Bookmobile Service Modification

Due to Driver availability, Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for the month of May. We apologize for the inconvenience.

Friday, May 8:                     

  • Winona - Cancelled
  • Queen Victoria - Cancelled

Tuesday, May 12:               

  • Greencedar - Cancelled
  • Mountview - Cancelled

Wednesday, May 13:               

  • Swansea - Cancelled
  • Helen Detwiler - Cancelled
  • Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum - Cancelled

Thursday, May 14:                

  • Rockton - Cancelled
  • Mohawk Gardens - Cancelled
  • Meadowlands - Cancelled

Monday, May 18: All Bookmobile sites closed

Published:
Monday, May 4, 2026 - 12:00pm
Terryberry Large Format Printer Out of Service

Terryberry's Large Format Printer is currently out of service.

Published:
Monday, May 4, 2026 - 10:30am
Central Library: Non-Partner Survey

Starting Monday, April 27 until May 9, non-partner community organizations are encouraged to participate in a short survey. HPL would like to learn how the Library Card Access Pilot Project and the toxic drug crisis in general affect non-partner organizations. Please note that the survey is not anonymous. Start now at www.hpl.ca/non-partner-survey.

Published:
Monday, April 27, 2026 - 9:30am
Software Maintenance - Victoria Day, Monday, May 18

Due to software maintenance, HPL library's catalogue, online services and library accounts will not be available between 9am and 7pm on Monday, May 18. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Friday, April 24, 2026 - 9:00am
Central Library - Fire Drill, Tuesday, May 5, 11am

Due to Staff training, Central Library will close from 11am to Noon on Tuesday, May 5. You may visit Locke and Barton Branches as the next nearest locations for your library needs. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Thursday, April 23, 2026 - 9:00am
Concession Branch - Renovations Underway

Renovations are expected to be completed by May 7. Construction repairs and noise may impact your next visit. Thank you for your understanding.

Published:
Monday, April 13, 2026 - 1:15pm
Central Library: Children's Area Renovation on 2nd Floor

Renovations are currently underway for the 2nd floor Central Children's Area. Programs are still being offered as scheduled and there is a temporary pop-up Children’s Area on the northeast side of the 2nd floor (near the Piano Room), including access to collections and train tables. Construction is expected to be completed by late Spring. Thank you for your patience during this time.

Published:
Monday, March 23, 2026 - 9:00am
Sherwood Branch: Renovations

As of Monday, March 2, Sherwood Branch's 2nd floor is closed due to renovations. Makerspace, Children and Teen's collection are temporarily available on the 1st floor. All programs will be held in the basement program room. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - W

Waldo, S. Putman
The Life and Character of Stephen Decatur; Late Commodore and Post-Captain in the Navy of the United States, and Navy-Commissioner: Interspersed with Brief Notices of the Origin, Progress, and Achievements of the American Navy. Second Edition Revised: With important additions; containing sketches of some distinguished contemporaries of Com. Decatur - A Naval Register - list of the Navy, & c., 'Our Children - they are the property of our country' Toast of Com. Decatur's Father, 1804.
By S. Putnam Waldo, Esq. Compiler of "Robbins' Journal," author of the "President's Tour," "Memoirs of Jackson," & c., & c.
Middletown (Conn.) Printed by Clark & Lyman, For Oliver D. Cooke, 1821
xi, 2-378
R359.0092 DECAT WAL CESC

Wallace, William Stewart 1884-1970
The Story of Laura Secord: A Study in Historical Evidence.
Toronto: Macmillan, 1932
Watters pg. 591
R971.053 W155 CESC

Walsh, Robert (ed.)
The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers.
Vol. II, No. 2, Oct. 1811- Vol. IV, No. 2, Oct. 1811
[5 volumes]
[187]-203; [1]-116; [16]-175; [1]-44; iv, [193]-375, [45]-103
Philadelphia: Farrand and Nicholas, 1811 and 1812
Howes 10742; Sabin 101156
R971.034 AME CESC

Ward, Artemus
Speech of the Hon. Artemus Ward, delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, on the 5th day of March, 1814, on a Bill making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States for the year 1814.
59
Sabin 101280
R971.034 WAR CESC

Waterhouse, Benjamin 1754-1846
A journal of a young man of Massachusetts: late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British, in May, 1813 and was confined first at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England and last, at Dartmoor Prison interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added a correct engraving of Dartmoor Prison representing the massacre of American prisoners / written by himself.
Boston: Printed by Rowe and Hooper, 1816
228
R973.52092 WATER CESC

Way, Ronald L.
The Day of Crysler's Farm. Nov. 11, 1813 by Ronald L. Way and The Upper Canada Story by Beryl W. Way.
Reprinted from Canadian Geographical Journal.
The Ontario-St. Lawrence Development Commission, n.d.
2, [185]-233
R971.034 W364 CESC

The Weekly Register
Baltimore [published every Saturday]
Vol. 2 #51 August 22, 1812
Vol. 3 #1 September 5, 1812
Vol. 3 #4 September 26, 1812
Vol. 4 #11 May 15, 1813
Vol. 4 #12 May 22, 1813
Vol. 4 #14 June 5, 1813
Vol. 4 #15 June 12, 1813
Vol. 4 #16 June 19, 1813
Vol. 4 #22 July 31, 1813
Vol. 4 #23 August 7, 1813
Vol. 4 #25 August 21, 1813

Welland Reporter, Welland, Ontario
An Account of the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Fought in 1814, Between the British and American Armies From the best and Most Authorized Sources.
Original Booklet Printed in 1853 by the Welland Reporter.
Niagara Fall, Ont.: Niagara Publishers, 1947
13
R971.053 W459 CESC

White, Samuel [of Adams County, Pa.]
History of the American Troops, during the Late War, under the Command of Colonels Fenton and Campbell. Giving an account of the crossing of the Lake from Erie to Long Point; also, the crossing of the Niagara by the troops under Gen'ls. Gaines, Brown, Scott and Porter. The Taking of Fort Erie, the battle of Chippewa, the imprisonment of Col. Bull, Major Galloway, and the author, (then a captain) and their treatment; together with an historical account of the Canadas.
Baltimore: Published by the author, B. Edes, Printer, 1829
107
Howes 11032; Lande 896; Sabin 103452; TPL 1021
R971.053 W585h CESC

White, Samuel [of Adams County, Pa.]
History of the American Troops, during the Late War, under the Command of Colonels Fenton and Campbell. Giving an account of the crossing of the lake from Erie to Long Point; also the crossing of the Niagara by the troops under Gen'ls Gaines, Brown, Scott and Porter. The Taking of Fort Erie, the battle of Chippewa, the imprisonment of Col. Bull, Major Galloway, and the author (then a captain) and their treatment; together with an historical account of the Canadas.
Baltimore: Published by the author, 1829
Rochester, N.Y.: George P. Humphrey, 1896
107
Sabin 103452 "300 copies were reprinted for George P. Humphrey, Rochester, N.Y. 1896"
R971.053 W585h CESC

Whiting, Henry
A Discourse, Delivered on the Anniversary of the Historical Society of Michigan, June, 1831
Published by request
Detroit: Geo. L. Whitney, 1831
40 p.
R977.403 WHI CESC

Wilkinson, Lieut.-Col. John Richardson -1908
Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems.
Toronto: Printed for the author by William Briggs, 1899
viii, [9]-292
[War of 1812; Laura Secord; or, The Battle of the Beaver Dams pg. 18; The Battle of Lundy's Lane pg. 22; Niagara pg. 28; The Battle of Chrysler's Farm pg. 49; The Battle of Stoney Creek pg. 102; The Battle of Queenston Heights pg. 123]
Watters pg. 212
R819.1 WILKI CESC

Williams, John S.
History of The Invasion and Capture of Washington, and of The Events which preceded and followed.
By John S. Williams, Brigade Major and Inspector, Columbian Briage, in the War of 1812
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square.
1857
371

Williams, Meade C.
Early Mackinac. A Sketch, Historical and Descriptive. Name-Indian Legends.-Indian Character.-French, English and American Flags.-Old Fort.-Military History and War of 1812.-Fur Trade.-Early Village Life.-Christian Missions and Churches.-Natural Attractions.-Antiquities.
Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged.
St. Louis, Mo., Buschart Bros. Printers, 1901[1897]
164

[Williams, Samuel 1786-1859]
Sketches of the War, between the United States and the British Isles: Intended as A Faithful History of all the Material Events from the time of the Declaration in 1812, to and including the Treaty of Peace in 1815: interspersed with Geographical [sic]Descriptions of Places, and Biographical Notices of Distinguished Military and Naval Commanders.
Vols. I and II
Rutland, Vt.: Fay & Davison, 1815
iv, 496
Howes 11141; Sabin 104351 "Originally issued in eight numbers"
R971.034 WIL CESC

Wilson, William Edward 1906-
Shooting Star. The Story of Tecumseh.
New York, Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart Inc. 1942
248
R813 W699 CESC

Withrow, William Henry 1839-1908
Neville Trueman. The Pioneer Preacher. A Tale of the War of 1812.
London: Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School Union, 1886
x, 224
R819.3 W779n2 CESC

[Wolcott, Oliver]
British Influence of the Affairs of the United States, Proved and Explained.
"Truth is Great, and Will Prevail"
No Complaint has been more frequent, than that of an Influence exercised by Great-Britain over our people through the medium of Commerce-Altho we hear much at one time of our own great power as a Nation of Debtors: Yet we are told the next moment, that we are the Slaves of our British Creditors. Addresses to our pride, vanity and covetousness, keep our passions up, and reason down; and in this condition we have been urged to accommodate the policy of the Nation to the partial views of some private interest or personal resentments. - The Permanent welfare of the country requires that this subject should be well understood.
Boston: Printed by Young and Minns, Printers to the State
1804
23, 1
R973.4 WOL CESC

Wood, Fernando
Address of the Hon. Fernando Wood, Mayor, at the Funeral Ceremonies in Honor of Major-General Wm. J. Worth, Delivered At The Monument.
November 25th, 1857
New York: Chas.W. Baker, Printer, 29 Beekman Street, 1857
15
R973.52092 WORTH WOO CESC

Wood, William Charles Henry 1864-1947
Select British Documents of the Canadian War of 1812.
In Three Volumes.
Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1920-1928
xv, 678, 10, fold. map; ix, 571, 11; viii, 551, [535]-1061, 11
Howes 11297; Thibeault 10189; TPL 1086
R971.053 W85 CESC

Wood, William Charles Henry 1864-1947
The War with the United States. A Chronicle of 1812.
Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co., 1915
fold, map. 183
R971 C468 CESC Vol. 14

Wood, William Charles Henry 1864-1947
The War with the United States. A Chronicle of 1812.
Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Co., 1920
xii, map. 183, 4
[Chronicles of Canada Series #14]
R971.034 WOO CESC

Wooley, H, J. L.
"The Sword of Old St. Joe"
n.p.,n.d.
27
R971.313 W883 CESC

Women's Wentworth Historical Society, Hamilton, Ontario
Stoney Creek. 1812-1925
Hamilton: Women's Wentworth Historical Society, n.d.
16
R971.053 Sm51s CESH