L. P. Fisher Public Library

L. P. Fisher Public Library

The L. P. Fisher Public Library, started in 1912 and completed in 1914 is a landmark in the town of Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. Named for Lewis Peter Fisher (1821-1905), a loyalist lawyer, mayor, and leading citizen of Woodstock who bequeathed $208,000 (a considerable sum in 1905) for local charitable purposes, including the construction of a free library.

After two years of construction, the library was completed in 1914, and designed in a Greek Revival style by architect G. Ernest Fairweather of Saint John, New Brunswick. The exterior is brick with limestone trim, and the interior is furnished in Honduran mahogany. There is a time capsule buried in the cornerstone. The front steps are of granite, as is the foundations of the building.

The historical collections of the library include 19th century census records, maps, newspapers, family histories, military and cemetery records.

tatistics (1999-2000)

*Size: 546 m² (5877 square feet)
*Total Collection: 26,253 volumes
*Annual Circulation: 79,901 volumes

Significant holdings

*Census 1851, 1871 and 1891 in hard copies for the area.
*On microfilm the census for 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901.
*Marriage records for Carleton and York Counties
*Set of Dan Johnston's "Vital Statistics from NB Brunswick Newspapers" 1784-1890
*1876 Map of Carleton County naming all the homes and businesses
*Carleton Sentinel 1849-present and Dispatch 1894-1919 (local papers) on microfilm
*Muster Roll of the Carleton Light Dragoons, 1840.
*Index to the Carleton Sentinel
*RC records on microfilm
*Families histories of Campbell, Collicott, Dibblee, Dow, Faulkner, Feero, Fisher, Flowers, Folwer, Gallagher, Grant, Joyall, Kinney, Lonstaff, Morehouse, Nicholson, Orser, Perry, Price, Raymond, Sharp, Shaw, Snow, Stoddard, Tompkins, Tomsom.
*Extensive cemetery records

The library in popular media

The building is seen in the 2000 movie Ricky 6. The facade was temporarily altered to feature a different name and an American flag was flown from the flagpole. The interior was also altered and repainted for use in the film; however upon the completion of principal photography, the producers of the movie arranged for the interior furnishings to be left in better condition than they had been before the start of production.

External links

* [http://www.gnb.ca/0003/regions/woodstock-e.asp New Brunswick Public Library Service]


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