Victorian True Short Stories from the Whitehern Archives

Mary J. Anderson holds a PhD degree in Canadian literature from McMaster University. She is a published author and playwright. Her first book, The Life Writings of Mary Baker McQuesten: Victorian Matriarch (2004) was published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press. Her second book, Tragedy and Triumph: Ruby and Thomas B. McQuesten (Tierceron Press, 2011), continued the Victorian family saga begun in the first book. Dr. Anderson is a regular speaker for various heritage groups and, partnering with the Hamilton Public Library, McMaster University, Whitehern Museum, and her daughter Janelle Baldwin, has spent many years developing and curating the Whitehern Museum Archives website, www.whitehern.ca, which includes more than 4,000 images and documents dealing with the McQuesten saga and the history of Hamilton.