This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Timeline traces Medicine Hat library from 1887 to 2015
A historical timeline recounts the MHPL evolution from its 1887 reading room beginnings at St. Barnabas through multiple relocations and expansions. Key events include 1915 opening, 1948 children’s library, 1964 new building, 1992 expansion, and 2015 100th anniversary with ongoing series and partnerships in place.
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St. Barnabas
D. R. Ware
Medicine Hat Literary Society
Council
Andrew Carnegie
WC. Hay
Women’s Literary Society
Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat
Nelson Spencer
Huckvale
Third and South Railway
Hugh Hassard
Ed Warner
Becker
I.C.C.F
South Railway Street
Calgary Public Library
MHPL
Calhoun
Bob Block
Ina Scanlan
National Film Board
Monarch Theatre
Phyllis Lapworth
Alberta
Friends of the Library
First Street
Veterans Memorial
Lapworth
Joe Carver
Vancouver
Bob Leigh
Pacific North West Bibliographic Centre
Northwestern States
Alaska
B.C
Shortgrass
Trudy Marauder
Robert Siegmund
Rachel Sarjeant-Jenkins
Co-op Mall
Shelley Ross
Medicine Hat College
Peggy Revels
Beth Milne
Esplanade
St. Barnabas Anglican Church
Third Street
South Railway
Bank of Montreal