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The Fraser Institute Library
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The Fraser Institute Library
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| Abstract |
The history of one of Montreal's first public libraries, 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 re-named 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.
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Canadian Library Association Bulletin
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Vol. 12
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no. 4
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136-138
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February 1956
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| Language |
en
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| Citation |
Trenholme, Margery W. “The Fraser Institute Library.” Canadian Library Association Bulletin Vol. 12, no. 4 (February 1956): 136–138.
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