The Scrapbook of Mary Murray Hendrie: Picturing the Life of Ontario’s Elite in the Victorian Age

The William Hendrie fonds consists of the personal and business records of William Hendrie and some of his relatives. Details from the scrapbook of Mary Murray Hendrie, wife of William Hendrie, are displayed to showcase the familial and elite social activities of the Victorian age. The Sir John and Lady Hendrie fonds consists of personal records created and received by Sir John Hendrie (son of William Hendrie) and his wife, Lady Lena Maude Hendrie. Included in this exhibit are studio photographs of William Hendrie and a panoramic family photograph.

Full page spread of the Hendrie family crest
from Mary Murray Hendrie’s scrapbook, [1880-1893]
Reference Code: F 276
Archives of Ontario, I0072042

Detail of cigarette trading card from Mary Murray Hendrie’s scrapbook, [1880-1893]
Reference Code: F 276
Archives of Ontario, I0072032

Be sure and visit the exhibit next time you are at the Archives of Ontario. It runs in our Reading Room until late June, 2014.