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At the beginning of the twentieth century, Andrew Carnegie began dispensing grants to Ontario libraries. Many ambitious cities and towns sub...

     In 1961 the National Centennial Act established a federal Centennial Commission reporting to Parliament. This Commission intended to ce...

Brantford Public Library in 1917 Brantford’s classic red brick Beaux-Arts Carnegie Library, constructed between 1902 and 1904, was located ...

At the turn of the 20th century, library grants from the foundation Andrew Carnegie had created became readily available for Canadian munici...

An illustrated address I originally gave at the Canadian Library Association library history interest group session at Edmonton in June 1...