L'Institut Fraser-Hickson : Première bibliothèque publique complète et gratuite de Montréal

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L'Institut Fraser-Hickson : Première bibliothèque publique complète et gratuite de Montréal
Abstract
The history of Montreal's first public library, dating to 1885. 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." For seventy years, the Fraser Institute was located in downtown Montreal. In 1956 the Fraser Institute received a bequest of $1 million from professor J.W.A. Hickson and three years later it moved to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. The library was then called The Fraser-Hickson Library. In 2007, facing financial difficulties, the library sold its building and put its over 200,000 books and materials into storage. Only its home delivery service for the mobility impaired continued to operate. In 2013, in cooperation with the NDG YMCA, the library began its MINIBIBLIO service, lending free of charge books from its collection to qualifying organizations across Montreal, tailored to the needs of the organization.
Book Title
Bibliothèques québécoises remarquables
Place
Montréal
Publisher
Del Busso
Date
2017
Pages
63-74
Language
fr
Citation
Dinsmore, John. “L’Institut Fraser-Hickson : Première bibliothèque publique complète et gratuite de Montréal.” In Bibliothèques québécoises remarquables, edited by Claude Corbo, 63–74. Montréal: Del Busso, 2017.
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