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!
Pioneering Librarian Phyllis Lapworth Led Medicine Hat’s First Female Head
Phyllis Lapworth became Medicine Hat's first female head librarian in 1956 and drove the push for a new city library opened in 1964. Born in Revelstoke, B C, she advanced from a book mobile to Calgary and Crescent Heights before heading MHPL. She shaped services, focusing on biographies, history, and community information while guiding the library to serve 25 350 residents. She resigned in January 1969 after 13 years as head.
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