methodology

Topics in Material Culture

A Methodological Approach

I used a vast array of resources to attempt a material culture analysis of the Hillary House. These resources include:

the house itself;
oral histories about the house recounted by members of the Hillary family and the Curator;
oral histories about doctors' houses generally;
architectural floor plans from the Horwood Architectural Collection (Ontario Archives), the Hillary House and the Hutchinson House;
archival material from the Hillary family
19th century copies of the Aurora newspaper, The Era Banner;
19th century property maps for Yonge Street in Aurora; and
many secondary sources listed under references on this web site.