Books for the People: The Fraser Institute, 1885-1900

Type of resource
Author/collaborator
Title
Books for the People: The Fraser Institute, 1885-1900
Abstract
The history of one of Montreal's first public libraries. In 1870 local businessman Hugh Fraser left $200,000 to establish a library dedicated to "the diffusion of knowledge by affording free access to all desiring it." The library opened to the public in 1885.
Publication
Épilogue
Volume
Vol. 11
Issue
no. 2
Pages
1-10
Date
1996
Language
en
Citation
Hanson, Elizabeth. “Books for the People: The Fraser Institute, 1885-1900.” Épilogue Vol. 11, no. 2 (1996): 1–10.
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