rights in the English speaking world” at McMaster University, where James Walker participated with an address titled “Decoding the ‘Rights Revolution:’ Lessons from the Canadian experience.” Includes a schedule of the event, related correspondence, an outline of the workshop, and notes for Walker’s presentation.

Materials related to James Walker’s Master’s thesis titled "The Black loyalists of Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone," submitted to the University of Waterloo. Includes corrections to footnotes in chapter VII and corrections to chapters in different versions.
Also contains correspondence sent by James Walker to Mr. Ingram from the Department of History at Dalhousie University about the thesis, and in regards to Walker's application for the Ph.D. program at Dalhousie University.

Typed copy of James Walker’s Master’s thesis titled "The Black loyalists of Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone," submitted to the University of Waterloo. Includes annotated copies of sections:

• Introduction,
• Chapter I – Origins of the Black loyalists,
• Chapter II – Loyalist Nova Scotia,
• Chapter III – The foundation of Sierra Leone,
• Chapter IV – Clarkson’s mission to America,
• Chapter V – Pioneers in Africa,
• Chapter VI – Black and white: the slave mentality,
• Chapter IX – External relations,
• Chapter X – Rebellion,
• Chapter XI – The maroons in Jamaica,
• Chapter XII – Nova Scotian interlude,
• Chapter XIII – The dying company,
• Chapter XIV – Crown government,
• Chapter XV – Black and black: the creole process,
• Epilogue,
• Appendix I,
• Footnotes.

Onion paper, typed copy of James Walker’s master’s thesis titled "The Black loyalists of Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone," submitted to the University of Waterloo. Includes annotated copies of sections:

• Footnotes – epilogue,
• Introduction,
• Chapter I – Origins of the Black loyalists,
• Chapter II – Loyalist Nova Scotia,
• Chapter III – The foundation of Sierra Leone,
• Chapter IV – Clarkson’s mission to America,
• Chapter V – Pioneers in Africa,
• Chapter VI – Black and white: the slave mentality,
• Chapter VII – Commercial cross-purposes,
• Chapter VIII – Constitutional conflict,
• Chapter IX – External relations,
• Chapter X – Rebellion,
• Chapter XI – The maroons in Jamaica,
• Chapter XII – Nova Scotian interlude,
• Chapter XIII – The dying company,
• Chapter XIV – Crown government,
• Chapter XV – Black and black: the creole process.