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Library History Today is a blog about the history of Canadian libraries and librarians and for methodologies in library history

Showing posts with label association libraries. Show all posts

Showing posts with label association libraries. Show all posts

Monday, January 21, 2019

TORONTO PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1842

The Institution shall be called The Toronto Public Library—and the date of its commencement is hereby declared to be the 27th of October, 18...

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Canadian Colonial Subscription Libraries, 1775 to 1850

Ennotville library c.1910 (built 1856) From 1775 to 1850, small membership subscription libraries acted as public libraries dispensing ed...

Friday, November 03, 2017

Canadian Act for Library Associations and Mechanics' Institutes, 1851

By the middle of the 19th century in the Province of Canada (present day Ontario and Quebec) many local groups had formed library associatio...

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Angus Mowat and Ontario's Rural Libraries, 1937-40

Well, after years of research, I have published something on Angus Mowat, Ontario's irrepressible Inspector (later Director) of Public L...

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