Newfoundland Rangers Bibliography

The following materials are available at the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland A1B 3Y1, phone: 709-737-3235. You may also find many of them at other campuses and in your local library.


PERIODICAL ARTICLES:

Title: Promotions Newfoundland Ranger Force [E.L. Martin, H.W. 
Walters, I.S. Glendenning]
Journal: Newfoundland Government Bulletin, July 1944, (10), p. 3.

Title: Reflections [1939 photos of Newfoundland Rangers Honour 
Guard]
Journal: Newfoundland Herald, September 20, 1986, Vol. 41(38), p. 
127.
Note: illus

Title: Reflections [1936 photos of Northern Ranger]
Journal: Newfoundland Herald, December 13, 1986, Vol. 41(50), p. 
127.
Note: illus

Author: Palliser, Joseph
Title: Dog team driver [reminiscences of dogsled trips with 
rangers]
Journal: Them Days, 1978, Vol. 4(2), pp. 24-25.
Note: port; also in Inuttut

Author: Horwood, Harold
Title: Torpedo junction [excerpt from 'A History of the Nfld. 
Ranger Force'; re sinking of Chatham by submarine, 1942 near 
Forteau]
Subject: DWYER, CLARENCE
Journal: Them Days, June 1987, Vol. 12(4), p. 110.
Note: illus

Title: Newfoundland Ranger No. 79 [re Hogan's rescue of Butt after 
plane crash near Strait of Belle Isle, 1943]
Subject: HOGAN, JOHN
Subject: BUTT, ERIC
Journal: Them Days, June 1987, Vol. 12(4), p. 109.
Note: ports

Author: Firth, Raymond
Title: New Brunswick Rangers [chiefly photos, 1940s]
Subject: GOOSE BAY
Journal: Them Days, July 1991, Vol. 16(4), pp. 34-35.
Note: illus ports

Title: From the records [case of Nfld. Ranger from Harbour Deep 
with frostbitten feet, 1936]
Journal: Grenfell Clinical Quarterly, Autumn 1986, Vol. 3(1), pp. 
25-28.

Title: Criminal justice: History [1615- 1950; incl. ducking from 
yard arm; sheep stealing; lawyers; responsible gov't.; law; 
Harbour Grace Affray; Nfld. Rangers]
Journal: Decks Awash, October 1980, Vol. 9(5), pp. 4-9.
Note: illus

Author: Basha, R. Fred
Title: Lost in the northern wilderness: Ranger Hogan's 50 day 
ordeal [re survival from plane crash, Hawke's Bay, 1943]
Subject: HOGAN, JACK
Subject: HAWKE'S BAY
Journal: Newfoundland TV Topics, June 28, 1980, Vol. 2(16), pp. 6-
8.
Note: ports

Author: Jones, Gerald
Title: The Newfoundland Rangers
Journal: Newfoundland Quarterly, November 1973, Vol. 70(2), pp. 7-
9.
Note: ports

Author: Brown, John Selby
Title: Newfoundland log book [excerpt from a Nfld. Ranger's diary, 
1935-1936]
Subject: BROWN, JOHN SELBY
Journal: Newfoundland Quarterly, June 1970, Vol. 67(3), pp. 22-24.
Note: Aspects 3(2) June 1970

Author: Harrington, Michael F.
Title: Rangers: Newfoundland's 'wardens of the North'
Journal: Atlantic Advocate, October 1983, Vol. 74(2), pp. 50-53, 
55.
Note: illus port

Author: Glendinning, I.S.
Title: The Newfoundland Rangers
Journal: RCMP Quarterly, January 1951, Vol. 16(3), pp. 212-217.


BOOKS:

Personal author: Andrews, Scott W. E.
Title: Handy-men of the hinterland : the Newfoundland Ranger 
Force, 1935-1950 / Scott W.E. Andrews.
Publication info: 1995.
Physical description: 20, [1] leaves
General note: Typescript of paper submitted for History 4132, 
Memorial University of Newfoundland.
General note: "Duties ranged from being a police officer, to 
customs collector, inspector of weights and measures, inspector of 
saw mills, and salvage commissioner."(leaf 1)
Bibliography note: Includes bibliographical references (leaf [1]).

Title: The Hogan Trail / prepared by the Newfoundland Ranger Force 
Association.
Publication info: Hawkes Bay, Newfoundland : distributed by the 
Town of Hawkes Bay, [between 1987 and 1991].
Physical description: 1 pamphlet : map.
General note: Tourist information brochure.
Personal subject: Hogan, John, d. 1977.
Corporate author: Newfoundland Ranger Force Association.

Personal author: Tucker, Otto, 1923-
Title: A collection of stories / by Otto Tucker. --
Publication info: St. John's, Nfld. : Harry Cuff, 1987.
Physical description: 102 p. : ill.
Series: Seventh wave Newfoundland writers series
General note: "Includes stories previously published in A yaffle 
of yarns and From the heart of a bayman."
Contents include A tribute to rangers.

Personal author: Pilgrim, Earl B.
Title: Will anyone search for Danny? / Earl B. Pilgrim. --
Publication info: [St. John's] : Robinson-Blackmore, 1986.
Physical description: 270 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps.
Personal subject: Corcoran, Danny, 1915?-1936.
Personal subject: Gillard, Pleman.
Personal subject: Compton, Arthur.
Personal subject: Thomas, Jack.
Personal subject: Brown, Jack.
Corporate subject: Newfoundland Ranger Force--Biography.

Personal author: Horwood, Harold Andrew, 1923-
Title: A history of the Newfoundland Ranger Force / Harold 
Horwood. --
Publication info: St. John's, Nfld. : Breakwater Books, 1986.
Physical description: 183 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.

Personal author: Tuck, Marilyn, 1938-
Title: The Newfoundland Ranger Force, 1935-1950 / by Marilyn Tuck. 
--
Publication info: 1983.
Physical description: 147 leaves : maps
Dissertation note: Thesis (M.A.) -- Memorial University of 
Newfoundland.
Bibliography note: Bibliography : leaves 118-123.
Reproduction note: Typescript.

Personal author: Crane, Norman.
Title: The Newfoundland Rangers / Norman Crane. --
Publication info: 1982.
Physical description: 8 leaves.
General note: A lecture delivered to the Newfoundland Historical 
Society.
Reproduction note: Photocopy of typescript.
Corporate author: Newfoundland Historical Society

Personal author: Brown, Glenn
Title: The Newfoundland Ranger Force / Glenn Brown. --
Publication info: 1975.
Physical description: 43 leaves.
General note: Submitted for History 3120, Memorial University of 
Newfoundland.
Reproduction note: Photocopy of holograph. St. John's : Memorial 
University of Newfoundland, Maritime History Group.
Corporate author: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime 
History Group

Personal author: Harnum, Ewart John Arlington, 1910-
Title: The Newfoundland Ranger Force. --
Publication info: St. John's : s.n., 1974.
Physical description: 18, 2 leaves ; 28 cm.
General note: "Notes for an address by the Honourable E. John A. 
Harnum, Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland, to the regular weekly 
luncheon meeting of the St. John's Rotary Club, Hotel 
Newfoundland, January 3rd, 1974."

Personal author: Brown, J. S. (John Selby), 1912-1943.
Title: The writings of ranger J.S. Brown. --
Publication info: Oxford, N.S. : Aubrey M. Tizzard, 1973.
Physical description: 80 p.
Personal subject: Brown, J. S. (John Selby), 1912-1943.

Personal author: Porter, Wilbert.
Title: History of the Newfoundland Rangers, 1935-1950 / by Wilbert 
Porter. --
Publication info: [1973]
Physical description: 14 leaves.
General note: Paper submitted for History 3110, Memorial 
University of Newfoundland.
Reproduction note: Photocopy of typescript. St. John's: Memorial 
University of Newfoundland, Maritime History Group.
Corporate author: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Maritime 
History Group

Title: The Newfoundland Rangers, 1935-1950. --
Publication info: [s.l. : Newfoundland Ranger Force Association, 
1968]
Physical description: [20] p. : ill.
General note: Includes membership list.
Corporate author: Newfoundland Ranger Force Association.

Personal author: Webber, David A.
Title: The Saint John's Volunteer Rangers, 1805-1814 / by David 
Webber.
Publication info: [St. John's] : Newfoundland Naval and Military 
Museum, [1962].
Physical description: 27 p. : ill.
Series: Occasional paper (Newfoundland Naval and Military Museum); 
v. 1, no. 2.
Corporate author: Newfoundland Naval and Military Museum.

Personal author: Hogan, John, Ranger.
Title: Official report regarding his flight by plane from Labrador 
to Newfoundland on the 8th May 1943. --
Publication info: [Ottawa] : Dept. of Natural Resources [1943?]
Physical description: 6 leaves ; 28 cm.
General note: Cataloguer's title.
General note: Press release.
General note: Xerox reproduction of copy loaned by Dr. Peacock.

Personal author: Brown, J. S. (John Selby), 1912-1943.
Title: The comic adventures of an ex-Ranger / by J.S. Brown.
Publication info: 1941.
Physical description: 4 leaves.
Reproduction note: Photocopy of typescript.
Personal subject: Brown, J. S. (John Selby), 1912-1943.


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