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PARO R.G. 10 Provincial Library Administrative files, 1933-1964
Children's Library, Harris Memorial Library, ca. 1950s
 
Jean Gill, centre, worked as a librarian for more than 40 years. She joined the staff of the Legislative and Dodd Library located in the Provincial Building (Province House) in 1918. From 1934 to 1962 Gill was Chief Librarian of the Charlottetown Library. In 1960, the Canadian Historical Association awarded Jean Gill for her work as unofficial archivist of P.E.I. and for her assistance "to virtually every scholarly research project in Island history." With Miss Gill is Charlottetown mayor David Stewart and Dr. G. Douglas Steel, former principal of Prince of Wales College.
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