Women Reading: An Account from the St. John’s Athenaeum Library, 1892-94

While the St. John’s Athenaeum and its lending library collection were destroyed in the Great Fire of July 8, 1892, a circulation book from 1892-94 survived. Discovered as part of a larger research project into the life and career of Newfoundland librarian and library advocate Ella Morris (1857-1936), this book records the names of Athenaeum Library users – including women – and the titles they borrowed. The lecture with Dr. Bonnie Morgan will focus on these women, what they were reading, and what they can help us learn (or not) about NL women’s history.