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Samuel DeVeaux Woodruff went off to World War One in 1916. He was killed in action on the July 13, 1918 as a member of the 116th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment). His grave is in Wailly Orchard Cemetery. Wailly is a village about six kilometers south-west of Arras in France.

This exhibit examines some of the highlights of Samuel Jarvis' life and career, using material found in Brock University Archives and Special Collections.

This exhibit examines the highlights of the political career of Sean O'Sullivan (1952-1989), who entered public life at age twenty. The influence that Canadian Prime Minster John Diefenbaker had on O'Sullivan's political aspirations and career is also explored.

This is based on receipts from the Woodruff Family Fonds. The receipts are dated from 1876-1888. We follow the Woodruff family as they shop and do business in the core of downtown St. Catharines, Ontario.

Six artists make arbitrary lists as a starting point to generate visual and textual content and reflect on the creative process. The outcome is a series of disconcerting yet coherent sets of photographs and short statements.

July - October Canada Summer Games Grant projects by Amy Friend and Donna Szoke

The city of St. Catharines has a unique spelling. There are many theories about of the origins of the spelling. The most interesting one is that the city was named in honour of a woman. This exhibit highlights the many early female inhabitants of the city that also used this unique spelling of their name.

A selection of digitized photographs from the St. Catharines Standard / Niagara Falls Review Fonds.

Stamford, Ontario was an idyllic village in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Businesses and tourist trade were integral to its development. This is a brief history based on the Stamford area focusing on the Stamford Green Plaza and the Town and Country Plaza as well as other relevant businesses.

A look at the several scrapbooks held in the Brock University Archives and Special Collections. The exhibit will highlight several of the scrapbooks and some of the interesting items that were saved in these albums.

VISA Gallery Exhibit - March 2022

Winnie May Beam was born in St. Catharines on January 7, 1889. The pages of her diary held in this website were penned by her in 1900 at the age of 19. Each day she wrote a few brief lines chronicling her life and the life of St. Catharines for this one brief year.

This exhibit traces the visit of the Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Governor General of Canada, to St. Catharines in 1914 to inspect the construction of the Welland Ship Canal. Material from Brock University's Archives and Special Collections are used to illustrate the visit.

The George Field fonds in the Archives at Brock University Library contains a great assortment of photographs from the mid to late 19th century. Who were these individuals and what and how are they connected to George and Elizabeth Field? Some questions may be answered and others will remain forever a mystery.

An exhibit about the internal Brock University newspaper. The exhibit focuses on the opening of the University and changes that ensued over the next several decades.

The Queen Elizabeth Highway was Canada’s very first superhighway. In fact, there were quite a few “firsts” associated with this highway. Author Robert M. Stamp referred to it as the “magic highway to Niagara”, and he could be right.

Rick Bell, a long time resident of St. Catharines, donated his family collection of Black history to the University Archives. The collection comprises of mementos and photographs held dear by the Bell, Jones, Taylor, Tyrrell, Butler and Sloman families. Formerly slaves from Virginia and Missouri, these families settled in the communities of St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, Lucan and London. While some of the names have been forgotten, we are forever left with the images of these survivors.

Three hospitals were integral to the growth and development of the Niagara Peninsula. The three hospitals were: The Niagara General in Niagara Falls and The Hotel Dieu and St. Catharines General in St. Catharines.

The present project is born out of two authors’ wish to create a time- and place-bound dialogue that is not quite one. Both texts were written in Austria in Fall 2021. In German.

Land-, sound-, and city-scapes

Student Exhibit June 2021

The history of the Niagara area is fraught with strange tales; some are true and some are somewhat romanticized. Here we look at some of the unusual tales which make up the history of Niagara Falls.

Student Art Exhibit - VISA Gallery - April 2021

A website/guide to the War of 1812 materials in Brock University's Archives and Special Collections, including books, newspapers, archival material and research collections.

A guide to the Welland Canal resources in Brock University Archives and Special Collections.