SONAHHR: Society of North American Hockey Historians and Researchers

Announcing The Creation Of The Society of North American Hockey Historians and Researchers (SONAHHR)

The Society of North American Hockey Historians and Researchers (SONAHHR) was founded on June 1, 2004 in New York City by George Fosty, the president and founder of the Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc., and the co-author of Splendid Is The Sun: The 5,000 Year History of Hockey and Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League Of The Maritimes, 1895 to 1925. The purpose of the organization is to foster serious academic study in the areas of field and ice hockey as well as to promote the preservation of North American and International hockey history.

Click here to meet our Executive Board

SONAHHR HOCKEY HERITAGE

The Heritage Wall Project

Prior to 1917, there were an estimated 5,500 amateur hockey leagues in existence in Canada and the Northern United States. Today we know very little about those leagues.

The purpose of the Sonahhr Heritage Wall Project is to rediscover and document those hockey league histories so that they can be shared and preserved by the local communities. This heritage project is community based and designed to promote regional history.

How To Get Involved

1. Go to your library or college and review the microfilm records of your local community newspaper prior to 1917.

2. Make two photocopies of each hockey article written before 1917 that pertains specifically to your regional ice hockey history. Keep one copy for yourself, and mail the second set to: The Society of North American Hockey Historians And Researchers (SONAHHR) , 37 Rolling Lane, Levittown, NY 11756.

3. Sonahhr historians will review those articles and enter them into a timeline data base.

4.Whenever articles from other communities come into the Sonahhr database that mention a hockey match involving your community - we will photocopy that article and send it to you at no cost to your organization. This way you will be able to document the complete hockey history of your region prior to 1917.

5. Sonahhr historians will work with you, via the internet, to answer your questions and to assist you in your research and preservations efforts. We will also put you in contact with other historians in your area who are interested in working with you.

6. The information supplied through this project is intended to be displayed on arena walls in your community, creating a Heritage Wall. When young hockey players walk past those arena walls, they will be walking alongside their heritage and the memory of local hockey players who have preceded them.

Help Sonahhr Preserve Our History - Get Involved Today.

c. 2006 Sonnahr

Towards A Black Hockey Hall Of Fame:
The Society of North American Hockey Historians And Researchers ("Sonahhr"), in association with the newly formed Colored Hockey League, LLC ("the CHL") and the Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc. ("Stryker-Indigo") are working to promote the creation of a Black Hockey and Sports Hall of Fame in Dartmouth (Preston), Nova Scotia. To ensure that this undertaking becomes a reality, Sonahhr has created an Advisory Committee comprised of prominent North American black history academics and community experts. This Advisory Committee will work directly with individuals and community organizations across North America ensuring that the future Black Hockey And Sports Hall Of Fame becomes a reality. On October 10, 2004, Stryker-Indigo announced that it had donated its entire Black History Research and Artifacts Collection to the Black Cultural Centre of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in an attempt to augment the Centre's current collections and to preserve the legacy of black history in Canada. The collection, part of the Black Ice Project, and containing hundreds of artifacts collected during seven-years of efforts to identify and record the lost history of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, marked the first attempt by Stryker-Indigo and Sonahhr historians to recreate the Colored Hockey League legacy and to create a repository of artifacts for a future Black Hockey And Sports Hall Of Fame Collection in Nova Scotia. Among the items donated were: Canadian ice skates dating to the early 1800's, a Manilla slave braclet once worn by a young child, 19th century newspapers documenting black history, historic photos of black Nova Scotians, and a large collection of early 1900s Halifax postcards showing images of the City of Halifax (home of the original Colored Hockey League) prior to the Halifax Explosion. Sonahhr, the CHL, and Stryker-Indigo will continue to promote the black hockey and sports history and urges all Americans and Canadians to support these undertakings in an effort to preserve an important part of the North American historic past.

If you are interested in working with the historians and advisors of Sonahhr, the CHL, and Stryker-Indigo to ensure that the Black Hockey And Sports Hall Of Fame becomes a reality, please contact us today. Include your name, address, telephone number, email address, specific areas of black historic interest.

	We are SONAHHR Announcing The Creation Of The Society of North American Hockey Historians and Researchers (SONAHHR) The Society of North American Hockey Historians and Researchers (SONAHHR) was founded on June 1, 2004 in New York City by George Fosty, the president and founder of the Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc., and the co-author of Splendid Is The Sun: The 5,000 Year History of Hockey and Black Ice: The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League Of The Maritimes, 1895 to 1925. The purpose of the organization is to foster serious academic study in the areas of field and ice hockey as well as to promote the preservation of North American and International hockey history. Click here to meet our Executive Board SONAHHR HOCKEY HERITAGE The Heritage Wall Project Prior to 1917, there were an estimated 5,500 amateur hockey leagues in existence in Canada and the Northern United States. Today we know very little about those leagues. The purpose of the Sonahhr Heritage Wall Project is to rediscover and document those hockey league histories so that they can be shared and preserved by the local communities. This heritage project is community based and designed to promote regional history. How To Get Involved 1. Go to your library or college and review the microfilm records of your local community newspaper prior to 1917. 2. Make two photocopies of each hockey article written before 1917 that pertains specifically to your regional ice hockey history. Keep one copy for yourself, and mail the second set to: The Society of North American Hockey Historians And Researchers (SONAHHR) , 37 Rolling Lane, Levittown, NY 11756. 3. Sonahhr historians will review those articles and enter them into a timeline data base. 4.Whenever articles from other communities come into the Sonahhr database that mention a hockey match involving your community - we will photocopy that article and send it to you at no cost to your organization. This way you will be able to document the complete hockey history of your region prior to 1917. 5. Sonahhr historians will work with you, via the internet, to answer your questions and to assist you in your research and preservations efforts. We will also put you in contact with other historians in your area who are interested in working with you. 6. The information supplied through this project is intended to be displayed on arena walls in your community, creating a Heritage Wall. When young hockey players walk past those arena walls, they will be walking alongside their heritage and the memory of local hockey players who have preceded them. Help Sonahhr Preserve Our History - Get Involved Today. c. 2006 Sonnahr Towards A Black Hockey Hall Of Fame: The Society of North American Hockey Historians And Researchers ("Sonahhr"), in association with the newly formed Colored Hockey League, LLC ("the CHL") and the Stryker-Indigo Publishing Company, Inc. ("Stryker-Indigo") are working to promote the creation of a Black Hockey and Sports Hall of Fame in Dartmouth (Preston), Nova Scotia. To ensure that this undertaking becomes a reality, Sonahhr has created an Advisory Committee comprised of prominent North American black history academics and community experts. This Advisory Committee will work directly with individuals and community organizations across North America ensuring that the future Black Hockey And Sports Hall Of Fame becomes a reality. On October 10, 2004, Stryker-Indigo announced that it had donated its entire Black History Research and Artifacts Collection to the Black Cultural Centre of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, in an attempt to augment the Centre's current collections and to preserve the legacy of black history in Canada. The collection, part of the Black Ice Project, and containing hundreds of artifacts collected during seven-years of efforts to identify and record the lost history of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes, marked the first attempt by Stryker-Indigo and Sonahhr historians to recreate the Colored Hockey League legacy and to create a repository of artifacts for a future Black Hockey And Sports Hall Of Fame Collection in Nova Scotia. Among the items donated were: Canadian ice skates dating to the early 1800's, a Manilla slave braclet once worn by a young child, 19th century newspapers documenting black history, historic photos of black Nova Scotians, and a large collection of early 1900s Halifax postcards showing images of the City of Halifax (home of the original Colored Hockey League) prior to the Halifax Explosion. Sonahhr, the CHL, and Stryker-Indigo will continue to promote the black hockey and sports history and urges all Americans and Canadians to support these undertakings in an effort to preserve an important part of the North American historic past. If you are interested in working with the historians and advisors of Sonahhr, the CHL, and Stryker-Indigo to ensure that the Black Hockey And Sports Hall Of Fame becomes a reality, please contact us today. Include your name, address, telephone number, email address, specific areas of black historic interest.

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