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      This is a 110 page financial record for the years 1936-39. It details daily transactions by patron name regarding membership fees, fines and bank deposits.

      This clipping discusses the celebration of Young Canada Book Week, and teachers taking advantage to bring their students to the library to encourage reading.

      This brief article discusses the expenses incurred with the renovation and relocation of the Blind River Library and how the Library Association appealed to the town for financial assistance.

      This column written by Eric Colwell discusses the fate of the Blind River Library and how lack of financial assistance could mean the end of the Library.

      This is a pocket taken from the inside of a book belonging to the Blind River Library, complete with sign out card. On the front of the pocket the Library fees are printed.

      This is a Acme Library Card Pocket that was provided to patrons to keep their library card in.

      This is a one page article written about Dr. & Mrs. Burd who settled in Blind River in 1898. Mrs. Burd was the first librarian when the library opened in 1926.

      This is a brief clipping and photo from September 27, 1977 regarding the completion of construction to enlarge the library building. It also provides information about where the money came from to undertake the project.

      This is a copy of the invitations that were issued for the opening and reception of the Blind River Library February 23, 1978.

      This is a list that people who attended the opening signed,in 1978. It also includes a telegram sent from local M.P. Maurice Foster expressing his congratulations.

 Gladys Hornby, The Sault Star, March 1, 1978     This clipping gives details on the new wing added to the Blind River Library thanks to a grant from the Wintario and the fund raising efforts of the community along with historical facts about the library.

      Librarian Jo-Anne Martin has a good assortment of books at the public library so readers can relax and enjoy the festive season.

      A newspaper clipping from 1994 about a shortfall in funds and the libraries need for further funding from the town.

      This clipping is about the beginnings of the Blind River library, how it began, and how books were originally secured for the library. It goes on to discuss the growth of the collection and where some of their funding came from.

      A Sault Star article about the 70th birthday celebration of the Iron Bridge Library, its beginnings and growth.

      A photo and caption from The Standard showing a five year old Conner Bradford perusing books at the Blind River Library.

      Filing: Nadia Corbiere, a summer student working at the library, roams through the card file, preparing to have the books listed on a computer data base

 Norlyn Purych, The Sault Star, August 28, 1997     Cameco manager of Blind River operations Catherine Greeen, checks out the new equipment paid for by Cameco's $10,000 donation, as Mayor Vyrn Peterson and librarian Rhea Marcellus look on.