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Victoria Public Library (Victoria, B.C.)
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Madge Wolfenden interview : [Gundry, 1991?]

RECORDED: Victoria (B.C.), [1991?] SUMMARY: In an interview with Fran Gundry, Madge Wolfenden discusses her career as a librarian and archivist at the Provincial Library and Provincial Archives of British Columbia. Madge Wolfenden Hamilton (1893-1992) worked at PABC from 1914 to 1954. She was Acting Provincial Archivist from 1942 to 1945, and Assistant Provincial Archivist when she retired in 1954. The interview begins with a discussion of her schooling in Victoria, B.C., her higher education, and her apprenticeship at the Victoria Public Library and the University of California, Berkeley.

Miscellaneous letters

The file contains correspondence with Donald Alexander Smith, 1st Baron, Strathcona and Mount Royal and includes a letter from 1900 about the Victoria Public Library's refusal to accept a catalogue of Greek coins and a letter and cable to Mayor of New Westminster re the Provincial Exhibition, 1908.

[Old library closes -- new library opens]

News item. Footage shows interior of the old central library on Yates Street. Librarian says new library will not have a separate reference and circulation collections. Shots of books and other library materials being packed for the move, plus furniture and fixtures. Another librarian explains how the move is being carried out. The new library opens Friday, May 2nd. Interior shots of new library with empty shelves. Not much exterior footage of either building.