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 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.

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 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 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.

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 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 course History 321 “‘Race’ in Modern History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes notes for lectures, instructions for assignments, syllabi, and materials for class and handouts.

Materials related to the course History 221 "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes suggested reading lists, handouts for films (films are “In freedom’s name,” “Dresden story: encounter at Kwacha House,” “In the shadow of Gold Mountain,” “White Canada,” “Remember Africville,” and “Journey to justice"), and lecture outlines. Lecture outlines are for:

• “‘Race,’ slavery and imperialism,”
• “Black pioneers in the Maritimes,”
• “Fugitives slaves in Ontario,”
• “‘Race’ in Canadian public policy,”
• “World War I,” “Between the Wars,” “World War II and the postwar reaction,” and “Further developments in race relations."

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.

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 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 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 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 11th Biennial Conference of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, in Winnipeg, in 1991, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Race & sex on the Canadian prairies: the Quong Wing affair.” Includes abstracts of papers, a draft of paper, programme, notes regarding travel arrangements, receipts of travel expenses, related correspondence, and an abstract of the paper.

Materials related to a panel at the University of Waterloo, in 1991, that was part of the event “Fall Teaching Days” where James Walker participated in a panel titled “Is gender equity a problem on campus?” Includes drafts of paper by James Walker, instructions for the panel discussion, a program of the event, and handwritten notes.

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 related correspondence, information about the Encyclopedia project committee, notes on the preparation of the Encyclopedia, assignment agreements for the writing of entries, and lists of suggested themes and contributors.

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 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 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 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 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."

Materials related to the event "Multiculturalism the Canadian dilemma (ethnic diversity, Racism and anti-Semitism in Canada)," in Hamilton, on November 24, 1996, where James Walker participated with a paper titled “Ethnic diversity, racial equality and group rights: the Canadian experience." Includes printout of the paper, a program of the event, pamphlets, and related correspondence.

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 the “Donald Higgins Memorial Lecture” organized by the Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, in 1997, where James Walker participated with a talk titled “Field of dreams: ‘Race’ and law in Canadian history.” Includes related correspondence, receipts, and printouts of Walker's talk.
Also contains a printout of “Black Cultural Centre for Nova Scotia 3 November 1997 A culture of resistance.”

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.

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 event “How racist were we?” at Wilfrid Laurier University in 1998. Includes related correspondence, a poster of the event, and printout of Walker's presentation with the same title.

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 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 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.

Script of a James Walker's talk at “Multiple Lenses,” in Halifax, 2005, titled “Approaching African-Canadian History.”

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

Scripts of James Walker's talk at Queen’s University on June 16, 2007, titled “Black Power moves North.”

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 James Walker's article “A Black day in court: ‘Race’ and judging in R v RDS” published by the University of Toronto Press in 2010. Includes printout of the article with annotations and corrections and scripts of a related talk given by Walker at the University of Toronto Law School on November 24, 2010.

Script of James Walker's talk at McGill University titled “Where do human rights come from? Some lessons from the Canadian experience.”

Materials related to the Inaugural Address at the Royal Society of Canada delivered by James Walker. Includes script for the address and related correspondence. Also contains notes from a Burnley “Rocky” Jones appreciation Night in 2004.

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 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 organization of the Tri-University (Guelph, Laurier, and Waterloo) Graduate Program in History. Includes proposals for the Ph.D. program, bibliography lists for different areas of specialization of the program, programme of “Tri-University Doctoral Program in History/ Guelph, Laurier, Waterloo. 1994-1996,” and related correspondence.
Also contains a printout of “Revising the Race, Imperialism and Slavery field” and a bibliography for “Race, slavery and imperialism area of the program.”

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.”

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

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 course History 221. "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes book review lists, suggested readings, and notes for lectures:

• 1. “Course introduction,”
• 2. “‘Race,’ slavery and imperialism,”
• “Slavery in Canada,”
• 3. “Black pioneers in the Maritimes,”
• 4. “Fugitive slaves in Ontario,”
• 5. “‘Race’ in Canadian public policy,”
• 8. “World War I,”
• 9. “Between the Wars,”
• 10. “The War and Postwar reaction,”
• 11. “Recent developments,”
• 12. “Closing remarks.”

Materials related to the course History 221 "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes film handouts (for films “Voyage of the Komagata Maru” and “In the shadow of Gold Mountain”), suggested reading lists and book review lists, and maps and lecture outlines. Lectures and maps are:

• Map “Japanese-Canadian relocation 1942,”
• Map “The Oklahoma migration,”
• Map “The West in 1885,”
• Map “Fugitive slaves in Ontario,”
• Map “Atlantic slave trade,”
• Lecture “‘Race’ in Canadian public policy,”
• Lecture “World War I,”
• Lecture “Between the Wars,”
• Lecture “World War II and the Postwar reaction,”
• Lecture “Further developments in race relations,”
• Lecture “‘Race,’ slavery and imperialism,”
• Lecture “Fugitive slaves in Ontario.”

Lectures for the course History 221 "‘Race’ in Canadian History” taught by James Walker at the University of Waterloo. Includes scripts for lectures:

• “Course introduction,”
• “‘Race,’ slavery and imperialism,”
• “Slavery in Canada,”
• “Black pioneers in the Maritimes,”
• “World War I,”
• “Between the Wars.”

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

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

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

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 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.

Materials related to the Tri-University History Conference in Guelph, on January 28, 1994, where James Walker participated with his paper “A case for morality: the Quong Wing files.” Includes a printout of the paper and program of the event.

Materials related to the Yad Vashem seminar on teaching the Holocaust for the summer of 1996, in Israel. Includes related correspondence, travel advance and settlement claims for attending the seminar, grants, fare and travel information, ephemera related to the event, records related to registrations and financial matters during the time there,
Also contains correspondence sent by Walker relating to the Jewish Studies Committee at the University of Waterloo and the Holocaust studies conference and a related newspaper clipping.

Materials related to the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History and James Walker's book Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada: historical case studies published with Laurier University Press. Includes a draft of Walker's book preface and a book summary, a form for aid to scholarly publications, readers’ report, information about the book, related correspondence, information about the edition of the book, and information for the Osgoode Society's members.
Also contains correspondence regarding a publication edited by Walker in the Osgoode Society's “Gazette” with comments from members of the society.

Materials related to the conference “Heritage in Transition: a conference on the study of Canadian Jewry” at York University, where James Walker participated with a paper titled "Jewish participation in the movement for Racial Equality in Postwar Canada.” Includes related correspondence, a summary of Walker's presentation, and a printout of Walker's paper “The Jewish phase in the movement for racial equality in Canada.”

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.”

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).

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.

Script of James Walker's talk at the National Archives and Records Administration of the United States, on January 22, 2009, and titled “The Black Loyalists and their flight to freedom.”
Also contains materials related to the workshop “Revisiting Human Rights in Canadian History,” including related correspondence and the programme for the workshop.

Notes for James Walker's presentation on the National task force on the Holocaust & Antisemitism in Canada, in Toronto, on May 26, 2010, titled “Before Human Rights: claiming equality for Canadian Jewry, 1933-1945.”

Notes and drafts of James Walker's talk at PIER 21, titled “The Caribbean Connection: Canadian Immigration, policy, Caribbean Immigration, and consequences for Nova Scotia.”

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.

Script written by James Walker for Burnley “Rocky” Jones' eulogy on August 8, 2013, printed in 2021.

Script and notes for James Walker's talk for the launch of co-authored his book Burnley "Rocky" Jones : revolutionary : an autobiography, given at Toronto, on October 5, 2016.

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 Provost’s Advisory Committee on Equal Rights (PACER). Includes meetings agendas, notices, and minutes (for April 20, February 23, January 26, 1993; October 27, April 22, November 27, 1992); report “Ontario Human Rights Commission Policy Statement with Respect to Exclusionary Scholarships;” draft of “UW Responses re Harassment and discrimination policy in postsecondary institutions,” a memorandum from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities on Harassment and Discrimination Policy in Postsecondary Institutions, a photocopy of “Feature: Curbing Racism on Campus,” and PACER Annual Report.

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.

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.

Materials related to the organization of the India-Canada workshop and conference “Accommodating diversity: learning from the Indian and Canadian Experiences” at the University of Waterloo, which was ultimately cancelled due to the Government of India's objections. Includes budgets, proposal to the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute for a Grant from the Development Initiatives Fund, memorandum of agreement, forms for sponsored research activities, participant evaluation, proposed schedule and list of participants, interdisciplinary grants program, and notes for the organization of the conference, correspondence about the cancellation and photocopies of newspaper clippings about the cancellation.
Also contains correspondence, registration form, and programme of the event “Democracy and Civil Society in Asia: the emerging opportunities and challenges” organized by the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen’s University; and a printout of “Developing a framework for the study of diversity in education as a component of the reform programme of the Delhi Government Schools.”

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 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, 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 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.