A big omission, I concede. Any particular book you'd recommend?

Great breadth of titles here. But you missed one of my favourite movies of all time, Wall-E ;)

Thank you, Chris. I always appreciate attention to semantics/grammar. I've revised the post.

It's so easy for history like this to fade without photographs and other documents — thanks KFediw!

“Men in a maze of wooden planks climb deep into the shattered light of blond wood. A man is an extension of hammer, drill, flame. Drill smoke in his hair. A cap falls into the valley, gloves are buried in stone dust."

Great suggestion Randolph! Doug Taylor has written "Toronto Theatres and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen" and "Toronto's Local Movie Theatres of Yesteryear: Brought Back to Thrill You Again." Both available to borrow from the library.

So interesting! Who knew?? Thanks for sharing Wendy.

Thanks for reading!

In your defense, "mensuration" is not a common term! (I had to look it up, only to find that it indeed basically means "measuring".)

I must admit, I'd still be interested in attending many of these — I'd probably pick "The Advertisements of Ancient Romans."

Thanks Susan. You bring up an interesting aspect of library history. It was indeed very positive that libraries expanded the limited opportunities for women at the time. There was a disturbing side effect, though. Some argue that library work — like social work, nursing and teaching — suffered from “feminization” of the profession. In short, “feminized professions” are professions dominated by women, which might be deemed less important simply because women are involved. These professions unfairly struggled — and continue to struggle — for pay and social prestige.

Appreciated the wide range of resources here — ones for different age groups, ones that are academic and general interest, different formats and the Rita Cox collection. Thanks!

Thanks Marie — happy reading!

Just wanted to agree with all the other comments — a great post.

Super interesting! Thanks Wendy.

Interesting material for an archive — I hadn't heard of Sarah Hall before this post. Thanks!

I wasn't even that big of a Blue Jays fan, and even for me the nostalgia of those cards and World Series ticket hit hard. Also, that cover for the Byrce guide is pretty amazing.

Thanks Wendy! Hope you are settling in and that you have a chance to visit our friends at Belleville Public Library :)

Thanks Andrea -- placed a hold on Ravel's Glenn Gould book. Happy summer reading!