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A Brief History of Norwich Public Library
Norwich has had a continuous library service since 1876. The original
subscription rate was $2.00 for men and $1.00 for ladies over 18 years of
age. The library has been in several locations - in the "Standard"
printing office, over Pitcher's store, in the Miller block and over Haken's
Drug store. When the latter location was destroyed by fire, the library
moved to the Moore block. In 1914 the library was endowed by the Carnegie
fund and the present library was built. In 1936, Norwich became a member
of the Oxford County Library system. It no longer costs to join the
library, and we offer high speed internet access, community and government
information as well as the usual reading materials in print and on tape.
*Disclaimer* This information was compiled from a collection of
articles from the Norwich Archives. Articles pertaining to the Norwich
Library are available at the Norwich Archives, located at R.R. # 3
Norwich, Ontario,N0J 1P0. Due to discrepancies between articles, some
dates listed could be wrong. This information was compiled with the
intention of being as accurate as possible, but it is necessary to note
that the discrepancies do exist.
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