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A copy of applications for the position of Caretaker by Joseph Combden (left) and Henry Roberts (right), as requested by Joseph Nason here.

Carnegie Corporation of New York provides funding of $10, 000 to build what is now the Weston Branch of the Toronto Public Library. Correspondence via R.A. Franks, Treasurer of the Carnegie Corporation.

Correspondence from James Bertram (Secretary, Carengie Corporation) requesting statistics for Carnegie libraries in Weston. Bertram is concerned specifically about the extent of financial support the library had been recieving since 1907.

Copy of a certificate, verifying that F.C Henderson is entitled to a payment of $85 for the materials purchased and work done in the erection of the Weston Public Library. The certificate is signed by one of the architects involved in the…

George Sainsbury (1875-1951), a Weston contractor and builder, started excavation for the library on April 8, 1914. By July 10, the walls were almost ready for the roof. Sainsbury, who was on Weston Council in 1913 and 1914, was paid $7,445 for his…

The main floor housed the general reading/newspaper room and library (fitted with book stacks) in the west wing, the children’s and ladies’ departments in the east wing and the librarian’s room in the centre directly behind the entrance. The…

George E.A. Robinson's hardware shop, which stood on the north-east corner of Church St. and Weston Rd., in about 1910.

A copy of correspondence from Walter R. Nursery, Inspector of Libraries, for photographs of the interior and exterior of the Weston Library for reproduction in the Annual Report.

This letter from F.C. Henderson, addressed to Joseph Nason (Chairman, Weston Public Library Board), indicates that improvements to lighting above book stacks have been made.