From the Mechanic's Institute to a State-of-the Art Public Library
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- 1988-10-26
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A newspaper article detailing the history of the Bradford Public Library.
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From the Mechanic's Institute to a State-of-the Art Public Library
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A newspaper article detailing the history of the Bradford Public Library.
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A newspaper clipping with the hours of the new location of the Bradford Public Library, from 1988.
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A newspaper clipping about a Library book sale.
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"Gertie" the librarian retires
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A newspaper article about the retirement of Librarian, Gertie Melbourne in 1979.
"The lady who has been largely responsible for building up tehe Bradford Publlic Libbaray retired last week after 14 years of service..."
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Calling all Friends of the Library
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"The Bradford West Gwillimbury Friends of the Library are now accepting applications for membership in the Friends...Currently the Friends are undertaking a fundraising raffle in order to support the computer automation project at the Library..."
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Photograph of Ethel Day, wife of Professor W.H. Day and librarian of Bradford Public Library from 1936 - 1953. She was also the mother of Ida Day Smith, former librarian, whom she took over from in 1936. Mrs. Day was the sole librarian and worked originally a room on the second floor of T.W.W. Evans law office at 21 Holland St. West, then in the late 1940s, moved to a room above the fire hall on Barrie Street. She hand-wrote all records, and was librarian until her death on November 23, 1953.
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Photograph of Ida Day Smith, daughter of Professor W.H. Day and librarian of Bradford Public Library in 1936. She was also the daughter of Ethel Day, who took over the librarianship in 1936. Ida Day was the sole librarian after Mary Brown, and worked in a second floor room of T.W.W. Evans' law office. Once she married Raymond Smith in October of 1936, the couple moved away and Ida's mother, Ethel, took over the librarianship duties.