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Check out these documents from 1921!
These letters request the library to be taken over as a public library. Shortly after, it was agreed to have the library under The Public Libraries Act. This decision took 7 days

In the 1940s the Welland Library produced a column in the local newspaper, “The Library Corner” where they would recommend books to patrons on a particular theme. This particular article from July 21, 1943, recommends books all about the outdoors!

Two colour photographs of a person browsing the library deposit at the Welland Hospital, c. 1970s.

Colour slide showing the local history clippings cabinets in the reference section of the Adult Services Department of Welland Public Library, c. 1966.

Colour slide showing the local history rare books cabinet in the Adult Services Department of Welland Public Library, c. 1966.

Two colour slides showing the magazines and newspapers section in the Adult Services Department of Welland Public Library, January 1966.

Black and white photograph of Marlene Friedlein and a friend studying a pirate map, likely part of a summer reading program, at the Welland Public Library, c. 1976.

Three colour slides showing Mayor Allan Pietz and representatives at ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of the Northwest Branch of Welland Public Library, November 15, 1972.

Colour slide showing a member of the Welland Public Library's (Boys and Girls Department) Stamp Club at a meeting, c. 1965.

Colour slide showing members of the Welland Public Library's (Boys and Girls Department) Stamp Club at a meeting, c. 1965.