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Mary J.L. Black, 1879-1939 |
Fort William librarian, 1909-37 |
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Mary J.L. Black was born in 1879 at Uxbridge, Ontario. She moved to
Fort William about 1904 and was appointed librarian there in 1909. She
remained at its head until 1937. Mary Black was the first woman to be
elected president of the Ontario Library Association
in 1916/17. She served as one of the three Canadian commissioners for the American Library Association's survey of
libraries, Libraries in Canada: a study of library conditions and
needs, published in 1933. Throughout her career she was known
for progressive methods and she tirelessly promoted the service ethic
in library work.
She retired, in 1937, due to ill health and died in Vancouver on 4 January 1939.
Photo caption: Mary J.L. Black, no date [before 1926]
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