Our upcoming lecture on Thursday, April 18 at the Westmount Public Library will be on the subject of the transformation of the Sisters of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame Chapel to Marianopolis College Library. Marie-Josée Morin, Archivist, Special Projects Coordinator for the Congrégation de Notre-Dame’s Archives Service will join the previously announced speakers. Mme Morin has a depth of knowledge of the Congrégation de Notre-Dame and its historical operations and we hope that you will be very interested in her perspective.
The WHA’s 2024 Winter/Spring Lecture Series will focus on the repurposing and transformation of the chapels of religious congregations into libraries in three educational institutions in and adjacent to Westmount. See the Events page for dates, time and place. Lectures are free for 2024 members or $5 at the door for non-members. To become a WHA member and pay your membership fee before the first lecture, click on the Membership button in the upper left corner of this or any other of our web pages.
The Westmount Public Library has mounted its old postcard collections on Flickr. To see the postcards featuring Westmount, go to the Westmount Public Library website, click on Research at the top of the screen, then Special Collection on the right, scroll down to Postcard Collection, and finally click on Westmount Postcards.
A link to Laureen Sweeney’s book “Polishing the Jewel” describing the 1995 restoration of the Westmount Public Library is newly available on our Publications page. It is included in the Linked Publications section.
Volume 24 number 2
The Westmount Historical Association's Winter 2024 newsletter focuses on the history of the Westmount Public Library over the past 125 years. The images include many from the Library's own Archives.
An electronic copy is available free to members, or may be purchased for $5 from the WHA Archives.
To view previous issues of our newsletters please follow the link below.
By joining the Westmount Historical Association, you will be supporting our efforts to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Westmount.
Annual membership provides free admission to our two lectures series on Westmount’s history and heritage, participation in walking tours of Westmount, two issues of the WHA newsletter The Westmount Historian, and access to our Archives. Please note that our membership year now corresponds with the calendar year.