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PreVIEW Help | HPL
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Skip to main content. Log in to My HPL. 1 What is included in PreVIEW? 2 How can I access the original photograph, print, etc? 3 Can I download a higher quality image? 4 What can I do with the image once I have saved it? 6 I can’t find an image I’m looking for, who can I ask? 7 Why did the Hamilton Public Library create PreVIEW? 1 What is included in PreVIEW? 2 How can I access the original photograph, print, etc? During our hours of service. 3 Can I download a higher quality image? If you cannot find th...
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History of the Local History & Archives Department | HPL
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Skip to main content. Log in to My HPL. History of the Local History and Archives Department. Hamilton Public Library (1890-1913). The Hamilton Public Library is on e of the oldest public libraries in Ontario. In January of 1889, the citizens of Hamilton voted to fund a free public library in the city and the first Hamilton Public Library Board was appointed. The first Main Library opened in September of 1890. In 2015, HPL is celebrating its 125th anniversary. The Special Collections department was reloc...
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HPL | Freedom to Discover
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Skip to main content. Log in to My HPL. Hamilton Public Library has knitting and crocheting programs for all ages and skill levels. Drop in and check one out today! November 07, 2016. 955 King Street West. Knit for a Cause. Earn volunteer hours through Knit for a Cause. November 09, 2016. Knit for a Cause. Earn volunteer hours through Knit for a Cause. November 09, 2016. 352 Rymal Road East. Knit for a Cause. Earn volunteer hours through Knit for a Cause. November 09, 2016. 352 Rymal Road East.
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Whitehern Museum Archives - Photographs
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Displayed below is a list of images held within the Whitehern Museum Archives site. Please click on a link to view the full sized image. Hold the mouse cursor over an image for a description. These images are keyword-searchable from the Search. The development of this website was directed by Mary Anderson, Ph.D. and Janelle Baldwin, M.A. Please direct questions and comments to Mary Anderson, Ph.D. This site was created in partnership with and is hosted by the Hamilton Public Library.
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Whitehern Museum Archives - Family - Hilda-Belle McQuesten
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Hilda, Tousie, Touser, Gousie). Oct 15, 1877 - Nov. 15, 1967. Hilda was very beautiful, charming, and a gracious hostess. She received a marriage proposal in 1902 from Kenelm Trigge, a son of Captain Trigge, a member of the Plymouth Brethren. Hilda was twenty-five years of age at the time and already a spinster in Victorian terms; however, her mother objected strenuously to this union and there are many letters in which the events are discussed ( W4635.
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Whitehern Museum Archives - Matriarch
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How did a priviledged Victorian matron, newly widowed and newly impoverished, manage to raise and educate her six young children to restore her family to social prominence? Mary J. Anderson has raised the blinds on several windows at Whitehern-Hamilton's historic residence-revealing to the public eye the private life of a complex family. Using the letters of Mary Baker McQuesten in the Whitehern archives, Anderson has woven a narrative so skillfully that it reads like Victorian fiction.". Through her exp...
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Whitehern Museum Archives - Whitehern
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Whitehern Historic House and Garden. 41 Jackson Street West. For more information about times, special events, and prices. Please visit the Whitehern Historic House and Garden. At the City of Hamilton's Culture and Recreation site. More information about Whitehern itself can be found. At another CDC Project, Cultural Landmarks of Hamilton-Wentworth. The development of this website was directed by Mary Anderson, Ph.D. and Janelle Baldwin, M.A. Please direct questions and comments to Mary Anderson, Ph.D.
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Whitehern Museum Archives - Family - Muriel Fletcher McQuesten
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Nov 11, 1880 - Aug. 27, 1882. Muriel was the McQuesten's fifth child. She died at the age of twenty-one months, and she was buried in the family plot in the Hamilton, Cemetery. It was a very difficult year for Mary ( W4315. Thomas was born on June 30, 1882. Mary's mother died on August 13, 1882 of diabetes, and baby Muriel died just two weeks later, cause unknown. Muriel Fletcher was named after the minister at the MacNab Street Presbyterian Church, Rev. Donald Fletcher.
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Whitehern Museum Archives - Family - Margaret Edna McQuesten
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Edna, Ted, Oddy). Oct 23, 1885 - Nov. 10, 1935. Edna was just three years old when her father died in 1888. She was attractive, intelligent, scholarly and musical, but suffered from the family predisposition to mental illness, which was also evident in varying degrees of debilitation in her father, mother and brother Calvin. However, her mother, Mary, had very productive periods between the occasional bouts of "nervous prostration," as it was named in the Victorian Age. Edna was very talented in music an...
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Home | HPL
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Skip to main content. Log in to My HPL. There is nothing to display at this time. Binbrook Branch - Main Doors Not Operational. Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 11:30am. The main doors of the Binbrook Branch are currently not operational. Customers can enter the building by using the push-button accessible doors on the south-side of the building, facing Binbrook Rd. There is no estimate when the issue will be resolved at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Local History of Hamilton. There are many...
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