MHSA Archival Description Record
Title and Physical Description
Dawn S. Bowen fonds. -- 1990-2001. -- 2.5 cm of textual records
Administrative/Biographical History
Dawn S. Bowen, was born in 1964 in Quantico, VA, living most of her
life in Virginia with short periods in Maine and Ontario. Her education
included a BA in Geography and International Affairs from Mary Washington
College in 1986, an MA in Canadian History from University of Maine
in 1990 (Thesis Title: “The Transformation of a Northern Alberta
Frontier Community”), and a PhD in Geography from Queen’s
University in 1998 (Dissertation Title: “‘Forward to a Farm’:
The Back-to-the-Land Movement as a Relief Initiative in Saskatchewan
during the Great Depression”). She has taught Geography at Mary
Washington College (with a brief experience at Queen's University) from
1991, specializing in historical/cultural geography with a focus on
the Canadian West. During her academic years, she has received numerous
honours such as the Fulbright Fellowship, Institute for International
Education (1992-1993); the Jepson Fellowship, Mary Washington College
(2004-2005); Distinguished Member, The National Society of Collegiate
Scholars (2003), and the Richard Palmieri Outstanding Professor Award
(2004). She has been a member of the Editorial Board of The Southeastern
Geographer, 2000-2002 and newsletter editor and Secretary/Treasurer
of the Canadian Studies Specialty Group, Association of American
Geographers, 1996-1999. Her publications and academic presentations
with focus on Mennonites include:
- “To Bolivia and Back: Migration and Its Impact on La Crete,
Alberta.” Journal of Mennonite Studies 22 (2004): 59-82.
- “Agricultural Expansion in Northern Alberta in the Late Twentieth
Century.” Geographical Review 92:4 (October 2002): 503-525.
- “Die Auswanderung: Religion, Culture, and Migration among Old
Colony Mennonites.” Canadian Geographer 45:4 (Winter 2001):
461-473.
- “Preserving Tradition, Confronting Progress: Social Change
in a Mennonite Community, 1950-1965.” American Review of Canadian
Studies 25:1 (Spring 1995): 53-77.
- “Mennonites on the Move: The Recent Exodus from Bolivia,”
presentation to Mary Washington College, Department of Geography,
Fredericksburg, Virginia, November 20, 2002.
- “Agricultural Expansion and Community Building: A Northern
Alberta Case Study,” presentation to Ohio University Geography
Colloquium, Athens, Ohio, April 26, 2002.
- “Agriculture, Forestry, and Farm Expansion in Northern Alberta,”
presentation to South Dakota State University Geography Conference,
Brookings, South Dakota, March 30, 2001.
- “To Bolivia and Back: Migration and Community Formation,”
paper presented to Return of the Kanadier: A History Conference
on a Migrant People, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 4, 2002.
- “The Agricultural Frontier and the Timber Industry: Northern
Alberta in the 21st Century,” paper presented to Association
of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California,
March 21, 2002.
- “Religion, Culture, and Migration: The Causes and Consequences
of Old Colony Mennonite Relocation,” paper presented to International
Conference of Historical Geographers, Triennial Meeting, Québec
City, Québec, August 18, 2001.
- “Expanding the Agricultural Frontier: Northern Alberta at the
Close of the Twentieth Century,” paper presented to Canadian
Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting, St. Catharines, Ontario,
June 3, 2000.
- “‘The Last Best North’: Agricultural Expansion in
Northern Alberta,” paper prsented to Association of American
Geographers, Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 8,
2000.
- “The Agro-Forestry Frontier: New Developments in Alberta’s
North,” paper presented to Association of Canadian Studies
in the United States, Biennial Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
November 18, 1999.
- “Mennonite Migrations in the Twentieth Century: A Northern
Canadian Perspective,” paper presented to Association of American
Geographers, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 7, 1993.
- “A Battle They Could Not Win: The Introduction of Public Education
into a Conservative Mennonite Community,” paper presented to
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Denver,
Colorado, April 23, 1992.
- “Searching for a Promised Land: Migration To and From a Northern
Alberta Mennonite Community,” paper presented to Southeastern
Division of the Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting,
Asheville, North Carolina, November 26, 1991.
- “Embracing the Unknown: The Migration Patterns of Northern
Alberta’s Mennonites,” paper presented to Association
for Canadian Studies in the United States, Biennial Meeting, Boston,
Massachusetts, November 23, 1991.
- “Expanding the Farmer’s Frontier: Three Settlements in
Alberta’s North.” Eastern Historical Geography Association,
Annual Meeting, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, September 12, 1991.
- “Migration to a Northern Frontier: The Homesteaders of the
Fort Vermilion District, Alberta, 1915-1940,” paper presented
to Canadian Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting, Kingston,
Ontario, June 7, 1991.
- “Social Change in a Mennonite Community: La Crete, Alberta,
1950-1965,” paper presented to Western Social Science Association,
Annual Meeting, Reno, Nevada, April 27, 1991.
- “Cultural Change on the Northern Agricultural Frontier: The
Transformation of an Alberta Mennonite Community,” paper presented
to Eastern Historical Geography Association, Annual Meeting,
Quebec City, Quebec, October 5, 1990.
- “Early Agricultural Development in the Lower Peace River Country,
Alberta, 1879-1935,” paper presented to Canadian Association
of Geographers, Annual Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta, May 31, 1990.
- “Pioneer Settlement in the Lower Peace River Country,”
paper presented to Pioneer America Society, Annual Meeting,
St. Charles, Missouri, November 10, 1989.
- “Agricultural Land Expansion in Alberta’s North, 1980-1999,”
poster presentation for Southeastern Division of the Association
of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Tampa, Florida, November
22, 1999.
Custodial History
The records were donated to the MHSA in March 2004
Scope & Content
The fonds consist of published and unpublished materials regarding the
geographic and historic experiences of the Mennonites in Northern Alberta
in the Fort Vermilion and LaCrete area
Source of Supplied Title
Title based on the contents of the fonds
Source of Acquisition
Gift by Dawn S. Bowen
Arrangement
According to Subject and date.
Access Restrictions
None
Finding Aids
See Files Inventory
Notes
Accession 2004.009
Last updated 17 Mar 2007 - Judith Rempel
Files Inventory
Box 1
1 - 1 The Transformation of a Northern Alberta Frontier Community,
MA Thesis - 1990
1 - 2 Preserving Tradition, Confronting Progress: Social Change in a
Mennonite Community, 1950-1965 [published in The American Review
of Canadian Studies, Spring: 53-77] - 1995
1 - 3 Die Auswanderung: Religion, Culture, and Migration among
Old Colony Mennonites [published in The Canadian Geographer,
45(4): 461-473]
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