Polaroid photograph of author Howard Engel, taken as part of an annual Mystery Night event at the Library held on May 3, 1996. The photograph is signed by Engel.

Photocopy of a newspaper article from the Era Banner about Friends of the Library fundraising. The photocopy includes some parts of the surrounding page. Includes a handwritten edit in pencil, circling "400 BOOKS" and writing "788" next to it.

Article text:
"Library group says public awareness pays off
This summer, the Friends of the Library group is having its most successful fundraising season ever.
Since May, it has taken in close to $2,000 through its membership drive, private donations, its historical walking tour and a barbecue at Compton's IGA.
By selling pop, hotdogs and sausages in front of the store Saturday, the group raised $125.
Organizer Lesley Coo says the group's persistence is paying off.
'We're doing well, but then again, we've been at it for a while. We're very pleased with the support we've received through donations and new memberships and we think that's a result of increased public awareness about our lack of funding and the need to raise money,' she said.
Thirty raffle tickets were sold at the barbecue and a draw for three items totally close to $500 will be held Oct. 23.
First prize is a handmade twin size quilt, second prize is an afghan and third prize, a cross-stitch sampler. Tickets are $1 and can be purchased at the library.
The draw will take place in conjunction with one of the group's upcoming fundraisers, a book sale at the library.
MURDER MYSTERY
Earlier that month, Oct. 1, the Friends of the Library will be presenting another murder mystery night at the library. Tickets are $15 per person and $25 a couple and will be available in September.
The group is also already planning for the Yuletide season and has set a date for its pre-Christmas Arts and Crafts Show and Sale.
It will take place Nov. 5 and 6 at the library.
All money raised will be used to help move the facility toward automation.
400 BOOKS
During busy periods, as many as 400 books are manually checked out in a day.
The library's proposed operating costs were cut by $75,000 in this year's municipal budget, leaving it unable to hire extra staff to prepare for the conversion.
As a result the library will be closed Mondays and Fridays this year to get ready for the changes."

Black and white photograph of author and professor David Laing Dawson. Includes a printed biography stamped with "Bradford Public Library" pasted onto the back. Likely included as part of an annual "Mystery Night" event at the Library held in 1992, which the subject participated in.

The back reads: "DAVID LAING DAWSON | David Laing Dawson was born in 1941 in Victoria, British Columbia. After completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Victoria, he hitch-hiked through Europe before entering the University of British Columbia Medical School. Mr. Dawson performed part of his residency in Canada and part in Cambridge, England. | He spent five years travelling through Northern Ontario as a consultant to mental health services, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. | He is the author of Last Rites (Macmillan, 1990) and, most recently, Double Blind (Macmillan, 1992). In addition to his fiction, he has written many academic articles on topics as schizophrenia, and is the owner of NIDUS, a microcomputer company. | Mr. Dawson lives with his wife and two children in a century-old farmhouse outside Hamilton, Ontario."

Polaroid photograph of author Eric Wright, taken as part of an annual Mystery Night event held at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library on May 3, 1996. The photograph is signed by Wright.

Story and clues for "The Black Ace: A Victorian Mystery" by Maureen Jennings. The clues include a fictional newspaper for the story and a sketch of the layout of the fictional crime scene. Includes a 2-page insert titled "Murdoch's Report to Chief Constable Grassett, August 17, 1895" that includes the solution to the mystery. The story was part of the annual "Mystery Night" event at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library called Crime Between the Covers.

Polaroid photograph of author John Brady, taken as part of an annual Mystery Night event held at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library on May 3, 1996. The photograph is signed by Brady.

Black and white photograph of author John Lawrence Reynolds, taken by "H. Miller." Includes a printed biography stamped with "Bradford Public Library" pasted onto the back. Also on the back is a label identifying the subject and the photographer. Likely included as part of an annual "Mystery Night" event at the Library held in 1992, which the subject participated in.

The back reads: "JOHN LAWRENCE REYNOLDS | John Lawrence Reynolds was born in Hamilton, Ontario where he attended McMaster University. Reynolds has had a variety of careers: advertising, freelance feature writing, and film writing and direction. His first novel, The Man Who Murdered God, introduced readers to no-nonsense Detective Joe McGuire and won the Arthur Ellis First Novel Award. His other McGuire mysteries include the critically acclaimed And Leave Her Lay Dying and Whisper Death. He lives in Burlington, Ontario."

Black and white photograph of author and journalist Alison Gordon. Printed label pasted to the back identifies the subject, the photographer Henri Fiks, and the date as Spring 1988. Likely included as part of an annual "Mystery Night" event at the Library in 1992, which the subject participated in.

Polaroid photograph of author James Norman, taken as part of an annual Mystery Night event held at the Bradford West Gwillimbury Public Library on May 3, 1996. The photograph is signed by Norman.