by Erin | Apr 30, 2018 | Blog
How did it get to be that time already? The new (and final) field season at this cemetery begins in just a couple of weeks. We have our largest cohort yet, with 25 students. We’ll have no problems finishing the recording of the monuments this year. I do think...
by Erin | Jun 5, 2017 | Blog
Throughout this course, we have seen many damaged and worn monuments within the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery here in Victoria, BC. For many of these cases, the projects are just too grand for our group to undertake. However, during our last class Erin taught us one...
by Erin | Jun 1, 2017 | Blog
These last days of May and beginning days of June herald an end to our time here at the Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery. As was promised by Erin, this end has appeared overwhelmingly and suddenly. Too soon, in fact, for most of us who have spent and will be spending...
by Erin | May 27, 2017 | Blog
At our first visit to Congregation Emanu-El Cemetery, we were confused as to why there were so many stones of varying sizes and colors lying on and around the monuments. Interested in learning about this specific mourning ritual of placing stones on the graves of the...
by Erin | May 20, 2017 | Blog
Thursday May 18th we had a visit from a local conservationist Carl Hughes from Meadowlark Memorials. It was different than what I expected. My first thought was it would be something like a walking lecture, identifying signs of damage and explaining issues around that...
