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Photograph of staff & volunteers at a social gathering in the summer of 1982.

Front row, from left: Flora Nydam, Anita Sikma, Susan West, Adrienne Price, Shelly dePeuter, Brenda de Best
Back row, from left: Nellie Dewhurst, Phyllis Bell, Madge Beexton, unlegible on back of photograph, Bill Melbourne, Marilyn Reynolds

Photograph of Bradford Public Library staff members Flora Nydam and Heidi Chard (Northover), sitting in a golf cart. The photograph was taken during the Bradford Golf Tournament held on June 14, 1989 in the Scotch Settlement. Handwriting in ballpoint pen on the back identifies the date, location, and event.

Photograph of staff & volunteers at ground breaking ceremony in October of 1987 for the Bradford Public Library. That library finished construction in 1988. Left to Right: Nellie Dewhurst (library volunteer), Flora Nydam (library staff), Anita Sikma (library staff), Marilyn Reynolds (library staff), Mrs. Charlotte Michna (patron of the library)

"Editor's note: with the new Bradford Public Library scheduled to hold Official Opening Ceremonies November 6, 1988, following is an article submitted by D. Cilipka on the library's past history in Bradford." ...

Photo of Bradford Public Library staff, posing on the stairs inside of the home of Anita Sikma. The photograph was taken during the staff Christmas party hosted in the Sikma residence on December 15, 1990. Handwriting in black ballpoint pen on the back identifies the location, date, and people in the photograph. From left-right and top-bottom: Heidi Chard (Northover), Anita Sikma, Flora Nydam, Marilyn Reynolds, Lynn Flack, Adrienne Price.

Photograph of Bradford Public Library Staff and some of their family members seated at the dining room table in the Sikma residence. The photograph was taken during the staff Christmas party held on December 15, 1990. Handwriting in black ballpoint pen on the back identifies the date, location, event, and people in the photograph. The people in the photo are (starting closest to the camera and moving clockwise): Lynn Flack, George Flack, Adrienne Price, Flora Nydam, Bruce Reynolds, Marilyn Reynolds, Hans Reckler, Renate Reckler, Joe Sikma, Joanne Sikma, Anita Sikma. Not depicted (taking the picture): Heidi Chard (Northover).

Photograph of Bradford Public Library staff at Marilyn Reynolds's retirement party in 1988.

Back row, left to right: Flora Nydam (inter-library loans), Heidi Chard (Northover) (cataloguing), Merle Grossman (children's programming), Greta Woodward (circulation), Marilyn Reynolds (circulation).
Front row, left to right: Heather Hawley (administrative secretary), Adrienne Price (CEO).
Not pictured: Anita Sikma (children's programming).

Small card with a colour illustration of two flowers, given to Heidi Chard (Northover) in honour of her first year working in the Bradford Public Library. The card includes handwriting to edit the phrase "Happy Anniversary" to read "Happy 1st Anniversary" and the signatures of Anita Sikma, Renate Reckler, Adrienne Price, Marilyn Reynolds, Lynn Flack, and Flora Nydam. Handwriting on the back dates the card to December 8, 1988. The back of the card includes a stamp from Country Gardens Flowers, Holland Marsh Plaza, Box 796, Bradford, Ontario, L3Z 2B3.

Photograph of Flora Nydam and Anita Sikma during the packing process to move from the library at 35 John Street to the new library at 100 Holland Court in 1988.

A newspaper article detailing the history of the Bradford Public Library.