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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Materials related to James Walker's student life during his Master's degree at the University of Waterloo and his Ph.D. research and dissertation at Dalhousie University. Includes Walker's Master's thesis, essays written as a student, research notes with primary and secondary materials, correspondence with Dalhousie University Professor John E. Flint, and Walker's Ph.D. dissertation.
Also contains a report on the Dalhousie Ph.D. History program prepared by James Walker and Robert McCormack.

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.

Materials related to James Walker’s Ph.D. dissertation. Includes abstract, table of contents, and introduction.

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.

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.

Correspondence received by James Walker from different people and institutions, mostly related to his doctoral research and book The Black Loyalists: the search for a promised land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone 1783-1870.
Also contains related newspaper clippings, book reviews, and the script for a Conference on American Loyalists (February 6-8, 1975, Saint Augustine, Florida) titled “Black as American loyalists: comments.”

Materials related to James Walker’s paper “The Indian in Canadian historical writing” which he wrote during his Master’s degree for the course History 600 “Historiography” in 1967, and later presented during the 1971 Canadian Historical Association (CHA) Annual General Meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland. Includes correspondence congratulating him on the paper and presentation, a travel application and claim form from Dalhousie University, a printout of paper and bibliography, notes and notebook for the paper, the paper he wrote and presented for History 600, and the paper for the CHA presentation.

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.

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.

Script for James Walker's talk titled “Keeping Canada White: racially restrictive immigration policies and their consequences, 1867-1967.”

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 different sections as sent to Patricia Elizabeth Kirkwood.

Nine notebooks with the handwritten chapters for James Walker’s Master’s thesis titled "The Black loyalists of Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone," submitted to the University of Waterloo.

Materials related to James Walker's writer and public speaker life. Includes printouts, drafts, summaries, and abstracts of presentations and guest lectures delivered by Walker in different events; various ephemera and correspondence related to those events; and writings and publications published by Walker as stand-alone texts or as part of encyclopedic works.

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.

Professionally 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 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 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,
• Footnotes.

Report with observations and recommendations about and for the Ph.D. program in History at Dalhousie University, prepared by James Walker and Robert McCormack, Ph.D. candidates.

Materials related to James Walker’s Ph.D. dissertation. Includes chapter titles, bibliography, list of illustrations, correspondence to Dalhousie University Professor John E. Flint, and sources consulted.

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."

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.

James Walker's Ph.D. dissertation chapter summaries and outlines presented to his supervisor at Dalhousie University (Professor John E. Flint) with his annotations and corrections.

Materials related to James Walker's teaching life at the University of Waterloo. Includes seminar and lecture notes and scripts, course schedules and overviews, handouts for class, and printouts of courses for correspondence versions of the courses.
Codes and titles for courses changed throughout the years. Courses included are:

• “Black History” (course number unknown),
• “Minorities” (course number unknown),
• History 100 / 100T “Landmarks in World History”
• History 102 / 259 / 291 / 292 / 351A “African History,”
• History 103 / 104 “The emergence of the Third World,”
• History 107 / 204V / 221 / 226 / 227 / 228 "‘Race’ in Canadian History,”
• History 250 “The Art and Craft of History” and “Public History,”
• History 321 / 407A / 407B / 421 / 607 / 608 / 635 "‘Race’ in Modern History” and “Human rights in historical perspectives,”
• History 351 “Black History from Slavery to Revolution,”
• History 403A (course title unknown),
• History 411 (course title unknown),
• History 436 / 635 “Black History in North America,”
• History 601 “Canadian Social History,”
• History 650 / 651 “Public History and Public Policy,”
• Master's Field Seminar History 696,
• Seminar History 436 / 635 “Black History in North America,”
• Doctoral seminar History 717 “‘Race,’ Slavery & Imperialism.”

Materials related to the course “Minorities” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo (1971 onwards). Includes table of contents for the course “Minorities” with themes of lectures, handwritten and types notes for the lectures and maps for:

• 1. Nova Scotia Black Loyalists (TYP).
• 2. Mimacs pre-contact society.
• 3. Mimacs – French period.
• 4. Mimacs – English period.
• 5. Course intro to History 227, 1971 to 1979.
• 6. Course Intro to History 204, 1981.
• 7. Canadian slavery.
• 8. Canadian slavery.
• 9. Blacks in the American Revolution.
• 10. Nova Scotia Black Loyalists – settlement and society.
• 11. Nova Scotia Black Loyalists economic conditions.
• 12. Black Loyalists settlement.
• 13. Black Loyalists economic conditions.
• 14. Black Loyalists society and culture.
• 15. Nova Scotia Exodus and impact / Refugees to 1840.
• 16. Nova Scotia Blacks.
• 18. Canada Fugitives in Ontario.
• 21. Canada. Nova Scotia since 1840.
• 22. Canada, patterns of prejudice since Confederation.
• 23. Canada. Patterns of prejudice & black response / revitalization of 1960s.
• 24. Canada. Black immigration.
• 25. Canada. Nova Scotia since 1968.
• 26. Black America summary overview.
• 27. American Slavery.
• 28. American Slavery fragment.
• 29. Black America. Free Blacks before the Civil War.
• 30. Free Blacks inc. UGRR.
• 31. Canada & the Civil War / Civil War / Reconstruction / Canada and Reconstruction.
• 32. Black America 1877-1903.
• 33. Black America 1903-1955.
• 34. Contemporary Black America.
• 35. Blacks in Canada.
• 36. West Indians.

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

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.”

Materials related to a chapter of the book The African Diaspora: Interpretive Essays written by James Walker and published by Harvard University Press. Includes the chapter titled “The establishment of a free black community in Nova Scotia, 1783-1840,” footnotes, related correspondence received by Walker, and memorandum on permissions to quote copyrighter material from Harvard University Press.

Materials related to the correspondence version of the course History 221. "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes printout for the correspondence version of the course covering the sections:

• Introductory remarks,
• Topic 1 – “‘Race’, slavery and imperialism,”
• “Slavery in Canada,”
• Tape 4 – “Black pioneers in the Maritimes,”
• “Fugitive slaves in Ontario,”
• Tape 6 – “‘Race’ in Canadian public policy,”
• Part II – “Native policy,”
• Tape 7 – “East Asians,”
• Topic 8 – “Exclusion,”
• Part II – “The Oklahoma migration,”
• Topic 9 – “World War I,”
• Topic 10 – “Between the Wars,”
• Topic 11 – “The War and Postwar reaction,”
• Topic 12 – “Recent developments,”
• Topic 13 – “Course conclusion,”
• Course schedule.”

Map masters for the course History 221. "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes maps on:

• “The Oklahoma migration,”
• “Black pioneers in the Maritimes,”
• “Fugitive slaves in Ontario,”
• “Atlantic slave trade,”
• “The West in 1885,”
• “Japanese-Canadian relocation 1942.”

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 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 course History 103/104 “The emergence of the Third World” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes table of contents with themes of lectures, tests and exams, course outlines, course summaries, and handwritten and typed notes for lectures:

• 0. Introduction (with map).
• 1. What is the Third World?
• 3. The Indian heritage / inc. Meditation (with map).
• 4. India – Muslim period.
• 5. India – British raj.
• 6. Modern India (20th Century, inc. since Independence).
• 7. The African heritage (with map).
• 10. Middle East crisis (with map).
• 11. Third World contributions to World civilization (with map).
• 13. Imperialism (with map).
• 15. The colonial experience (with map).
• 18. Colonialism in practice (with map).
• 19. Colonialism and Racism (with map).
• 24. Decolonization (with map).
• 25. Gandhi (with map).
• 32. Issues since independence (with map).
• 33.\ Internal experiments since independence (with map).
• 34. International experiments since independence (with map).

Also contains ephemera from the “Global Community Centre,” and “Inventory of ‘Third World’ courses at the University of Waterloo,” notes about the OPEC, and notes for the course History 374 for a lecture given by James Walker on March 31, 1999, titled “Race and Resistance in Nova Scotia, 1945-1970.”

Materials related to the correspondence version of the course History 221 "‘Race’ in Canadian History”taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo Distance Education. Includes course overview and maps for the course.

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.

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.

James Walker’s Ph.D. dissertation as presented to examiners at the 1973 Spring convocation and titled The Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. Includes some notes and “errors & suggestions for revision of M[anu]S[cript] for both."

Materials related to the University of Waterloo administration and James Walker's involvement in it. Includes committee and department reports; meeting agendas and minutes; agreements with other institutions; organization of study programs, events, and conferences; reviews of programs and task forces; and related correspondence and ephemera.

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.”

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.

Materials related to the second edition of James Walker’s book The Black Loyalists: the search for a promised land in Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone, 1783-1870. Includes correspondence related to the edition and promotional events, preface to the 1992 edition and corrections to it, biographical information about Walker, forms and agreements for the first and second edition of the book, author information sheets, correspondence about the reprint from the University of Toronto Press and other people and organizations, Walker’s copy of the letter of agreement from Toronto University Press, handwritten notes, letters relating copyright of the first edition of the book published by Longman International Education.
Also contains correspondence thanking Walker for reading and/or proofreading other manuscripts and cheques with payments for the service and correspondence related to Walker’s revision of the article “Transplanting Communities: Black women in Ontario, 1850s-1890” in The Canadian Historical Review.

Materials related to the course History 103/104 “The emergence of the Third World” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, course outlines, and related correspondence and memoranda.

Materials related to special and guest lectures given by James Walker in different events and settings. Lectures are titled as follows:

• History 191: Abolition lecture,
• Blacks in Canada. Special lecture to Conrad Grebel College (February 25, 1975),
• Canadian studies,
• Centre of Canadian studies (February 7, 1980),
• Towards a definition of the colour line in Canada,
• American Revolution Institute, University of Ohio (July 23, 1975),
• Kitchener Public Library (December 5, 1977),
• Kitchener Public Library (January 29, 1979),
• Halifax remarks “Following are some suggestions for teachers interested in including Black material in their Canadian History Courses” (1976),
• History Society (December 2, 1976),
• Artczar Gallery (February 28, 1993),
• Christ Baptist Church (February 22, 1992),
• Teaching Third World history (February 6, 1976),
• St. Paul’s Community dinner (January 18, 1979),
• African Nationalism, part of the talks “Africa: decolonization and development. Organized by Comparative development studies” Trent University (November 14-15),
• Paramble II (October 23, 1976),
• ISA penal (November 19, 1976),
• Student-faculty relations (1978),
• Commonwealth History Seminar (October 29, 1979),
• KPL “The evangelical reformers” (September 21, 1981),
• Youth conference, Halifax (March 25-27, 1983),
• Some lessons from the history of race relations and black history in Canada,
• Decolonization. History 200 (March 15, 1983),
• The end of empires. History 130 (February 27, 1984),
• The modern world in historical perspective. History 130 (Winter term 1984),
• History 300 (November 23, 1984),
• Black studies in Canada: an underdeveloped area. St Mary’s University (September 20, 1985),
• Special lectures for history 266,
• Special lecture on Blacks in Canada. Conrad Grebel,
• Kitchener Kiwanis Club (July 23, 1974),
• Talk on Blacks in Canada (May 9, 1979),
• High school talk (February 1988),
• NDY Race relations conference (March 10, 1990),
• Hugh Burnett,
• The challenge of public policy,
• Deep River,
• St Andrews Church (May 7, 1991),
• A Canadian approach to Canadian racism,
• High school talk (April 8, 1992),
• Harbour Front Global TV (February 24, 1993),
• First Baptist Church, Chatham (February 11, 1996),
• Blacks in the American revolution,
• History society (December 2, 1976),
• Glendon College (January 24, 1997),
• Dalhousie Law School (November 5, 1997),
• Empire school (November 12, 1997),
• Chapters (November 21, 1998),
• History 374 (March 31, 1999),
• Mel Watkins (October 28, 1999),
• Dr. Karen Mock,
• Jim Diamond Intro (March 18),
• Jessica (September 20, 2003),
• HUGS (March 29, 2005),
• Rocky talk (November 20, 2004),
• Wedding talk, KPL (September 15, 2009),
• The Black Loyalists and their flight to freedom, US National Archives (January 22, 2009),
• Ron Eydt retirement (June 8, 1996).

Also contains some unidentified scripts, tables of contents, a photocopy of a newspaper clipping of UW Gazette (April 8, 1998), business cards, and pamphlets for some events.

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.

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.”

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.

Materials related to the Mount Saint Vincent Conference in which James Walker participated. Includes notes for the conference, suggestions for teachers interested in including Black materials in their Canadian History courses, and a printout of “Teaching Black Canadian History: a course development and reading programme” for a Workshop on Multicultural Studies on April 29, 1977, with notes and corrections.

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 paper “Teaching Black Canadian History: a course development and reading programme” for a Workshop on Multicultural Studies on April 29, 1977, presented at the Mount Saint Vincent Conference.

Materials related to the course History 221 "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes course description, course outline, course schedules, notes on assignments and marks, bibliography, and course case studies.

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."

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 the course History 650/651 “Public History and Public Policy” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo and Canada's first Public History graduate program. Includes syllabi, notes for classes, chronologies, materials for class seminars and discussions, correspondence sent by James Walker to his students related to the course, instructions for assignments, correspondence related to the preparation of classes, and a list of legislation relevant to the course.
Also contains a summary of the course History 635 “‘Race’ in Modern History,” a syllabus for the course History 403A, and the final examination for the course History 100/100T “Landmarks in World History” for December 1980, all taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo.

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 course History 650/651 “Public History and Public Policy” taught by James Walker and John English at the University of Waterloo. Includes related memoranda and correspondence, guides to Government Publications from the University of Waterloo Library for “Tracing Federal Bills and Statutes” and “Canadian Case Law Sources,” notes for the course, class schedules, “Notes for persons submitting briefs to the Special Committee on the participation of visible minorities in Canadian society,” and materials for the class.
Also contains a print-out of Sally M. Weaver, “Making Canadian Indian policy: the hidden agenda, 1968-1970” University of Toronto Press, 1981 with annotations and corrections.

Materials related to the creation and organization of the Public History Master’s program at the University of Waterloo. Includes proposals to introduce a public history programme at the University of Waterloo, a summary of the Master's option in Public History, newspaper clippings about the new program, information about programs for public history in other universities, and related correspondence, notes, and business cards.
Also contains the "Graduate Affairs Group Report to ARTS Faculty Council," information about seminar History in Public Policy for students of History and students of public policy, a printout of "Public History Work Report Department of External Affairs Historical Division" by Joan Murphy, a pamphlet and press release for the “Public History in Action: international perspectives. Fifth annual public History conference,” photocopy of “Rescuing records to make corporate history” by Betsy Matthews, and a printout of “UW Department of Recreation. Courses in Museum management, Fall term 1982.”

Ephemera related to different events James Walker attended or helped organize. Includes ephemera for:

• Program of "6T3 celebrates 50 years," University of Trinity College (May 31, 2013),
• Schedule for “Aporte de la comunidad Afro canadiense al multiculturalismo” at Universidad de Matanzas “Camilo Cienfuegos” in Cuba in February 27, 2012 where Walker gave talk titled “Black power, community politics, and the promise of multiculturalism in Canada,”
• Program for the unveiling of a plaque in honour of Hugh Burnett and the National Unity Association (July 31, 2010),
• Poster of “14th Annual New Frontiers Graduate History Conference” where Walker presented “Human Rights and the Historian” (February 18, 2010),
• Program and poster for “The National Archives Experience. The Black Loyalists and their flight to freedom” (January 22, 2009),
• Poster of “The Caribbean connection: Canadian Immigration policy, Caribbean Immigration, and consequences for Nova Scotia” presented by Walker (February 17, 2011),
• Poster of “Indian Students Association (INDSA) presents “South Asians in Canadian Immigration policy: a historical overview” by Walker (November 16, 1995),
• Poster of “The eleventh annual arts lectures 1990” with Walker’s “Canada’s Race Relations crisis: myth and reality” (November 1990),
• Poster of “Native Studies Conference. Brandon University” with Walker’s “The Indian in Canadian Historical Writing since 1971” (November 5-7, 1981).

Also contains a photograph of 22 people with James Walker among them, and information on the Public History Program at the University of Waterloo.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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, 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 the Native Studies Conference in Brandon, Manitoba, in 1981, where James Walker participated with the paper “The Indian in Canadian historical writing since 1971.” Includes printout of the paper, bibliography for the paper, abstract for the paper, and related correspondence.

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 different events James Walker attended. Includes printout of the chapter “Blacks” (now "Black History in Canada until 1900") written by Walker and published in New Canadian Encyclopedia Publishing Ltd. and related correspondence. Also includes a memorandum of agreement and printouts of “The black loyalists” for the Dictionary of Afro-American Slavery and related correspondence.
Also contains correspondence related to a request for electronic rights in the form of Pearson Custom Database, a letter of agreement and correspondence for the contribution to Taking Liberties: the history of human rights in Canada, and a talent release form for Walker’s appearance in the documentary “Welcome to Dresden: Jim Crow Lived Here Too.”

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 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 Saint Mary’s University’s Youth and Race Conference, in Halifax, in 1983 where James Walker delivered the keynote speaker. Includes related correspondence, program, poster, and abstract of the conference.

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.

Printout of the article presented by James Walker at the Bermuda-Canada Conference titled “West Indian immigrants and the Black community in Canada: parallels and promises.”

Materials related to the Commonwealth History Seminar at the University of Edinburgh in April 1984 where James Walker participated with a presentation titled “West Indian immigrants and the Black community in Canada: parallels and promises.” Includes printout of paper presented by Walker, related correspondence, and handouts for the seminar presentation.

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.

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

Materials related to the course History 407A & 407B “‘Race’ in Modern History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, a summary of the course, meeting schedules, notes for classes, materials for class, and suggested readings.
Also contains instructions for assignments for the course History 411, a class schedule for the course History 403A and syllabus, and instructions for assignments for the course History 250 “Public History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo.

Materials related to the course History 650/651 “Public History and Public Policy” taught by John English and James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes class schedules, notes for class, correspondence and memoranda related to funds and allocation of students for co-op placements, speaking notes for “On careers in Public History” by D. M. Page from the Department of External Affairs, correspondence inviting speakers, and suggested readings for the course.

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 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 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 250 “The Art and Craft of History,” also titled “Public History” taught by James Walker and M. Craton in 1989; Walker and Royce MacGillivray in 1995; and Walker and Patrick Harrigan in 1997 at the University of Waterloo. Includes syllabi, related correspondence and memoranda, final exams, instructions for assignments, notes for lectures, and materials for class and handouts.

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

Materials related to the University of Waterloo becoming a member institution of the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute. Includes information about the Institute and related memoranda and correspondence.

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.

Materials related to James Walker’s publication of entries in The Canadian Encyclopedia. Includes related correspondence, forms, corrections and annotations to articles, and entries for Lincoln M. Alexander, Daniel Grafton Hill, and “Blacks” (now "Black History in Canada until 1900").

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.

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.”

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

Materials related to The Guelph, Laurier, Waterloo History Conference on November 12, 1988, in Guelph. Includes program of the conference and a draft of a talk given by James Walker titled “Race and recruitment in World War I: enlistment of visible minorities in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.”

Materials related to the 20th Annual General Meeting of the S-20 & Nisei veterans association where James Walker was a guest speaker. Includes program of the meeting, related correspondence, lyrics to the Canadian national anthem and the song “Hotaru Lang Syne,” and script of Walker’s speech.

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 James Walker's entry in The Peoples of Canada: an encyclopedia for the country published by the Multicultural History Society of Ontario. Includes handwritten notes from telephone interviews performed by Walker while preparing the entry; printouts of “The Anderson Family Tree” and "Who on earth are all these people?;” related correspondence; ephemera for the 8th, 9th, and 10th editions of the “Black Theatre West presents the annual Jr. Black Achievement Awards;” ephemera from the “Afro-Carib news;” and research materials related to Black communities in British Columbia.
Also contains a program for the installation 1993 Convocation Ceremony, Simon Fraser University.

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.

Materials related to the administration of the History department and the Committee to review the department of co-operative education and career services at the University of Waterloo. Includes a report by James Walker about the co-op program, and correspondence related to the History Chair Nominating Committee.

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.”

Printout of the introductory remarks for the Canadian Historical Association Annual Meeting in Victoria, in 1990, delivered by James Walker and titled “Public history and Nineteenth Century Indian policy.”