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Scrapbooks of the Mechanics' Institute of Montreal are in the form of bound scrapbooks filled with newspaper clippings related to events held at the Institute and publicity for its activities.  A separate binder contains all records related to the Norman Rockwell Exhibition held at the Atwater Library and Computer Centre in 2000.

Registers for the library include visitors books, a donation book, daily logs of the library, and lists of members.  These lists of members exist both as created lists and in the form of receipt books from the purchase of Annual Memberships and Membership Renewals.

Lithographic blocks from the printing of the 1921 Mechanics’ Institute of Montreal. Blocks have images of founding members, the original Mechanics’ Hall, and internal and exterior images of the New Mechanics’ Hall.

The minutes of the Mechanics Institute of Montreal and the Atwater Library and Computer Centre are in a variety of formats.  From 1828 to June 27 of 1955, they are exclusively in bound form, handwritten in minute books.  After 1955, minutes are on loose pages filed by year, although minute books also exist for the years of 1978 to 1979, and 1982 to 1983.   The minute books up to November 25 of 1861 have been scanned into electronic format to be made accessible through the Atwater Library and Computer Centre website.

A log of donations made to the Mechanics' Institute from 1845-1907.

This file contains records of a variety of services used by the Atwater Library as well as programs initiated for its users, including the Computer Centre and the Books-by-Mail program. It also includes a survey of library users conducted in 1988.

The collection of legal documents includes the original statue for the Mechanics' Institute, deeds of sale for the Institutes' properties, by-laws, contracts, lease and loan agreements, mortgage papers, and other documents of a legal nature.  Documents related to the Linton Reid case (1994-1996) are located in this sub-series.

In conjunction with its mission as a Mechanics' Institute, lectures on a variety of special interest topics have been held throughout the history of the organization.  These files contain promotional materials and records of regular events, as well as records of other special events such as art exhibits and concerts on the premises.

The History file contains several histories published by the Institute itself, as well as histories and research papers by other individuals not directly related to the organization.  This file also contains historic membership cards and certificates, and stationary published by the Institute for its own use.

Records and receipts of donations to the Mechanics’ Institute of Montreal from 1968 to 1982.