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THE BARNARDO NEWS

"UPS & DOWNS"




The following are copies of excerpts taken from the magazine,
"UPS & DOWNS" posted on the mailing lists for the"British Home Children".
Credit for all this hard work goes to BRIAN ROLFE, GAIL COLLINS, 
JAMES E. McLAIN, HEATHER HOWARD, CHARLENE MADDEN, DOROTHY BUSH, 
SUE JONES, SHARON WALKER & JOYCE BLACK.   


LIVERPOOL SERIES
From: "Brian Rolfe" 

Microfilm copy of a series of Ups and Downs, 
the Canadian magazine of Barnardo's Homes, published at Toronto, from
the Library at the University of Liverpool, described as:

University of Liverpool Library
Special Collections and Archives
Reference number:D239/A3/4/1
Title: Ups and Downs, October 1897-November 1903
and
Reference number:D239/A3/4/2
Title: Ups and Downs, January 1904- November 1904

The microfilm consists in the following 29 issues:
Vol. 3. No. 1 October 1897 Vol. 3. No. 2 January 1898 x Vol. 3. No. 4 July 1898 Vol. 4. No. 1 October 1898 Vol. 4. No. 2 January 1899 Vol. 4. No. 3 April 1899 Vol. 4. No. 4 July 1899 Vol. 5. No. 1 October 1899 Vol. 5. No. 2 January 1900 Vol. 5. No. 3 April 1900 Vol. 5. No. 4 July 1900 x Vol. 6. No. 2 January 1901 x Vol. 6. No. 4 January 1901 Vol. 7. No. 1 October 1901 Vol. 7. No. 2 January 1902 Vol. 7. No. 3 February 1902 Vol. 7. No. 4 March 1902 Vol. 8. No. 1 April/May 1902 Vol. 8. No. 2 June 1902 Vol. 8. No. 3 July/Aug. 1902 Vol. 8. No. 4 Sept/Oct 1902 Vol. 9. No. 1 January 1903 Vol. 9. No. 2 April 1903 Vol. 9. No. 3 August 1903 Vol. 9. No. 4 November 1903 Vol. 10. No. 1 January 1904 * Vol. 10. No. 2 May 1904 * Vol. 10. No. 3 July 1904 * Vol. 10. No. 4 November 1904 * * denotes incomplete, missing the front and back covers. Note: Other issues may also be incomplete in other respects, especially of the first 3 of the series. Note 1. The physical form of the magazine was by no means static over the period of this series. Only the October 1898 issue had advertising on the front of the front cover, beneath the masthead which was repeated on a leading inner page. In fact I think that this 'cover' would more properly be called the 'wrapper', made from a thinner paper than the body of the magazine, and coloured. A wrapper, but without advertising on its front, survived until about the October 1899 issue. By 'survived' I mean 'survived to the present day.' Note 2. The early wrappers, and in later issues the covers, are significant because they hold the 'Our Friends' Directory', the lists of 100 boys' names from various immigration parties, on the inside front wrapper or cover, as the case may be. There was also advertising on the inside and outside back cover or wrapper, if we may interpolate from what survives to this day. And this advertising MAY be of greater significance in explaining why the last 4 issues of the series are all missing their covers. Note 3. Alas the confusion over covers and wrappers does not end there, for even from January 1900 onward the issues were produced with wrappers, mailing wrappers, and these no doubt also held advertising, though in this series, no Jan 1900 or later wrapper survives. Maybe this wrapper was made from a paper inferior to the earlier fine-paper wrappers; and because these held only advertising, were deemed not to be of 'keeper' quality. Note 4. According to my correspondence with a librarian at the Liverpool Library: the magazines are there in the Sydney Jones Library in their original form bound into two volumes; they came into the collection sometime after 1980 when the Barnardo Archives were being catalogued and installed; they were mis-described in that they were thought to be of British and not Canadian origin. From the few notations in the volumes it seems apparent that they originated at Barnardo Homes in Toronto. For example, beside a photograph captioned as 'Toronto Distributing Home' (114 Farley Avenue) is the hand-written (with what looks like a skipping ball-point pen) notation: "1956. This house is still as it was and is being used as a Jewish Kosher Shop. G Black. Toronto. Canada." George Black was an employee of the Canadian Home for many years, and the general manager during its last years in Canada. Other notations include: "UPS & DOWNS" rubber-stamped across a cover; an issue with dollars and cents figures written beside each photo and most ads. Note 5. I obtained the microfilm at a very reasonable price, 55 pounds sterling or about $135. This was for about 1.15 reels. Only the last 4 issues are on the second reel. One reel might cost only 35 pounds. The librarian has said that anyone wishing to order the film from there may do so. He was very helpful and accomodating, and seemed eager to get the film to me. Unlike some national Canadian libraries and some British aftercare organizations, his interest was in enlightening and distributing and not in obstructing. It is published material, he said, there is no question as to its openness. Now THAT is a library. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe that there are more than a few doctoral dissertations between the pages of this series of the magazines, and maybe even a book or two. There is a life insurance angle, there are girls' names that disappear and others that appear between the loading docks of Liverpool and the editorial offices of Peterborough. There is a partial parallel list of immigrant boys to compare to ship's passenger manifests. There are names of staff (Alfred B Owen foremost, the surrogate father and legal guardian of thousands of new Canadians) who shaped our culture, and yet today get no recognition in the history books. And there are photographs of hundreds of beautiful yet uneasy young faces, and so many words of the children themselves. And there is this: the magazine has been suppressed, not only from the bottom up, but from the top down. It is published material, yet our public collections have lean showings. The Toronto Public Library series has only 2 pre-1930, a 1924, an 1895 (still uncatalogued!). Ontario Archives has a 1927. NL Can has a 1913 acquired in 1999. The Glenbow has 2 of this Liverpool series. When one has seen how rich some of these magazines are, the question of How? and How come? just won't go away. I think also that with the Boer War, when the old funding for the Homes dried with money going to war funds instead, other sources of money had to be developed, and the magazine became an important organ for this. The matured and maturing Home Children themselves were targetted as the sustainers of the Homes through the vehicle of the magazine, and not only by the daylight appeal for donations, but also by the night ride of depth salesmanship. My thanks to those who are transcribing and interpreting. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX For the holdings of Ups and Downs at the National Archives in Ottawa the catalogue entry says: ML-283/OOA Library has: v. 1-2; 1895-1897 (Reel #1) v. 5-7, no. 1; 1899-1901 (Reel#2) v. 7, No. 2--v. 9; 1902-1903 (Reel #3) v. 10-11, 21-23; 1904-1906, 1919-1921 (Reel #4) v. 24-28; 1922-26 (Reel #5) v. 29-33, no. 2; 1927-31 (Reel #6) v. 33, no. 3- v. 35; 1931-33 (Reel #7) v. 36-44, 46-50; 1934-42, 1944-49 (Reel #8). What is missing from the whole run of the magazine or newsletter are 2 volumes, 8 issues, 1897 to 1899, and all of those after January 1906 until November 1919. There may be holes in the 1919 and later holdings, but these are small if they are there at all. Of note in the missing list too are the covers or wrappers for 1899 to 1906, which have, besides advertising, the Our Friends' Directories. There are holdings as well of Barnardo print material on microfilm, produced in the United Kingdom, namely: ML-282/OOA Night and Day, also called The National Waifs' Magazine, edited by Thomas Barnardo and others, 1877-1915. And ML-281/OOA Annual Reports, 1881/82 to 1887/88, 1892-1940. ML-100/OOA Something Attempted, Something Done by Thomas John Barnardo, 280 pages, [1889]. I presume that the OOA is an institution code standing for Ontario-Ottawa-Archives. The address I give in the postings, 344 Wellington Street Ottawa, is a building not open to the public. It is, however, where the film has been kept, and as I understand it, it is where a collection of material once called the National Archives Library, is stored. Some of this collection appears to have been incorporated into that of the National Library, but evidently not all. It would seem a reasonable assumption to make that if there is demand for public access, and if copyright is not an issue, the film would be moved to 395 Wellington, and be made available too through inter-library loan. When an issue of Ups and Downs, December 1895, surfaced at the Toronto Public Library about 3 years ago it was eventually picked up and filmed by the CIHM, and a fair number of University libraries now list it as microfiche in their catalogues. The same fate may await the issues 1895-1906 (they seem to be old enough to meet the CIHM's criterion) but the process could take a year or two. If a lister wants me to check a reference I will do so. If you want a photocopy of an issue or of a page I suggest that you contact the National Archives, citing the call number, reel number etc. Brian Rolfe Ottawa. Feb 4, 2001. Brain Edward Rolfe,died peacefully while out for his walk on the beautiful sunny morning of Wednesday, February 16th. 2005.
CONTINUE ON TO READ EXCERPTS OF THE UPS & DOWNS

1895 VOL. 1 #1, AUGUST 1, 1895 VOL. 1 #2, SEPTEMBER 1, 1895 VOL. 1 #3, OCTOBER 1, 1895 VOL. 1 #4, NOVEMBER 1, 1895 VOL. 1, #5, DECEMBER 1895 1896 VOL.1 #6 JANUARY 1, 1896 VOL. 1 #7 FEBRUARY 1, 1896 VOL. 1 #8 MARCH 1, 1896 VOL.1 #9 APRIL 1, 1896 JOTTINGS VOL. 1 #10 MAY 1, 1896 VOL. 1 #11 JUNE 1, 1896 VOL. 1 #12 JULY 1, 1896 VOL. 2 #1 AUGUST 1, 1896 VOL. 2 #2 SEPTEMBER 1, 1896 VOL. 2 #3 OCTOBER 1, 1896 1897 VOL.III, #1 OCTOBER 1897, NAMES VOL. III, #1 OCTOBER 1897, FARM NOTES VOL III, #1 OCTOBER 1897, UPDATES VOL. III, #1 OCTOBER 1897, NEWS VOL. III, #1 OCTOBER 1897, ADVERTISERS 1898 VOL. III, #2 JAN. 1898, BOYS VOL. IV OCTOBER 1898, GIRLS VOL. IV OCTOBER 1898, BOYS VOL. 4 OCTOBER 1898, VISITS VOL. 4 OCTOBER 1898, CHAT VOL. 4 OCTOBER 1898, CONCLUSION 1899 VOL. V #1 OCTOBER 1899, BOYS OF 95 VOL. V #1 OCTOBER 1899, NOTES/BOYS VOL.V #1 OCTOBER 1899, HOME CHAT 1 VOL. V #1 OCTOBER 1899, HOME CHAT 2 VOL. V #1 OCTOBER 1899, NOTES/GIRLS VOL. V #1 OCTOBER 1899, CONCLUSION 1900 APRIL 1900, COMMENTARY VOL. #5 APRIL 1900, GEORGE B. WRIGHT LETTER VOL. 5, #3 APRIL 1900, BOYS VOL. 5, #3 APRIL 1900, GIRLS VOL. 5 #4 JULY 1900, BOYS OF 1897 VOL. V #4 JULY 1900, BOYS VOL. V #4 JULY 1900, GIRLS 1901 VOL. VI #2 JAN. 1901, BOYS VOL. VI #2 JAN. 1901, HOME CHAT VOL V1 OCT. 1901 GIRLS PARTIES

1902 JAN. 1902, DIARY OF A CROSSING VOL. VII #2 JAN. 1902, COMMENTARY VOL. VII #2 JAN. 1902, BOYS VOL. VII #2 JAN. 1902, ALMANAC VOL. VII #2 JAN. 1902, REFLECTIONS VOL.VII #3 FEB.1902, FRIEND'S DIRECTORY MARCH 1902, NAMES APRIL & MAY 1902, COMMENTARY VOL. 8, #1 APRIL MAY 1902, BOYS VOL. 8, #1 APRIL MAY 1902, GIRLS JUNE 1902 OUR GIRLS JULY & AUGUST 1902, COMMENTARY JULY & AUGUST 1902, BOYS VOL. 8, JULY & AUGUST 1902, GIRLS VOL. 8, #4 SEP. & OCT.1902, COMMENTARY VOL. 8 #4 SEPT. & OCT. 1902 1903 JAN. 1903, NAMES JAN. 1903, NAMES #2 JAN. 1903, HOME CHAT JAN. 1903, COMMENTARY VOL. IX #2 APRIL 1903, EDITORIAL APRIL 1903, BOYS PART 1 APRIL 1903, BOYS PART 2 APRIL 1903, NAMES APRIL 1903, STAFF & A CHILDS LETTER VOL. IX #3 AUGUST 1903, NAMES VOL. IX #4 NOV. 1903, NAMES VOL. IX #4 NOV. 1903, EDITORIAL NOTES 1904 VOL. X #2 MAY 1904, BOYS/HOME CHAT VOL. X #2 MAY 1904, GIRLS VOL. X #2 MAY 1904, DONATIONS/COMPETITIONS VOL. X #4 NOV. 1904, GIRLS VOL. X #4 NOV. 1904, HOME CHAT 1905 JULY 1905, EMIGRATION WORK IN CANADA 1908 - 1909 JAN.1908 - SEP 1909 LIST OF NAMES 1913 MAY 1913, NAMES 1925 JUNE 1925 EXTRACTS FROM THE PRESS 1927 MAY 1927 - CHILDRENS NAMES

VOL. 29 #3 NOV. 1927 WEDDING BELLS 1930 VOL. XXXII JAN. 1930, BOYS/GIRLS VOL. XXXII #2 MAY 1930, BOYS/GIRLS VOL. XXXII #2 MAY 1930, WEDDING BELLS VOL. XXXII #2 MAY 1930, DONATIONS VOL. XXXII #2 MAY 1930, LETTERS/DONATIONS VOL. XXXII #3 AUGUST 1930, NAMES VOL.XXXII #3 AUGUST 1930, EXCERPTS VOL.XXXII DEC. 1930, NAMES/LETTERS VOL.XXXII #3 DEC.1930, DONNATIONS 1931 VOL. XXXIII #1 MARCH 1931, LETTERS VOL. XXXIII #1 MARCH 1931, NAMES VOL. XXXIII #2 JUNE 1931, NAMES VOL. XXXIII #2 COMMENTARY JUNE 1931 JUNE 1931, WEDDING BELLS VOL. XXXIII #3 SEPT. 1931, NAMES VOL. XXXIII #3 SEPT. 1931, COMMENTARY VOL. XXXIII # 4 DEC. 1931, BOYS VOL XXXIII #4 DEC.1931, GIRLS COMMENTARY DEC. 1931 XXXIII #4 DEC. 1931, DONATIONS 1932 VOL. 34 #1 APRIL 1932 VOL. XXXIV #2 JULY 1932, NAMES VOL. XXXIV #3 NOV. 1932, NAMES 1933 VOL. XXXV #1 JAN. 1933, COMMENTS VOL. XXXV #1 JAN. 1933, GIRLS VOL. XXXV #2 APRIL 1933, JOTTINGS 1934 VOL. XXXVI #1 MARCH 1934, JOTTINGS VOL. XXXVI #1 MARCH 1934, MAIL BAG

1935 VOL. XXXVII #1 MARCH 1935, DONATIONS VOL. XXXVII #1 MARCH 1935, JOTTINGS VOL.XXXVII#3 SEPTEMBER 1935,LETTERS 1939 VOL. XLI #1 JULY, 1939, NAMES 1941 VOL. XLIII #1 DECEMBER, 1941, PART 1

VOL. XLIII #1 DECEMBER, 1941, PART 2

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