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[not after 1895]

1 bookplate : relief printing ; 9.5 x 5.8 cm

Brockville Library

Still Image

The Brockville Public Library (BPL) was officially formed in July 1895 out of the Brockville Mechanic's Institute (founded 1842). For some time before this official founding, the library existed alongside the Mechanic's Institute as the Brockville Library Association. In 1902 the BPL received a grant from Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie to build a new library, which was officially opened in 1904. The library was expanded in 1971 and again in 1994-6. The reverse image of the manuscript notes appearing on this bookplate may be seen on the back of the bookplate BP MUR CAN I B7635d. Paper remnants on the front of B7635e indicate that bookplate B7635d was at one point glued on top of B7635e. This provides a valuable clue as to the history of the bookplates and the evolution of the institution.
References:
1) Brockville Public Library. 'Expansion Project Summary.' Brockville Public Library. http://www.brockvillelibrary.ca/expansion.htm
2) Brockville Public Library. 'History of the Library.' Brockville Public Library. http://www.brockvillelibrary.ca/history.htm
3) Lewis, Rev. J. Travers, LLD. A Lecture Delivered Before the Brockville Library Association and Mechanics' Institute: Introductory to the course of lectures for 1855. Brockville, Québec: David Wylie, printer, 1855. Accessed at http://archive.org/details/cihm_47059.

RBSC Bookplates

2013

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