Financial records related to the Atwater Library and Computer Centre.
Sans titreThis file includes receipts, cheques, bank slips, balance sheets, income tax records, inventories, property evaluations, and other loose documents of a financial nature. This file also includes bound lists of investments and an invoice book.
Records and receipts of donations to the Mechanics’ Institute of Montreal from 1968 to 1982.
Correspondence retained in the archives of the Atwater Library concerns a wide variety of topics. The
original letter book of the Mechanics's Institute includes correspondence from 1841 to 1858. Other
correspondence is from board members, library members, and the public at large. It discusses lectures
at the library, hiring of personnel for the institute, proposed amalgamations between the Institute and
other institutions, legal matters, Annual General Meetings, and matters of general interest to the library
community.
Drawings are contained in two large, flat boxes and 7 tubes. They are entirely of the Atwater Library building and its property. These include 1918 drawings by the firm of Hutchison, Wood and Miller for both the original building plan and the revised design; 1971 plans for electrical revision; 1988 drawings of a new library building concept; 2002 drawings; and a variety of other plans recording proposed alterations to the building and property.
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 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.
Fonds of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre dating back to 1828. This fonds contains records relating to administration, library, building architecture, and institutional heritage.
Records and receipts of donations to the Mechanics’ Institute of Montreal from 1968 to 1982.
Records associated with the Board of Directors of the Atwater Library and Computer Centre including minutes, annual reports, and legal documents.
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