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Feb 13, 2021 · Sheffield and his sister Yvonne and niece Carolynn Wilson began their work promoting their family's story and preserving Black history in the area with presentations at Heritage Community Church in Collingwood.
It was the dream of Howard Sheffield to gather and preserve the history of his ancestors and share with the family. Community friends also became interested in the history of the black pioneers and settlers of Collingwood and the surrounding areas.
Feb 14, 2008 · As North America celebrate Black History Month, one of Collingwood's best-known black historians has died.
Sep 11, 2020 · Carolynn Wilson, one of the curators of the Sheffield Park Black History Museum in Clarksburg, said the Collingwood area was a “destination,” for hundreds of families. “Canada offered freedom,” she said.
Feb 3, 2023 · Black residents have played an important role in Collingwood's history
Feb 20, 2022 · The museum, founded by the sisters' uncle, Howard Sheffield, in 1990, contains an extensive collection spread over 16 buildings that showcases the history of Black settlers in...
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Howard Sheffield conceived of the museum as a means to “preserve the history of his ancestors”.6 Accordingly, the collection comprises artefacts spanning many generations, for instance, a radio inherited from the Sheffield homestead on Seventh Street in Collingwood from the early 1900s. The
