Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Victoria University (Toronto, Ont.). Library
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
- Birge-Carnegie Library
- Victoria College Library
- E.J. Pratt Library
- Emmanuel College Library
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Description area
Dates of existence
ca. 1840-
History
The library at Victoria University (and its earlier institutions) existed from at least the 1840s. In 1910, the Birge Carnegie Library was built to house the collection, and in 1961 the Victoria College Library was built for the Victoria College collection; the library was renamed to the E.J. Pratt Library in 1967.
The position of Librarian existed at Victoria University dating back to at least 1878. Incumbents in the position included:
- Gervas Holmes, 1878-1879
- S.C. Smoke, 1879-1881
- Andrew J. Bell, 1881-1886; 1888-1889
- Lewis E. Horning, 1886-1888
- Abraham R. Bain, 1889-1891
- R. H. Johnston, 1891-1896
- John Fletcher McLaughlin, 1896-1907, 1912-1913 (Acting)
- Augustus Edward Lang, 1907-1912, 1913-1924
- Francis Louis Barber, 1924-1945
- John Daniel Robins, 1945-1952
- Margaret V. Ray, 1952-1965
- Lorna D. Fraser, 1965-1977
- Robert C. Brandeis, 1977-2013
- Lisa Sherlock, 2013-2024
- Roma Kail, 2024-2025 (Interim)
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Authority record identifier
http://viaf.org/viaf/155865590
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Institution identifier
Victoria University Archives