"Children who read good books usually behave better, and have good manners": The Founding of the Notre Dame de Grace Library for Boys and Girls, Montreal, 1943
Lyons, Chris
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Title
"Children who read good books usually behave better, and have good manners": The Founding of the Notre Dame de Grace Library for Boys and Girls, Montreal, 1943
Author(s)
Lyons, Chris
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
Libraries and society
Libraries in Canada
Children in libraries
Abstract
The founding of the Notre Dame de Grace Library for Boys and
Girls in Montreal in 1943 provides a unique and interesting case
study in Canadian library development. It was founded and operated
by an umbrella group of local community organizations, using
money raised locally, initially to combat a perceived rise in juvenile
delinquency during the Second World War. The arguments made
in favor of the library by the general public and the organizers were
widely reported in the local press. The documentary record provides
a rare account of the beliefs held about the efficacy of reading and
libraries to shape children, a neglected aspect of children’s library
development in Canadian historiography.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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