Baldwin Room
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The Baldwin Room is the name of the Toronto Public Library special collection room.[1][2][3] The archive was named after Robert Baldwin.
The Baldwin Room contains a copy of the first novel written by a Canadian woman.[4]
References
- ↑ Dana Flavelle (1987-03-23). "Reference library scorns elitist image". Toronto Star. p. A.6. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472619341.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+23%2C+1987&author=Dana+Flavelle+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Reference+library+scorns+elitist+image&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2012-11. "The Baldwin Room contains hundreds of valuable Canadian documents and nearly 80000 photographs."
- ↑ Alan Ferris (2001-03-12). "Doing research to write his book an eye-opening experience ; Cooper examines history of child care in Toronto". Guelph Mercury. p. A.1. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/446247511.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+12%2C+2001&author=Ferris%2C+Alan&pub=The+Guelph+Mercury&desc=Doing+research+to+write+his+book+an+eye-opening+experience+%3B+Cooper+examines+history+of+child+care+in+Toronto&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2013-01-31. ""There was 17 feet of shelving for just the files of the orphans," he said of the Baldwin Room in the main branch of the Toronto Public Library where he did his research."
- ↑ Margaret Penman (1983). "A century of service: Toronto Public Library, 1883-1983". Toronto Public Library. p. 13. ISBN 9780919486737. http://books.google.ca/books?id=hKAaAAAAMAAJ&q=toronto+public+library+baldwin+room&dq=toronto+public+library+baldwin+room&hl=en&sa=X&ei=xZ4KUZaiO8PEyQGJtYGwDg&redir_esc=y. Retrieved 2013-01-31. "Some papers, such as those of William Warren Baldwin and his son Robert, after whom the Baldwin Room of the Metropolitan Toronto Public Library is named, came to the library as gifts."
- ↑ Donald Jones (1989-02-25). "Canada's first novel written by a woman". Toronto Star. p. M.4. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/470352961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+25%2C+1989&author=Donald+Jones&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Canada%27s+first+novel+written+by+a+woman&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
