About Stephanie Bellissimo, M.A.
I have always had a deep fascination with history and material culture. As a young girl, I spent countless afternoons sitting on the floor of my grandparent's bedroom, pulling old family photographs out of the bottom drawer of their armoire. Today, I can happily say that I have turned my greatest interest into my vocation. I have been involved in the heritage field performing archival work, collection management, and exhibit development since 2009.
I have a certificate in Heritage Resource Management from Athabasca University, a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Saskatchewan, and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Toronto.
What's the Blog About?
This blog is something I work on in my spare time. Its purpose is to share my experiences in the field with the wider public. It focuses on a large variety of topics, including: women's history, garden history, military history, and rural history, to name several. It also features heritage discussions about museum and archival collections, programming, conservation, and policies.
Canadian History and Heritage offers an eclectic mixture of posts about stories I find interesting from Canadian archive and museum collections.
In the Field gives a more in-depth look at my work. Here, you will find virtual exhibits, as well as an inside look into the many different heritage and history projects I have worked on.
All photographs used in this blog are owned by me unless otherwise specified.
If you like this blog and want to support me toward future stories please consider making a small donation. Finding and researching these stories takes time. Each one takes approximately ten hours to research, write, and edit. Any support is appreciated, even just enough for a cup of coffee :)
I have a certificate in Heritage Resource Management from Athabasca University, a Master of Arts degree in History from the University of Saskatchewan, and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Toronto.
What's the Blog About?
This blog is something I work on in my spare time. Its purpose is to share my experiences in the field with the wider public. It focuses on a large variety of topics, including: women's history, garden history, military history, and rural history, to name several. It also features heritage discussions about museum and archival collections, programming, conservation, and policies.
Canadian History and Heritage offers an eclectic mixture of posts about stories I find interesting from Canadian archive and museum collections.
In the Field gives a more in-depth look at my work. Here, you will find virtual exhibits, as well as an inside look into the many different heritage and history projects I have worked on.
All photographs used in this blog are owned by me unless otherwise specified.
If you like this blog and want to support me toward future stories please consider making a small donation. Finding and researching these stories takes time. Each one takes approximately ten hours to research, write, and edit. Any support is appreciated, even just enough for a cup of coffee :)
Thanks!
-Stephanie
Links to Additional Work
Museum/Archive Work
Academic Work
Public Work
For more information about my work please check out my Abbreviated CV.
Museum/Archive Work
- Examples of finding aids on Archeion:
- Mount St. Joseph Centre fonds, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, 2018
- Guatemala Annals series, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, 2018;
- St. Mary's Orphanage sous-fonds, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada, 2018.
- Royal Botanical Gardens’ Exhibit on the History of Ontario Horticultural Societies, Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Newsletter, Number 149, May 2018.
- Royal Botanical Gardens has a New Collection, Trillium (Ontario Horticultural Association newsletter), spring 2018.
- The Wikipedia page I created for the Centre for Canadian Historical Horticultural Studies, 2018.
- Textile Museum of Canada Narrative Threads Virtual Exhibit macramè fish and birch bark hat artifact submissions, 2016
- Woodland Nurseries: A Retrospective 1930 to 2009, Museums of Mississauga, 2009-2010.
Academic Work
- Review of Inside the Lost Museum: Curating, Past and Present, by Stephen Lubar, Canadian Journal of History, Volume 53 Issue 1, Spring-Summer 2018, pp. 174-176
- They were Triomphanti: The Italian Homesteading Experience in Saskatchewan, 1896-1930 (thesis), University of Saskatchewan, 2012.
- Scowlitz: A Preliminary History, Ethnohistory Field School Report, University of Saskatchewan, University of Victoria, and the Stó:lõ First Nation, 2011.
Public Work
- “Italian Homesteaders in Saskatchewan, 1896-1930” in Land of Triumph and Tragedy: Voices of the Italian Fallen Workers (Toronto: Fallen Italian Workers in Canada Project, 2019)
- The St. Joseph's Motherhouse Chapel Hamilton, Ontario, Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada Archives, 2018.
- Gardens can help communities achieve important social goals, St. Catharines Standard, April 13, 2018.
For more information about my work please check out my Abbreviated CV.
