Joan Nicks Research Collection, 1910-2023, n.d.
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Cameron, Chantal
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The collection contains material compiled by Joan Nicks while conducting research about local popular culture in Niagara Falls, Ontario. She is the author of two books, titled Lost Movie Theatres, Niagara Falls, Ontario: movie-going in a cross-border city and Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: cultural decline of a post-war travel icon. Most of the material consists of video and audio cassettes of interviews, photographs, and slides. Some of the photographs show performers in blackface. Some promotional material and legal documents concerning Niagara Falls theatres is also included, as well as a map of “Little Italy” in Niagara Falls (1922).
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Joan Nicks is a retired faculty member in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University. Her main research interest is the local popular culture of Niagara Falls. In 2002 she co-edited a book with Jeannette Sloniowski titled Slippery Pastimes: Reading the Popular in Canadian Culture, and in 2010 she co-edited a book with Barry Grant titled Covering Niagara: Studies in Local Popular Culture. In 2022 two books that she authored were published, titled Lost Movie Theatres, Niagara Falls, Ontario: movie-going in a cross-border city and Disappearing Motels, Niagara Falls, Ontario: cultural decline of a post-war travel icon.