Picture This: Scrapbooking

The tradition or art of scrapbooking emerges from an inherent desire for individuals to leave a legacy. Tangible, but highly visual in nature, a scrapbook is a careful curation of images, clippings, and other ephemera that tells a story of someone’s life at a particular moment in time. Unlike a diary or journal, which are much more intimate and introspective, a scrapbook can be personal, but there is also a performative element of display, or presentation in the way each page is organized. Scrapbooks are curated with an audience in mind.

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt. 8 – Lt. Col. William Hamilton Merritt IV, M.D.

  Lt. Col. William Hamilton Merritt (IV), M.D. (1865-1924) Lt. Col. William Hamilton Merritt, M.D., a native of St. Catharines, […]

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 7 – Catharine (Cassie) Welland Merritt Pellatt

Catharine (Cassie) Welland Merritt was born in 1866, the oldest daughter of Jedediah Prendergast Merritt and Emily Alexandrina Prescott Merritt. […]

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 6 – Emily Lena Merritt and Catharine Nina Merritt

Catharine Nina Merritt (left) and Emily Lena Merritt  (Wendy Young Collection 2001.134.30 and 2001.134.39) Catharine Nina Merritt (1859-1926) Catharine Nina and […]

Know Your Neighbours Special Edition Pt 4 – The Merritt Family

  Jedediah Prendergast Merritt (1820-1900) Jedediah Prendergast Merritt was born on June 1st, 1820 in St. Catharines to parents; Honourable […]

Know Your Neighbours ~ Special Edition Pt 1: The Merritt Family

Get to know the personalities that built the City of St. Catharines. This Special edition of “Know Your Neighbours” features the Merritt family