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Dale Gilbert Jarvis Bibliography

All listings sole authorship of Dale Gilbert Jarvis, unless otherwise noted.

Have you seen the American Man? Downhome, 31.12 (May 2019): 80-85.

Jarvis, Dale Gilbert; Barrett, Terra M. ​The Historical Use of Ochre Pigments in
Newfoundland and Labrador​. Heritage NL Fieldnotes Series, 003, March 2019. St.
John's: Heritage NL.

Foreword. ​Chillers from The Rock​. Ellen Curtis and Erin Vance, Eds. St. John’s: Engen
Books, 2018. 1-3.

Jarvis, Dale; Drover, Kelly. ​A Survey of White Bronze Mortuary Monuments in St.
John's​. Newfoundland Ancestor, 34.1 (2018): 27-38.

Knitting Together Business & Heritage with Christine LeGrow​. Living Heritage Economy
CASE STUDY 002 • December 2018. St. John’s: Heritage NL.

Exploring Folklore Through Craft with Janet Peter.​ Living Heritage Economy
CASE STUDY 001 • October 2018. St. John’s: Heritage NL.

Notes on Methodist Churches, Bauline, Conception Bay​. Heritage NL Fieldnotes Series,

002, December 2018. St. John's: Heritage NL.

Looking Back, Moving Forward: A Decade of Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

in Newfoundland and Labrador​. From Sealskin to Science Fiction: Taking Tradition into
the Twenty-First Century, Katherine Harvey & Dale Jarvis, eds. Proceedings of the
Forum on Adapting NL’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, held October 25-26, 2017,
The Lantern, St. John’s, NL. St. John’s: Heritage NL, 2018. 4-10.

Harvey, Katherine; Jarvis, Dale. ​Architectural History of the Crocker Root Cellar,
Bradley's Cove​. Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador Occasional Paper
009, 2018

Exploring the Legend of Sedna​. Inside Labrador (Summer 2018): 44-50.

A History of St. Mark’s Anglican Cemetery​, New Perlican. Heritage NL Fieldnotes

Series, 001, November 2018.
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An Architectural History of the Pilley's Island United (Methodist) Church​.

Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador Occasional Paper, 2018

Haunted Ground: Ghost Stories from the Rock. St. John’s, Flanker Press, 2017.

He Left His Mark: The remarkable life of Frederick G. Chislett, tombstone designer and
ice-skating champion. Downhome, 30.6 (November 2017): 134-137.

Colcannon Night. Downhome, 30.5 (October 2017): 132-135.

Street Arabs, Drain Sweepers, and Birch Brooms​. Heritage Update, 068 (December
2016-January 2017): 4.

Barrett, Terra; Elliott, Heather; Jarvis, Dale; Li Xingpei. ​Chinese Graves at the General
Protestant Cemetery, St. John's​. Occasional Paper on Intangible Cultural Heritage No.
007. St. John's: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, February 2017.

A birch broom made by Nigola “Nickly” Jeddore​, of Conne River. Heritage Update, 73
(2017): 8-10.

Barrett, Terra; Elliott, Heather; Jarvis, Dale; Li Xingpei. Chinese Graves at the General
Protestant Cemetery, St. John's. Newfoundland Ancestor, 32.4 (2016): 171-182.

“​Not in my time, and not in your time​…”: Storytelling, Change, and the Oral Tradition in
Newfoundland and Labrador. In Pathways of Creativity in Contemporary Newfoundland
and Labrador. Ed. Maria Jesus Hernaez Lerena. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge
Scholars Publishing, 2015.

It’s Like a Living Thing To Me​: An oral history of the Jenkins House, Durrell, Twillingate
Occasional Paper on Intangible Cultural Heritage 006, July 2015.

The Power of Safeguarding a Sense of Place​: Bridging Tangible and Intangible Cultural
Heritage. ICH Update, 59 (September-November 2015): 2-3.

Reframing and Extending Tradition​: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Public Folklore in
Newfoundland and Labrador. Volkskunde 115 (2014) nr. 3. 2015.

Resilience of Tradition​: Intangible Cultural Heritage Programs in Newfoundland and

Labrador. Paper presented at Heritage Canada National Trust Conference, 2014.

Revitalization of Christmas Mummering Traditions in Newfoundland, Canada. Living

Heritage is Our Future: Global ICH Cases and Practices. Gangwan, Republic of Korea:
Inter-City Intangible Cultural Cooperation Network, 2014. 125-135

The terrifying trio. Downhome, October 2014, Vol. 27(5), pp. 54-57.

Preliminary research notes​ on the traditional Newfoundland children’s game “Hoist Your
Sails and Run.” Intangible Cultural Heritage Update, 49 (Feb 2014): 6-7.
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Any Mummers ’Lowed In?: Christmas Mummering Traditions in Newfoundland and

Labrador. St. John’s, Flanker Press, 2014.

An Introduction to Placemaking​: Thoughts from NL's Intangible Cultural Heritage Office

ICH Update, 54 (Dec 2014): 2.

An overview of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Strategy​.

Prepared for Symposium on Music, Folklore and the Public Sector, Music Media and
Place Gallery, 2nd floor, Arts & Culture Centre, 15 May 2014, St. John’s, NL, Canada.

Rug Hooking​: Alice Moores, Red Bay. Them Days, 2013, Vol. 37(2), pp. 4-11

Surviving Newfoundland and Labrador. Downhome, August 2013, Vol. 26(3), pp. 94-95.

Hay Barracks in Newfoundland​. Material Culture Review 77/78 (Spring/Fall 2013):

Hay Barracks​: A vanished piece of Newfoundland's history. Heritage, 16. 2 (2013):

20-22.

Field Report: ​ICH Documentation and Communities​. ICH Courier, 17 (2013):

Newfoundland Lych Gates​. Newfoundland Ancestor, 29.3 (2013): 64-67.

Lych Gates in Newfoundland​. Occasional Paper on Intangible Cultural Heritage No.

004. St. John's: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, August 2013.

Information and reflection on the approach​, strategy and general vision on documenting
and inventorying Intangible Cultural Heritage in Newfoundland and Labrador. Prepared
for: “Participative methods for inventorying or documenting elements of ICH - Expert
meeting” Lamot Conference and Heritage Centre Mechelen (Flanders, Belgium) -
January 14th 2013.

Challenges in the community conservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage in

Newfoundland and Labrador.​ Prepared for “Documentation of ICH as a tool for
community’s safeguarding activities - The First Intensive Researchers Meeting on
Communities and the 2003 Convention.” 3-4 March 2012, Tokyo Japan.

Making ugly music together. Downhome, December 2012, Vol. 25(7), pp. 67-69, 71.

6 steps to a proper ugly stick. Downhome, December 2012, Vol. 25(7), p. 70.

Old Time Concerts on the Baccalieu Trail​: A Project-Based Training Case Study
Occasional Paper on Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 2, Aug 2012

Frightful fun for kids. Downhome, October 2012, Vol. 25(5), pp. 110-113.

Marching on. Downhome, September 2012, Vol. 25(4), pp. 140-143.

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Safeguarding and Celebrating ICH in Newfoundland and Labrador​. Les Mesures de
Soutien Au Patrimoine Immateriel. Quebec: conseil quebecois du patrimoine vivant,
2012. 141-148.

Haunted waters : more true ghost stories of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's,
N.L. : Flanker Press, 2010.

What is Intangible Cultural Heritage​? St. John’s: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland

and Labrador, 2008.

The golden leg and other ghostly campfire stories. St. John's, N.L. : Flanker Press,
2007.

Wonderful strange : ghosts, fairies, and fabulous beasties of Newfoundland and

Labrador. St. John's, N.L. : Flanker Press, c2005.

Rural renos: Turning neglect into nirvana in Central Newfoundland. Downhomer, March
2005, Vol. 17(10), pp. DT16-DT18, DT20-DT23.

The phantom funeral. Downhomer, August 2005, Vol. 18(3), pp. DT36-DT38.

Haunted shores : true ghost stories of Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's, N.L. :
Flanker Press, 2004.

Clamour and flight. Downhomer, July 2004, Vol. 17(2), pp. BP18-BP20.

Dead woman walking: The Phantom of Faulkner's Flat .Downhomer, June 2004, 17(1),
pp. BP26-BP28.

Ghost train: The phantom locomotive of Buchans. Downhomer, August 2004, Vol. 17(3),
pp. BP22-BP25.

Roadside spirits and the bucket-headed ghost of Burnt Islands. Downhomer, September
2004, Vol. 17(4), pp. BP12-BP14.

The light in the bight. Downhomer, November 2004, Vol. 17(6), pp. BP24-BP27.

Surrounded by fairies. Downhomer, December 2004, Vol. 17(7), pp. BP18-BP21.

The headless gatekeeper and other spirits of Signal Hill. Downhomer, May 2004, Vol.
16(12), pp. BP32-BP36.

Bewitched in Grand Bank. Downhomer, April 2004, Vol. 16(11), pp. BP21-BP24.

Skiing spirit: The ghost of Smokey Mountain. Downhomer, March 2004, Vol. 16(10), pp.
BP13-BP15.

Attacked by a giant squid. Downhomer, March 2004, Vol. 16(10), pp. 60-63.
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The demon isle. Downhomer, February 2004, Vol. 16(9), pp. BP20-BP23.

The spirit on the stairs. Downhomer, January 2004, Vol. 16(8), pp. BP13-BP15.

“Chapter 4: Newfoundland” in Canadian Ghost Stories, Volume II. Ghost House Books,
2003.

The curse of the 3. Downhomer, January 2003, Vol. 15(8), pp. 60- 62.

Fairy struck. Downhomer, September 2003, Vol. 16(4), pp. 74-75.

Finding Private Ryan: A forgotten Broad Cove memorial gets a new home. Downhomer,
June 2003, Vol. 16(1), pp. 60-62.

Gander's unexplained visitors. Downhomer, February 3003, Vol. 14(9), pp. 77-79.

Guardian ghost. Downhomer, August 2003, Vol. 16(3), pp. 70-71.

Lust, lies and revenge. Downhomer, July 2003, Vol. 16(2), pp. 56-57.

The haunted house of Dunville. Downhomer, December 2003, Vol. 16(7), BP26-BP28.

The hollies and the hurricane-a chilly tale of the mass grave in Northern Bay Sands .
Downhomer, June 2003, Vol. 16(1), pp. 70-72.

Firing on a ghost ship. Downhomer, November 2003, Vol. 16(6), pp.107-109.

Ghostly cargo. Downhomer, March 2003, Vol. 15(10), pp. 64-65.

Hooked on horror. Downhomer, October 2003, Vol. 16(5), pp. 68-69.

Out of the bay - the mysterious light of Pikes Arm. Downhomer, April 2003, Vol. 15(11),
pp. 62-63.

The haunted house of Deadman's Island. Downhomer, February 2003, Vol. 15(9), pp.
64-65.

The light of the bar - legends still burn bright on Random Island. Downhomer, May
2003, Vol. 15(12), pp. 68-69.

Comfort Cove's hero. Downhomer, January 2002, Vol. 14(8), pp. 13-14.

The water-walking ghosts of Chaleur Bay. Downhomer, January 2002, Vol. 14(8), pp.
79-80.

The dog days of winter. Downhomer, February 2002, Vol. 14(9), pp. 10-11.

Snow sculptures-a family affair. Downhomer, February 2002, Vol. 14(9), pp. 15-17.
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The Chance Cove mystery. Downhomer, March 2002, Vol. 14(10), pp. 74-75.

The snowshoe man. Downhomer, March 2002, Vol. 14(10), pp. 29-30.

Whales and other fish. Downhomer, March 2002, Vol. 14(10), pp. 78-79.

Phantom cries from Emily Harbour. Downhomer, July 2002, Vol. 15(2), pp. 63-64.

Is Churchill Falls cursed? Downhomer, September 2002, Vol. 15(4), pp. 60-61.

Deer Lake's dam of the damned.Downhomer, November 2002, Vol. 15(6), pp. 74- 75.

The ghost child of Branch. Downhomer, June 2002, Vol. 15(1), pp. 66- 67.

Festival frenzy. Downhomer, July 2002, Vol. 15(2), pp. 19-20.

Jack the lantern in Shoe Cove Bight. Downhomer, April 2002, Vol. 14(11), pp. 70-71.

The ghostly pirates of Portland Creek. Downhomer, August 2002, Vol. 15(3), pp. 66-67.

The phantom piper of Piper's Hole. Downhomer, October 2002, Vol. 15(5), pp. 60-61.

They came from outer space. Downhomer, December 2002, Vol. 15(7), pp. 66-67.

The one-legged men of the Northern Pen. Downhomer, April 2001, Vol. 13(11), pp.
74-76.

The ghosts of Victoria Street. Downhomer, March 2001, Vol. 13(10), pp. 74-76.

The mystery of the lost letter. Downhomer, August 2001, Vol. 14(3), pp. 68-69.

Hunting for ghosts in Corner Brook. Downhomer, January 2001, Vol. 13(8), pp. 74-75.

The ghost of Long Point lighthouse. Downhomer, November 2001, Vol. 14(6), pp.
67-69.

The Mockbeggar spooks. Downhomer, October 2001, Vol. 14(5), pp. 75-77.

Have you seen the Blue Jacket? Downhomer, July 2001, Vol. 14(2), pp. 79-81.

Horse that saw a ghost. Downhomer, December 2001, Vol. 14(7), pp. 85-87.

Anne Pearl's ghostly ride. Downhomer, May 2001, Vol. 13(12), pp. 82-83.

Preservation Brief: ​Central Fire Station and Other St. John’s Fire Halls​. St. John’s:
Heritage Foundation of NL, 2001.

Smoker: Ghost trapper of Labrador. Downhomer, February 2001, Vol. 13(9), pp. 68-69.
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The Moravian Dead Houses of Labrador​, Canada. Communal Societies 21 (2001):
61-77.

Preservation Brief: ​Belvedere Convent and Orphanage​. St. John’s: Heritage Foundation
of NL, 2000.

Building Report: ​The Inspector General’s House, St. John’s​. St. John’s: Heritage
Foundation of NL, 2000.

Moravian Gardens in Labrador. Them Days, Summer 2000, Vol. 25(4), pp. 42-45.

The ghost chopper. Downhomer, July 2000, Vol. 13(2), pp. 64-65.

These boots are made for haunting. Downhomer, December 2000, Vol. 13(7), pp.
70-71.

The vanishing conductor. Downhomer, November 2000, Vol. 13(6), pp. 70-71.

Heritage Buildings in St. John's. Newfoundland Ancestor, 15.2 (1999): 67-70.

The ghostly fire of Tanrahan's town. Downhomer, March 1999, Vol. 11(10), p. 62.

The Newmans and the Newman Wine Vaults. Newfoundland Ancestor, 14.3 (1998):
126-128.

The Newman Wine Vaults​: An Exercise in Community Initiatives and Creative

Partnerships. Momentum 1998, ICOMOS Canada Bulletin 7.2 (1998): 45-48.

True Newfoundland tales of terror: The ghostly knockings of the Foran's Hotel.
Downhomer, February 1998, Vol. 10(9), p. 75.

The registered heritage structures of Labrador. Them Days, Winter 1998, Vol. 23(2), pp.
62-63.

Death tokens and the strange case of Mrs. Dower. Downhomer, July 1998, Vol. 11(2),
p. 70.

Strathies of Bonavista​. Newfoundland Ancestor, 14.1 (1998): 56-58.

Notes from the St. John's Haunted Hike. Haunted Attraction Magazine: The Publication
for the Dark Amusement Industry 11/12 (1998): 10, 26.

A Short History of the St. John’s Masonic Temple. The Trident Southcott Edition (July
1998): 6-7.

Labrador Odyssey - A Book Review. Newfoundland Ancestor, 13.4 (1997): 198-199.

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The legacy of Alexander Strathie: The architecture of the Strathie family of Bonavista,
Newfoundland. Heritage Canada, September - October 1997, Vol. 5(1), pp. 13-15.
Unpublished pdf version​.

Exploring God's Acre​: The Moravian Church Mission Graveyard, Hebron Labrador.
Newfoundland Ancestor, 13.2 (1997): 93-95.

"​We Modernized ‘er, b’y!​: The Modern, Moderne, and Post-Modernity in Newfoundland
Architecture." Working Papers from the Canadian Studies Graduate Association of
McGill Third Annual Conference, February 21-22, 1997, McGill University. Montreal:
Canadian Studies Graduate Association of McGill University, 1997. 18-23.

Book Review - ​The Missions of Northern Sonora​: A 1935 Field Documentation.

Transmission, 2.2 (1997): 7-8.

"Labrador Odyssey: A Book Review." Rev. of Labrador Odyssey: The Journal and
Photographs of Eliot Curwen on the Second Voyage of Wilfred Grenfell, 1893, by
Ronald Rompkey. Newfoundland Ancestor 13.4 (1997): 198-199.

Conservation Action Report: The Newman Wine Vaults, St. John’s. The Trident (1997):
6-7.

The Built Heritage Tour: The Architectural Heritage of the Bonavista Peninsula.
Prepared for Cabot and His World Symposium, Sunday, June 15, 1997. St. John’s:
Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1997.

Rev. of ​Three Tales From Senegal​, Library of African Cinema Series, California
Newsreel. Culture and Tradition 18 (1996): 118- 121.

Two New Klezmer Albums. Rev. of On the Air: Old-time Jewish-American Radio, by
Kapelye; and Maxwell Street Wedding, by Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. Jewish
Currents 50.10 (1996): 27-28.

Bonavista Peninsula heritage inventory. Heritage Canada, November - December 1996,

Vol. 4(2), pp. 14, 15.

The dead houses of Labrador. Them Days, Summer 1996, Vol. 21(4), pp. 58-61.

Converting the Landscape: Changes to the Land in Moravian Labrador​. Interdisciplinary

Conference Order and Chaos - Conference Proceedings, May 1996.

Analysis of the Trent University ceramic collection from the Krieger Site​ near Chatham.
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KEWA: Newsletter of the London Chapter, Ontario Archaeological Society. 96-2
(February, 1996).

A ​Brief Architectural History of Bonavista Methodist ​(Memorial United) Church.

Programme Notes for Handel’s Messiah. Bonavista, NF: Bonavista Historical Society
and the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, December 15th, 1996.

Gender Segregation and Sacred Architecture:​ A Study of George Street Methodist

Church, Peterborough, Ontario. Canadian Folklore Canadien Vol. 17, 2, 1995.

Edited volumes

St. John’s Architectural Inventory, Vol 1: Circular Road, Maxse Street, Monkstown
Road, Park Place, Rennie’s Mill Road, Riverview Avenue. St. John’s: Heritage
Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1999.

Heritage Inventory of the Twillingate Islands. St. John’s: Heritage Foundation of

Newfoundland and Labrador, 1998.

Heritage inventory of the Bonavista Peninsula: inventory report of selected pre-1920

structures in the Bonavista Peninsula area. Prepared for Government of Newfoundland
by Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador. Edited by D.G. Jarvis. 2nd. ed.
St. John’s: Heritage Foundation of NL, 1997. 2 vols. Ill.

Architectural Preservation and the Existing Heritage Architecture of Twillingate,

Newfoundland. St. John’s: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1996.

The Built Heritage of Random Island, Newfoundland: A Preliminary Inventory of the

Heritage Architecture of Random Island, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. Edition 1.0. St.
John’s: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1996.

The Built Heritage of Grand Bank, Newfoundland: A Preliminary Inventory Report of

Selected Pre-1920 Structures in Grand Bank, Burin Peninsula, Newfoundland. Edition
1.0. St. John's: Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1996.