Linwood Public Library

A collection of material from the archives of the Linwood Public Library, a subscription suburban library established in 1909.

Linwood Library, one of the largest and most successful voluntary libraries in Christchurch, was established by the Linwood Citizens Association. The Library opened in 1909 in the old Linwood Borough Council building on the corner of Stanmore and Worcester Streets.

Archive 107

Unpublished and published material [1909 - 1976].

Digitised items

• Minute book, 1909-1910
• Balance sheet, 1909 - 1910
• Linwood Library Subscribers, 1909-1911
• Letters, 1914-1920
• Correspondence, annual reports, financial and other papers, 1920s
• Memorandum / Christchurch Tramway Board
• Letter / E. Thomas
• Letter / A. Veitch
• Letter / V.W.M. Voller
• Letter / G.E. Wigglesworth
• Periodical report from the non-fiction committee
• Report of the subcommittee on paper, periodicals & magazines in subscribers reading rooms
• Periodical report of the non-fiction and reference section of the L.P.L.
• Establishment of the library; incorporation, history and rules
• Rules of the Linwood Public Library, 1922
• Notes for speech, ca. 1934
• A record of the foundation and early period of the Linwood Public Library, Christchurch, New Zealand, compiled by A. Brettell, 1928
• Libraries and Mechanics Institute Act 1908. Declaration of intention to establish a Public Library. Part II, 1909
• Report re constitution of Library
• Linwood Library Gazette, 1935 - 1938
• Linwood Library Gazette, 1935
• Linwood Library Gazette, 1936
• Linwood Library Gazette, 1937
• Linwood Library Gazette, 1938
• 50th Anniversary: Annual meeting and function, 1959
• The Committee regrets...
• 50th Anniversary. The President and the Committee cordially invite...
• Guest lists
• Agenda for 50th Annual meeting
• Notes
• 50th Annual Report presented on the 15th April, 1959
• Photographs
• Linwood Public Library 1909 - 1959
• Correspondence, annual reports, financial and other papers, 1959
• Letter to the Town Clerk requesting repairs be made to Linwood Library
• Census of Libraries 1959
• Letter from Don Davis
• Proposals for the future development of library services, 1969

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Related material

Linwood Public Library: The Voluntary Years, 1909-1993
History of the Linwood Public Library